Controlling 3rd Party Software Remotely

[_natalie_]

Hello,

A while ago (this post), I had some questions about the Systems Exec VI.  I was able to open up the Windows Calculator on another computer successfully using TCP connection.  Now I am wondering how I can send commands to a third party software other than just launching the program on another computer.

Obviously what I need to do is more complicated than opening up a Windows Calculator, but it would be a good starting example.  

[Bob_Schor]

Provide all of the specifics, including the name/nature of the routine you are trying to control, the nature of the control (pushing buttons?  Entering parameters?  Something else?), where the software will be running (same machine?  local machine?  remote machine in another network?), and something about the LabVIEW environment and your level of LabVIEW expertise (attaching a code example would help with both of these).

Bob "Tanstaafl" Schor

[_natalie_]

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@Bob_Schor wrote:

Provide all of the specifics, including the name/nature of the routine you are trying to control, the nature of the control (pushing buttons?  Entering parameters?  Something else?), where the software will be running (same machine?  local machine?  remote machine in another network?), and something about the LabVIEW environment and your level of LabVIEW expertise (attaching a code example would help with both of these).

Bob "Tanstaafl" Schor

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I will be running LabVIEW on one PC, and there will be another piece of software on a different PC which uses a different instrument to make measurements.

I want the LabVIEW program to send a command to the third party software to take a measurement.  Once the measurement is completed, I want the third party software to communicate back to the LabVIEW program that it has completed, have LabVIEW move to the next DUT, send a signal back to the third party software to take another measurement and so on.  It would be similar to a button click on the third party software.

I've not started a program for this yet.  I was looking through the forums to see if I could find an example to experiment with.  

[Bob_Schor]

Search away.  If you find something useful, post it for others who might have similar interests, and include the specifications of what you are trying to do so they will know if your "solution" is relevant to their problem.

Bob Schor