Generating report from multiple front panel indicators - Labview 6i

[Monk]

Apologies if this seems really obvious.

I'm looking to generate a report for a front panel vi that is basically a list of indicators (taken from some global variables).  I've looked at the report generation tool pallet. Examples not very explanatory so not too sure what to do. I need some way to output each of these indicators on a seprate line without having to make lots of seperate calls to the 'append to report' vi.

Thanks for any help. 

Monk

[Kenny_K]

You can try converting all the indicators to strings and then concentrate the strings and use the write to text file.vi, which can be opened in excel as well.

Kenny

[Darren]

Hi Monk,

You have a few options...if your list of indicators is in a string array, you can simply use the Append List to Report.vi.  If you are dealing with a bunch of separate strings, you could always just call Append Report Text.vi in a loop.  And if you want a graphical representation of your panel, you could just use Append Front Panel Image to Report.vi.  If you have a list of the indicators in a text file, you could call Append File to Report.vi.  If you're stuck using LabVIEW 6i, these are the only options I can think of.  If you can get your hands on LabVIEW 7.0 or later, there are some new "VI Documentation" VIs in the Report Generation palette, including a VI called "Append VI List of Controls to Report.vi.

I hope this helps...let me know if you have any other questions.

-D