Is it possible to invoke other software applications in labview?

[kaykeat]

Is it possible to invoke other software applications in labview? I would like to upload my files processed in Labview to my web based database. I have no basis of FTP and SQL. Providing that I have no Internet Database Toolkit installed in my computer. So, is it possible to "call" the software in Labview, just like calling a function or sub VI?

[DOC-doc]

Hi

You can using ActiveX container.
But it is quite tricky.

[tbob]

If your other software is an exe, you can use the SystemExec vi found under the Functions - Communications palette. It will call any .exe program.

[Matt_F]

Hello kaykeat,

It is definitely possible to call other applications inside LabVIEW. Please see the links below for more help on the most common ways to call external programs.

If the code is a shared library:
Using External Code in LabVIEW

When calling an activeX method:
ActiveX and LabVIEW

Hope this helps in development,

Matt F

[lyncheb]

Can someone be more specific? I'm trying to call WinTest 4.1 in LabVIEW and simultaneously do some image acquisition via the IMAQ VIs. I need to sync the video with the WinTest Data in the time domain so the program and the camera times match exactly. I'm having using LabVIEW to open WinTest and am not really sure how the System Exec VI or ActiveX stuff really works