TDMS Low level file functions and Saving Front Panel image

Am using TDMS low level file functions to save while also plotting data in my data acquisition programme.  However, I also want to programmatically be saving the front panel image on every run of my data acquisition.  I have coded all other aspects, except the behavior of functionality of saving the front panel image on every successive runs of the application.  Unfortunately, I just have no idea on how to code this aspect on LabVIEW, and all effort to search for example codes on so far have not been successful.
I would appreciate any useful hints or steps from anyone for me to follow, in order to accomplish this behavior, and that is being able to programmatically save my front panel images while using TDMS low level file functions in my File IO system of my application.
Thanks in advance.

Tebefia wrote:
Am using TDMS low level file functions to save while also plotting data in my data acquisition programme.  However, I also want to programmatically be saving the front panel image on every run of my data acquisition.  I have coded all other aspects, except the behavior of functionality of saving the front panel image on every successive runs of the application.  Unfortunately, I just have no idea on how to code this aspect on LabVIEW, and all effort to search for example codes on so far have not been successful.
I would appreciate any useful hints or steps from anyone for me to follow, in order to accomplish this behavior, and that is being able to programmatically save my front panel images while using TDMS low level file functions in my File IO system of my application.
Thanks in advance.
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