Aquiring data from Pumpworks with LabVIEW

[cramezl]

Hello,

I'm trying to build a program in LabVIEW that will communicate (grab certain data) from another program, Pumpworks. This is my first time doing something like this, but I have done some research on the forum and come up with a few questions.

The only post I have found talking about pumpworks indicates that using DDE functions is the way to do it. But, I've found other posts suggesting that DDE is outdated, and ActiveX should be used to communicate with other programs (not pumpworks, specifically) Any ideas on where to get started building this vi?

Zach

[Ben]

Hakem's razor says "The simplest solution is probably the best solution."

When I wrote an app that used PumpWorks only DDE was available.

If you can find a modern version that support other interfaces and you can find docuementation and drivers then go with the new version.

Ben