Append Horizontal Line to Report VI
- Updated2025-07-30
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Creates a horizontal rule in an HTML report.
This VI also creates a horizontal rule in a Microsoft Word or Excel report.

Inputs/Outputs
MS Office parameters
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MS Office parameters (Report Generation Toolkit) specifies the point in a Microsoft Word or Excel report where you want an insertion to occur. The VI ignores this input for HTML reports. You can specify a bookmark in Word or a named range or cell coordinates in Excel. If you set the report type to Word but do not specify a bookmark, the insertion occurs at the end of the document.
size (default)
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size sets the height of the horizontal rule. The default is 1.
report in
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report in is a reference to the report whose appearance, data, and printing you want to control. Use the Create Report VI to generate this LabVIEW class object.
align (default)
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align aligns the rule on the report.
width (100=default)
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width sets the width of the horizontal rule, either in pixels or as a percentage of the page, depending on the value you wire to width units. The default is 100.
error in (no error)
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error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.
width units
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width units determines whether the width you specify is in pixels or a percentage of the page.
noshade (F)
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noshade indicates whether to create a solid (TRUE) or three-dimensional (FALSE) horizontal rule. If TRUE, the VI adds the noshade attribute to the horizontal rule tag. The default is FALSE.
report out
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report out is a reference to the report whose appearance, data, and printing you want to control. You can wire this output to other Report Generation VIs.
error out
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error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality. |
Examples
Refer to the following example files included with LabVIEW.
- labview\examples\Report Generation\HTML Reports\HTML Report.vi
MS Office parameters
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position (Excel)
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row
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name (Excel)
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report in
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align (default)
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width (100=default)
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error in (no error)
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noshade (F)
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report out
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error out
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