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Owning Palette: Programming VIs and Functions

Use the Report Generation VIs to create and manipulate reports of LabVIEW applications. Examples

The VIs on this palette can return general LabVIEW error codes, specific serial error codes, or report generation error codes.

You can use the Report Generation VIs to generate reports that contain VI documentation or data the VI returns.

Palette Object	Description
Append Control Image to Report	Creates an image of the front panel object specified in Ctrl Reference and appends it to a report.
Append Front Panel Image to Report	Creates an image of the front panel of the VI you specify in VI and appends it to a report. The data type you wire to the VI input determines the polymorphic instance to use.
Append Image to Report	For an HTML report, the VI embeds a link to an image into the report. For a standard report, the VI appends the image from a file.
Append List to Report	Adds a list of elements to the report. If you select ordered, the list is numbered or lettered.
Append Report Text	Appends text to the selected report.
Append Table to Report	Appends a 2D array to a report as a table with the given column width. The data type you wire to the text data input determines the polymorphic instance to use.
DIAdem Report	Creates reports from LabVIEW data using DIAdem.
Dispose Report	Closes the report and releases its interface, which saves memory.
Easy Print VI Panel or Documentation	Prints a front panel or VI documentation or saves the front panel or VI documentation to a report. The data type you wire to the VI path input determines the polymorphic instance to use.
Easy Text Report	Allows you to pass in a block of text along with optional formatting information and print the report to a designated printer.
New Report	Creates a new report.
Print Report	Prints a standard or HTML report to a designated printer or to the default printer on the computer.
Report	Generates a preformatted report that contains VI documentation, data the VI returns, and report properties, such as the author, company, and number of pages.
Save Report to File	Saves an HTML report to the file specified in report file path. You cannot use this VI with standard reports.
Set Report Font	Sets the font properties of the report, including those in the headers and footers.

Subpalette	Description
Advanced Report Generation VIs	Use the Advanced Report Generation VIs to manipulate reports you create in LabVIEW.
HTML Reports Only VIs	Use the HTML Reports Only VIs to manipulate HTML reports you create in LabVIEW.
Report Layout VIs	Use the Report Layout VIs to manipulate the layout of reports you create in LabVIEW.
VI Documentation VIs	Use the VI Documentation VIs to customize the VI documentation you print or save to a report. VI documentation can include the icon and connector pane, front panel, block diagram, VI hierarchy, revision history, controls and indicators, and so on.

Examples

Refer to the following VIs for examples of using the Report Generation VIs:

• labview\examples\reports\TextReportExample.llb\Text Report Example.vi

   

• labview\examples\reports\withHTML.llb\Example HTML Report.vi