set page-oriention of frontpanel simular to "set report orientation"

[Bert De Beuckeleer]

Is there any way to change automatically the page-orientation when
printing a frontpanel without manually using the printer setup menu? I'm
thinking about a VI simular to "set report orientation.vi" in LV 5.1 ?
In LV 6.0.1 it is possible to append a frontpanel to a report, is this
also possible in LV 5.1 and how can I do it?

Any help is welcome,
Bert De Beuckeleer

[Matt_K]

Unfortunately, there is no built in way in LabVIEW to programmatically change the page orientation for printing. You might be able to accomplish this through some Windows API calls. I have attached a link to an example that pops up a dialog box for printer options. This way you could at least prompt the user before printing.

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/explprog.nsf/6c163603265406328625682a006ed37d/39ae0d12959e3a97862567c5006da105?OpenDocument

Appending front panel images to a report was a feature new to LV 6.

Matt Kisler
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
http://www.ni.com/ask