Generating RTF Documentation for VIs, Templates, and Objects
You can import rich text format (RTF) files into most word processing applications, and you can use RTF files to create compiled help files.
Complete the following steps to generate RTF documentation for a VI, template, or object.
Open any VI, control, global variable, or template file and select File»Print to display the Print dialog box.
In the Select VIs page of the Print dialog box, select the file or files from which to generate RTF documentation.
Click the Next button to move to the Print contents page.
Select the components you want to include in the documentation.
Click the Next button to move to the Page setup page.
Select the options to set the appearance of the documentation.
Click the Next button to move to the Destination page.
Select RTF file.
Click the Next button to move to the RTF options page.
If you want to use the RTF documentation in a compiled help file, place a checkmark in the Help compiler source checkbox. If you place a checkmark in this checkbox, LabVIEW saves images as external BMP files instead of embedding them in the RTF documentation.
Select a Color Depth for the images.
Click the Save button to display a file dialog box. The dialog box prompts you to name the file(s) and select the directory where you want to save the file(s). The default name of any RTF documentation is the name of the VI with a .rtf extension.
You also can use the Print VI to RTF method to generate VI documentation in RTF format programmatically.