FP - Select an area to print as image

[MogaRaghu]

I have a front panel which has two distinct areas - one area has controls and indicators for user. The other has a Graph / Chart and one or more string indicators that define the graph or chart. 

I want to print only the selected area of the FP as in the image below. Which is easiest way to accomplish this ?  ( There is this Easy Print.VI ,  but that prints the whole FP ) 

[RamonG · Accepted solution]

You could make a front panel image, crop it, save it and add it to a report.

[Mancho00]

Building off of what RamonG has shown, if the portion you want to print is in a cluster, you can use 'Append Control Image to Report' function instead of cropping.

[MogaRaghu]

@Mancho00

Thanks for the tip !

[MogaRaghu]

@RamonG

It works well and I like that instant display of the image on the browser !

The only point I am still struggling is the values to enter into the rect cluster so that i get exactly what I want as an image.  Any ideas how to do that apart from simple trial and error ? 

Thanks

[RamonG · Accepted solution]

Hi MogaRaghu,

If you want to keep your controls separate as they are now, you can save he image without cropping. Open it in MS Paint and write down the Left, Top, Bottom, Right coordinates and enter these values for your crop. Every time you rearrange the front panel you will need to change the coordinates accordingly.

However, if you go the way Mancho00 suggested and put everything in a cluster all you need is a reference and you are done. Changing the contents of cluster might require you make a new reference but resizing the cluster will not be a problem.

[MogaRaghu]

Thanks a lot. Its real simple now !!