centering front panel for screen print

[RickH]

Folks,

I have a few VI front panels that I would like to perform a LV screen print for purposes of a COC (certificate of compliance).  Unfortunately, most of them print several pages of nothing.  I suspect that my front panel is not centered on the worksheet.  Worse yet, I can't seem to find out where this center (or datum) is (if it indeed does exist) or how to align my graphical content to this point.  Any ideas?

Rick 

[Mellobuck]

Hey RickH,

As far as the origin on the front panel, is it rather subtle and hard to find. Open up a new, blank VI and you will see a small circle (or a quarter thereof) in the top left corner of your screen.

One way to check your FP size to to first make sure it is not maximized, then resize the FP to cover the area you want to print. Look at your scrollbars on the top and bottom and see if you can scroll off the screen.  I have found random labels and decorations several pages offscreen (often created when copying and pasting between VIs) through this method. If random FP controls are not the problem - you can set the FP size in the VI properties> Window size tab. You may need to run the VI once, but it should eliminate the pages of blank gray that you see.

Cheers,

Mello

Message Edited by Mellobuck on 05-29-2007 03:03 PM

[RickH]

Mello,

Thanks.  Indeed there is a datum.  However, I am suspecting I place my artwork over it somewhere.  Ironically, I built a VI that allows excellent screen print, but the others have not been successful.  I'll use the Ctrl/Shift/N and look at the complete work areas for any latent text.  In the meantime, I'm fishing for a that magic key combination that aligns my artwork to the center of the panel worksheet (hint, hint).

Regards,

Rick