PrintDisplay Command in

[Chibu]

Good day all,

I tried using PrintDisplay and ScreenPrint Command in FactoryTalk view Studio SE v12 in Command Line but it does not work.

How can I print Display to PDF Please?

 

[widelto]

Use snip & sketch from windows save the image as jpg or pgn , then convert it to pdf.

 

[Chibu]

Use snip & sketch from windows save the image as jpg or pgn , then convert it to pdf.

Client's requirement is that the PDF file is to be generated Automatically in each Batch/operation.

 

[widelto]

Ok, that´s another animal.
What about using a report generator with pdf output. ?
In the past I used to use XLReporter from sytech.com, nowadays I use python with pylogix and openpyXL

 

[Chibu]

Please, could you give me some direction/Procedure for XLReporter or the second option?
I will appreciate.

 

[Chibu]

Ok, that´s another animal.
What about using a report generator with pdf output. ?
In the past I used to use XLReporter from sytech.com, nowadays I use python with pylogix and openpyXL

Please, could you give me some direction/Procedure for XLReporter or the second option?
I will appreciate.

 

[widelto]

XLReporter has a video (https://sytech.com/) that is called "Report in Minutes", please go over there, also take a look at "How Does XLReporter Work in My Application?".
If you download XLReporter it will work for two hours. Also take a look at Getting result guides
Python:
Install python and includes pylogix and openpyxl from pypi.org
Pylogix examples are located at: https://github.com/dmroeder/pylogix
Openpylogix examples are located at: https://github.com/ericgazoni/openpyxl
Installed python from https://thonny.org/ it has an IDLE and it includes pyhton the program.
Let me know if I can help you more

 

[Operaghost]

Client's requirement is that the PDF file is to be generated Automatically in each Batch/operation.

So FT View is not a reporting package. The ScreenPrint command is literally just a print out of what is displayed on the currently active screen. Is that what the customer requires, or have they identified what must be included in this printout?

On my PC I opened the command line and typed "ScreenPrint" and then pressed enter (the quotes are not needed, and it is not case-sensitive).

After doing this I see a pop up asking me for a destination and a file name for the PDF. I typed in a file name and clicked Save. Then I went to that file location and double-clicked to open it and I see a screen capture.

That all worked for me. But nothing about it was automatic. I can create a button and assign the ScreenPrint action to it and place that button on-screen. When I click on that button I can again save that file. I can also add a file name to that action so that pressing the button will create the file without me having to specify the name each time. But, each time it overwrites the previous file. Here is an example of the action assigned to the button.

ScreenPrint /F File="C:\Users\WindowsUser\Desktop\MyScreenPrint.pdf"

So even with this, it requires an action on my part to press the button. So, not automatic generation.

A previous comment by widelto mentioned XLReporter. That is software that can be used to generate reports automatically. I haven't had experience with it myself.

OG

 

[Chibu]

XLReporter has a video (https://sytech.com/) that is called "Report in Minutes", please go over there, also take a look at "How Does XLReporter Work in My Application?".
If you download XLReporter it will work for two hours. Also take a look at Getting result guides
Python:
Install python and includes pylogix and openpyxl from pypi.org
Pylogix examples are located at: https://github.com/dmroeder/pylogix
Openpylogix examples are located at: https://github.com/ericgazoni/openpyxl
Installed python from https://thonny.org/ it has an IDLE and it includes pyhton the program.
Let me know if I can help you more

Thanks for this Bro;
I will try it and revert with outcome.

Regards

 

[Chibu]

So FT View is not a reporting package. The ScreenPrint command is literally just a print out of what is displayed on the currently active screen. Is that what the customer requires, or have they identified what must be included in this printout?

On my PC I opened the command line and typed "ScreenPrint" and then pressed enter (the quotes are not needed, and it is not case-sensitive).

After doing this I see a pop up asking me for a destination and a file name for the PDF. I typed in a file name and clicked Save. Then I went to that file location and double-clicked to open it and I see a screen capture.

That all worked for me. But nothing about it was automatic. I can create a button and assign the ScreenPrint action to it and place that button on-screen. When I click on that button I can again save that file. I can also add a file name to that action so that pressing the button will create the file without me having to specify the name each time. But, each time it overwrites the previous file. Here is an example of the action assigned to the button.

ScreenPrint /F File="C:\Users\WindowsUser\Desktop\MyScreenPrint.pdf"

So even with this, it requires an action on my part to press the button. So, not automatic generation.

A previous comment by widelto mentioned XLReporter. That is software that can be used to generate reports automatically. I haven't had experience with it myself.

OG

I appreciate your input Bro; Thanks

I will revert with the outcome.

Regards

 

[Chibu]

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