ActiveX and Excel Types

[_natalie_]

Hello,

I am trying to use LabVIEW to create a report in Excel with ActiveX commands.

I'd like to edit the axis limits.  I used "invoke node" to get a Chart reference for the Axes variant.  I'd like to convert that variant into a reference, but I can not find the "Excel.Axis" type.  I'm new to using the ActiveX commands, so please correct me if I am not using the right lingo.

I am able to find and use other types like "Excel.SeriesCollection" or "Excel.Worksheet".  If I right click one of those references and press "Select ActiveX Class", I can not find "Excel.Axis".  If I click browse, I am unable to find any of the Excel types.  Where do I go to add/find this type for Excel?

I am using LabVIEW 2016 and Excel 2016.

[Kyle97330]

This is probably the function you used to get the Axes.  If you look there you can see the Variant input is described as follows:

Specifies the axis to return. Can be one of the following XlAxisType constants: xlValue, xlCategory, or xlSeriesAxis (xlSeriesAxis is valid only for 3D charts).

Following the link to XlAxisType lets you know that it's basically an enum with 3 possible values.  So you can probably just wire up an integer to it with whichever of those 3 values is appropriate.

[BertMcMahan · Accepted solution]

Open the Browse window, then drop down the "Type Library" field, then scroll down to "Microsoft Excel 16.0 Object Library"

It should be in the list below.

In case you can't find it, I made it and saved it as a VI. I had to backsave from 2020 to 2016 so it might not work right but I figured it's worth a shot.

[_natalie_]

Thank you very much for showing me this!  I was looking for _Axis, not Axis.  Now I know where to find other options.

Thanks again.