Print front panel does strange things

Hi everyone,
I am having some difficulty in printing the front panel of a vi.
It seems to print the panel as it appears when the vi starts, and not as
how it appears at the end of the vi's execution. This is a problem because
new data is loaded into graphs during the execution and this is what I'm
interested in printing.
The vi that does the printing currently doesn't get shown when it runs.
Any suggestions very much appreciated.
Jeff Abell

I think I have a solution for you.
You can press print screen on your keyboard, but make sure that you don't
have any windows open that could get in the way of your Panel.
Then you can import ( paste ) the picture into for ex. "Paint Shop" and
manipulate the picture there.
I hope this will help you print out your VI.
Frode.....
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>I am having some difficulty in printing the front panel of a vi.
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>It seems to print the panel as it appears when the vi starts, and not as
>how it appears at the end of the vi's execution. This is a problem because
>new data is loaded into graphs during the execution and this is what I'm
>interested in printing.
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>The vi that does the p
rinting currently doesn't get shown when it runs.
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>Any suggestions very much appreciated.
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