Save Panel Image in RT 5.1.2?

[dbtestcon]

I need to save a snapshot image (.jpg) of a front panel while my application is testing. Simple and easy to do if running under LV on a PC, but I'm trying to save the front panel image of an application running on a PXI chassis which is using RT 5.1.2.  

Since it's on a RT target, the VI does not recognize the panel so any calls requesting the front panel image give me nothing. If I use the developement computer, it doesn't recognize the application (compliled executable) running on the RT target as an open VI.

It doesn't appear that Remote Panel can be done with this early version. True or False?

Any other choices?

Upgrading to something new is not an option at this point....

Thanks,

Dave

[Doug M]

Dave,
You are correct in that remote front panels weren't an option in LabVIEW 5.1.  It may be possible, but I am unaware of a way to do this with LabVIEW 5.1. A 3rd party screenshot saver should be able to do this easily.

[dbtestcon]

Thats what I figured.  The problem with a generic screen capture is they only want just the front panel and not the whole desktop. This is what they are doing with print screen, but then they need to crop/cut/paste and then save. This is too many steps to be "simple".

I'll look at using the Windows API so that I can find out where the panel for the app is located on the desktop and then just screen capture that.

Thanks for confirming.

Dave

[Doug M]

Dave,
Yeah, I haven't used a screenshot saver program before, but there's definitely a way to just capture the active window just using Alt-Print Screen will capture just the active window -- I bet there may be some program that would capture just the active window...