Does LabVIEW RT 7.0 support ActiveX?

[AMPERAGE]

I don't need any Front Panel stuff, just access to a .dll's properties, methods, and events. Can I do this on a PXI 8176 Controller running ONLY LabVIEW RT 7.0?

[Bob_Preis]

According to the LabVIEW Real-Time User Manual (http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/322154d.pdf), ActiveX is not a supported feature.

In the very same section of the manual on page 1-8, it states that the following is also NOT a supported feature: "Call Library Nodes that access an operating system API other than Pharlap".

Of course, that shouldn't stop you from trying. It's possible your .dll might still work. NI just won't support it at this time.

[MatthieuD]

Hi Amperage,

Unfortunately it is not possible to do ActiveX calls under LV RT 7.0 or before, or even later(except if MS comes with a tremendous OS running as a real time OS...)
In fact what is happening is that ActiveX is a way to "speak" between programs in the Windows environment(the ActiveX possibilities have to be registred in Windows). So those functions are not only unavailable in LV7 RT but also for mac, linux, sun/solaris, palm os, or even FPGA (No idea for windows pocket PC).

For the CIN , you can type this sentence in the search...it should lead you to some more explanation :
"Can I use CINs and DLLs with LabVIEW Real-Time (RT)?"
I hope this helps (to understand...).

Matthieu Dekeyser