Append an image to NIreport

Hi,
Is there any way to append an image file to an NIreport?
Report generation library doesn't provide a VI to do that and
I couldnt find anything about that in the NI site resources.
(I dont want to use print panel, because this is very slow for some
printers. )
thanks in advance.
Ozan ONER
ps: using Labview 5.1

Then, is it possible to order the new report generation toolkit separately
and would it be compatible with LV5.1?
"Stuart" wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> Ozan
>
> I am pretty sure that you can't do that in 5.1, but I'm not 100%. I
> do know that it is very easy to do in LabVIEW 6i.

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I have a top level built executeable that calls various external vi's using the "Call by Reference Node" function. This seems to work ok, to a point. An additional point here is this is code that I had running well in LV8.2 and am now trying to get running in LV2010 as there have been some significant changes in LV that have impacted on this project and this has forced me to change things.
The external vi that is called is stored in a "Source Distribution" directory structure, which has been generated via its own project specifications. An examination of the directories and vi's stored at the destination looks like everything should be there.
When it comes to running the vi in the source distribution directory (from the top level built executeable) I get the following error message "Error 1003 occurred at Open VI Reference in Run HTML Report Generation VI LV10.vi->Generate Reports.vi", with the additional suggestion " The VI is not executable. Most likely the VI is broken or one of its subVIs cannot be located. Select File>>Open to open the VI and then verify that you are able to run it.". So it looks like there is something missing in the "Source Distribution" directories.
Doing as suggested, opening the vi in the "Source Distribution" with the development environment, shows that it has no broken arrow. My suspicion is the development environment is supplying whatever it is missing.
Using the built top level application, using trial and error and using the diagram disable structure, I have narrowed down the location of the problem to an "Append Control Image to Report" sub vi (its from the NI Report menus). Disabling this vi at the level it is called, allows the "Source Distribution" vi to run.  "Append Control Image to Report" is part of a class structure and I must say I have not used class structures so my understanding of their implications is very limited.
If I instead dive into "Append Control Image to Report" vi and disable the vast majority of its diagram (everything in the "No Error" case), the original error pops up again. Bit strange considering there are only controls and indicators and a case statement left.
I would appreciate any suggestions, as this has got me stumped. Hopefully I have made myself clear enough as it is all a bit complicated. Let me know if I haven't. Thanks.
Herbert Niesler

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      "When the VI displays the broken arrow and displays that error in the dialog, does it take you to a particular diagram component? Does the diagram have any broken arrows or something?"...      it doesn't take me to a particular diagram. Is this possible in the RTE? If it is how do I enable it?
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I have tried opening the offending top level vi (on a network drive) and it opens ok. When I close it, it wants to save some changes which i think might point at where the problem is. The attached file shows the screen shots of the "Explain Changes" window. Hopefully they mean something to you.
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Herbert Niesler
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Explain Changes.jpg ‏46 KB

Cluster not saved correctly in Append Control Image to Report VI

[LV8 with Windows XP]
I'm using the Append Control Image to Report VI to save the image of a control to Word (the same problem occurs if I save to Excel). This VI seems to work fine with all my controls except clusters. Not all of the contents of the cluster show up in the saved image. I have to expand the edges of the cluster way beyond the cluster contents in order for all the contents to show up in the saved image. Is this a bug? Is there a way to "realign" the contents of the cluster within the boundaries?
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Hi,
just had a customer with the problem with this cluster picture function and I wrote a little VI that manually gets the picture, resizes it to the cluster and the rest is up to you. The only thing is, that you have to place the "zero point" of the frontpanel in the upper left corner to get the proper image.
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~~~ Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence ~~~
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better picture.vi ‏19 KB

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Message Edited by csmrunman on 01-15-2010 10:18 AM

Nevermind. I neglected to see the Append Report Text.vi. That solved everything.

Append control image

Hi,
I Have a problem with the append control image to report VI. I Have a Array of clusters that contain 3 numeric indicators and 2 vertical pointer slides. When i try to append this iamge to a report, the picture thats appended downt contain the whole control, and has some weird artefacts. With other controls the append control image to report vi works fine.. Is this a bugin LV 8.0 or am i doing something wrong?
Thnx
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Promedes and DSM
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http://www.promedes.nl

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Having a curious problem with the append control image vi in the report toolkit.
I'm using LV8.6 with the current report toolkit .
I have an application that merges the information from 4 sections into one html report.
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When the subvi are open on the desktop everything works fine.
As soon as I minimise them to the toolbar or open them up so the image I am grabbing is not fully visible, I either miss the image entirely or only capture a portion of the image.
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I am now at an end with this. I seem to have some sort of problem when using the Append Control Image to Report. I have a program that creates two reports. One is a condensed version, the other detailed. Both reports contain JPG images of some front panel displays. For the most part it seems to work except what ever it is doing appears very unstable. The problem seems to center around me trying to include a Multicoulmn Listbox. I create a Reference of it and then run that to my Append Control Image, just like any other image I want to include. If I probe the Reference, it appears to be correct, i.e. the name, etc. all seem right. However, what the image that gets included is a whole different graphic. Some times I will get the listbox, other times nothing at all. If I look in the directory and bring up the images, indeed, if it prints the wrong graphics, it also has created two of the ne that it includes.
Running the same program unmodifed seems to do the same thing, i.e. it always will print the wrong graphic. As I have tried different things to try and skirt the problem, I get different effects.
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Hi all,
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|------|
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num_symbols= 1;
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Message Edited by Jarrod S. on 04-14-2006 01:27 PM
Jarrod S.
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Attachments:
ReportGenBD_Example.vi ‏20 KB
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HtmlDocument htmlDoc = new HtmlDocument();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageSource))
htmlContent=htmlContent.Replace(requiredImage, imageSource);
htmlDoc.LoadHtml(htmlContent);
// HtmlNode node = new HtmlNode()
signatureNode = (htmlDoc.DocumentNode.Descendants("body").FirstOrDefault());
nodeCollection = signatureNode.ChildNodes;
catch (Exception ex)
AppLogException.LogError("Error in appending Signature Image", ex);
if (tamList != null)
tamList.ForEach(a =>
//StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(new StringBuilder(a.MailItem.HTMLBody));
HtmlDocument doc = new HtmlDocument();
doc.LoadHtml(a.SourceEmail);
var node = doc.DocumentNode.Descendants("div").FirstOrDefault();
if(nodeCollection != null && node != null)
foreach (var childNode in nodeCollection)
node.AppendChild(childNode);
a.MailItem.HTMLBody = doc.DocumentNode.OuterHtml;
//using(HtmlTextWriter htmlWriter = new HtmlTextWriter(sw,a.MailItem.HTMLBody))
// htmlWriter.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div);
// if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(signatureNode))
// htmlWriter.
// htmlWriter.RenderEndTag();
}My mail html body is <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 14">
<link rel=File-List href="Sanjay%20S_files/filelist.xml">
<link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="Sanjay%20S_files/editdata.mso">

<link rel=themeData href="Sanjay%20S_files/themedata.thmx">
<link rel=colorSchemeMapping href="Sanjay%20S_files/colorschememapping.xml">

<style>

</style>

</head>
<body lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'>
<div
<p S<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
<p
<p gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75"
coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe"
filled="f" stroked="f">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/>
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/>
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/>
</v:formulas>
<v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/>
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/>
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:381.75pt;
height:63.75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Sanjay%20S_files/image001.png" o:title="Signature"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=509 height=85
src="Sanjay%20S_files/image001.png" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p
</div>
</body>
</html>

Hi ssanjay.brillio,
According to your description, you'd like to send a email with an embedded image in the signature.
I suggest you sending the image in the last of the body of email instead of operating the signature of email.
The following example codes demonstrate how to send email using ImportHtml method with embedded images.
SmtpMail oMail = new SmtpMail("TryIt");
SmtpClient oSmtp = new SmtpClient();
// Set sender email address, please change it to yours
oMail.From = "[email protected]";
// Set recipient email address, please change it to yours
oMail.To = "[email protected]";
// Set email subject
oMail.Subject = "test HTML email with embedded image";
// Your SMTP server address
SmtpServer oServer = new SmtpServer("smtp.emailarchitect.net");
// User and password for ESMTP authentication, if your server doesn't require
// User authentication, please remove the following codes.
oServer.User = "[email protected]";
oServer.Password = "testpassword";
// If your smtp server requires SSL/TLS connection, please add this line
// oServer.ConnectType = SmtpConnectType.ConnectSSLAuto
try {
// Import html body and also import linked image as embedded images.
// 'test.gif is in c:\\my picture
oMail.ImportHtml("<html><body>test <img src=\"test.gif\"> importhtml</body></html>", "c:\\my picture", ImportHtmlBodyOptions.ImportLocalPictures | ImportHtmlBodyOptions.ImportCss);
Console.WriteLine("start to send email with embedded image ...");
oSmtp.SendMail(oServer, oMail);
Console.WriteLine("email was sent successfully!");
} catch (Exception ep) {
Console.WriteLine("failed to send email with the following error:");
Console.WriteLine(ep.Message);
If you have any other concern regarding this issue, please feel free to let me know.
Best regards,
Youjun Tang
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