Save a panel containing many graph windows as an image

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Fri, 06/29/2012 - 03:04 am

I have a panel inside of which I meticulously made several graphs. I guess that was a bit foolhardy, because now I can't seem to save it as a single image. (SavePICT doesn't work for panels? SavePICT/WIN=Panel0 is a no-go?) I do manage to save each panel individually using SavePICT/WIN=Panel0#G0, etc. However, this means I have to put them all together again in external editing software. Is there some trick for doing it all in one step?

Thanks,
Nick
Yeah- control panels aren't considered to be "presentation" windows even when they contain graph subwindows. Make the top-level window a graph instead.

If this is a one-off, painfully put together manually, save the recreation macro (say Yes when you close the window). Then edit the macro- replace "NewPanel" with "Display". I think that will Just Work.

If you have embedded controls in the top-level panel window, you may need to move them to a control panel subwindow to avoid graphical problems.

John Weeks
WaveMetrics, Inc.
support@wavemetrics.com

June 29, 2012 at 09:05 am - Permalink

nplumb wrote:
I have a panel inside of which I meticulously made several graphs. I guess that was a bit foolhardy, because now I can't seem to save it as a single image. ... Is there some trick for doing it all in one step?


I would resort to Grab on Mac or the equivalent on Windows to capture the window to an image file.

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J. J. Weimer
Chemistry / Chemical & Materials Engineering, UAHuntsville

June 29, 2012 at 11:17 am - Permalink

I use this handy menu definition to copy a PNG to the clipboard:
Menu "Panel",hideable
    "Copy PNG Screen Shot",/Q, SavePict/SNAP=1/E=(-5) as "Clipboard"
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--Jim Prouty
Software Engineer, WaveMetrics, Inc.

June 30, 2012 at 04:47 pm - Permalink