how do I export a screenshot of a plot area, all contents?

[Artybear]

I have an XY graph in my control panel which has some other controls within its bounds, and I want the program to export an image of the graph, including the controls.

My front panel looks like this:

And I want my export to look like the following when I push the "Screenshot" button:

When I use the waveform's Get Image method, it excludes the other controls:

I thought I would try using an invoke node on the VI's front panel (as described here), and then take a subset of that image using the graph's position/bounds, but the origin of the screenshot depends on how the user has scrolled or resized the window, so that's unreliable. I'm looking for a way to do this that doesn't involve fixing the window size and position.

Any ideas?

[paul_a_cardinale · Accepted solution]

Try this.

[Artybear]

That works great! Sleek too; I thought I was going to have to resort to something hacky. Thanks!

[paul_a_cardinale]

Oops.  That original will only work correctly if the control is in the first pane.

Here's the fixed version.

[kamdy]

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@paul_a_cardinale wrote:

Oops.  That original will only work correctly if the control is in the first pane.

Here's the fixed version.

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Hello  pcardinale

Could you please post a PNG image of the VI or LV2009 version of the VI because i have LV2009 I was not able to open the VI.

Thanks

Kamal Daniel

[paul_a_cardinale]

Here it is.