Probelm with Printing FP image

[RENN]

i want to print the FP of a VI multiple times and generate a PDF document.

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Before:

i have used the following options.

VI Properties >> Print Options >> Print with Execution     => this creates 3 pdf documents (on printing 3 times) instead of one.

VI Properties >> Print Options >> Scale printed front panel to fit page.     => this option scales the FP to fit the page.

with these options the FP image really fits on the page.

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Now:

i need a single PDF document with all the 3 pages.

Problem: If i use Append image to report VI, then i cannot scale the image on the page.

by saving the image to disk and then appending it to a standard report, the Image is not really fitted with the page in the PDF.

Please help

thanks

Renn

[RENN]

Even i had this problem when i built the Executable 😞  its really horrible.

Error 7 When Running an Application Using VIs from Report Generation Toolkit for MS Office

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/8A0E6274D9BD7B1986256F62006AD402

i would like to buy NI Report Generation toolkit if i can avoid all these problems. can anyone please give your experiences with this toolkit and your suggestions?

[RENN]

Is there any other option?

with functionality of 'Scale printed frontpanel to fit page' ?

[RENN]

Print.Panel To Printer method of a VI prints the Frontpanel everytime it executes.

good : i can select the text (in any graph or cluster in a printed PDF) using mouse.

bad : i cannot decide when to print. (eg. if i want to create a multipage report).

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But if i manually print a Front panel image, the quality is not so good.

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i dont find a better solution in LabVIEW. 😞

[RENN]

i'm attaching an example vi which uses the method 'Print. Panel To Printer' and the created pdf. see page3.pdf. The quality of the pdf is really good.

PanelPrint.vi prints a page each time it executes. i need a single pdf (or single print job) with multiple pages.

but if i am using the report generation VIs, i am appending images to report and not getting the desired quality.

any suggestions??

attachments:

CallerVI_Lv9.vi

PanelPrint.vi