Getting Started with Creating PDFs in LabVIEW Example.pdf

Creating PDFs in LabVIEW Using PDFCreatorVersions Used: PDFCreator v1.1.0; Note: PDFCreator is a separate download/install LabVIEW 2010 Windows 7 Step 1: Open PDFCreator ActiveX_lv10.llb Step 2: : Open “Print PDF Using PDFCreator ActiveX.vi” Step 3: : Browse for refnum.ctl if LabVIEW does not find it and Ignore the Load Summary Warning which is just notifying that you pointed to a refnum.ctl that was not at the location that it expected and it will be updating dependencies with new p path. Step 4: : The run arrow in LabVIEW may be broken, , as it may not be able to connect/find the PDFCreator ActiveX Class. If this is the case continue on to the next step otherwise if the run arrow arr is not broken jump to Step 14. To update the link we need ed to browse to the ActiveX class again to create a reference for LabVIEW and then update the refnum control to point to this new class. Step 5: : Go to the block diagram of “Print PDF Using PDFCreator ActiveX.vi” by navigating to Window >> Show Block Diagr Diagram or entering the shortcut CTRL+E Step 6: : Double click on the “PDFCreator Open.vi” and open its block diagram by entering CTRL+E Last updated: January 2011 Click OK on the dialog box. Then right right-click click on the Automation Refnum output of the Open Automation VI and select Create >> Constant Last updated: January 2011 .1 and select the “clsPDFCreator clsPDFCreator (PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator) object as pictured below._clsPDFCreator constant.Creating PDFs in LabVIEW Using PDFCreator Step 7: : Delete the current ActiveX class reference by clicking on the wire holding SHIFT and clicking the PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator)” (PDFCreator._clsPDF PDFCreator. Step 10: : Back on the block diagram for PDFCreator Open. On the right right-click menu navigate to “Select Select ActiveX Class >> Browse…” Browse… Step 9: : From the Select Objec Object t from Type Library navigate the Type Library drop-down drop to PDFCreator Version 7.vi. Step 8: : Roll over the “Automation Refnum” input for the Automation Open VI and right-click right when the spool appears. delete the wire between the Open Automation vi and the Automation Refnum. Then click delete. ation Refnum constant on the block diagram and wire the Step 13: Delete the Automation Automation Open VI back up to the Automation Refnum indicator.vi Last updated: January 2011 .Creating PDFs in LabVIEW Using PDFCreator Step 11: Next right-click click on the Automation Refnum indicator and select O Open pen Type Def Step 12: : Delete the Automation Refnum in the refnum. Save PDFCreator Open.ctl and drag the Automation Refnum that you created in Step 10 from the block diagram onto the refnum. Save the ctl file and close it.ctl to replace the old one. Step 15: Enter path information for where you want it created and the name of the PDF.Creating PDFs in LabVIEW Using PDFCreator Step 14: Back in “Print PDF Using PDFCreator ActiveX.txt at a known location on your hard drive and navigate to the path in the “Original Doc Path” by clicking on the folder icon. Create a test. Note: : On your first run of PDFCreator a dialog will ask you if it is OK to temporarily set it as the default printer. From this point on when you run it there should not be any dialog boxes that appear during the process. Step 16: Click the run button. Step 17: Enjoy! Last updated: January 2011 . Click in the “Don’t on’t ask me again again” box and click OK.vi” the run button should now be solid .