Append Control Image to Report

Creates an image of the front panel object specified in Ctrl Reference and appends it to a report. For an HTML report, the VI saves the image file to the temporary directory and adds a link to the image file in the report. For a standard report, the VI appends the image to the report. Details

	image file type indicates the format of the image. 0 .jpg (default) 1 .png
	alignment determines the alignment of the image. 0 Default—The VI does not add an <ALIGN> attribute to the <IMG> tag. 1 LEFT 2 RIGHT 3 TOP 4 TEXTTOP 5 MIDDLE 6 ABSMIDDLE 7 BASELINE 8 BOTTOM 9 ABSBOTTOM
	report in is a reference to the report whose appearance, data, and printing you want to control. Use the New Report VI to generate this refnum.
	Ctrl Reference is a reference to the control whose image you want to append to the report.
	description is a description of the graphic, which is displayed if the HTML report is loaded on a Web browser set to display text only.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this VI or function runs. The default is no error. If an error occurred before this VI or function runs, the VI or function passes the error in value to error out. This VI or function runs normally only if no error occurs before this VI or function runs. If an error occurs while this VI or function runs, it runs normally and sets its own error status in error out. Use the Simple Error Handler or General Error Handler VIs to display the description of the error code. Use error in and error out to check errors and to specify execution order by wiring error out from one node to error in of the next node. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI or function ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI or function ran. The default is FALSE. code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a non-zero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.
	report out is a reference to the report whose appearance, data, and printing you want to control. You can wire this refnum to other Report Generation VIs.
	error out contains error information. If error in indicates that an error occurred before this VI or function ran, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI or function produces. Right-click the error out indicator on the front panel and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu for more information about the error. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred. code is the error or warning code. If status is TRUE, code is a non-zero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning.

Append Control Image to Report Details

If a front panel is not visible, LabVIEW does not update the values in the objects on the front panel. If you call a VI whose front panel is not visible and you use the Append Control Image to Report VI to create an image of a front panel object, the image does not reflect any value changes that occurred when you ran the VI.

If you want the image to reflect value changes, make sure the front panel is open before any values change. You also can wire a Property Node to any front panel terminal on the block diagram of the VI for which you want to create a control image.

You also can use the Get Image method to return an image of a front panel object.