Open VI Reference to a LabVIEW executable.

[mikeporter]

If you could post some code we could give better answers.

Mike...

[Michel_Gauvin]

Here's a simple project that contains the A.exe and B.vi.  

1. Compile the A.exe and run it.

2. In B.vi try to "Open VI Reference", which is preceded by "Open Application Reference" to A.exe

Can't find a way to do so, I'm missing something here.

Michel

[RavensFan · Accepted solution]

Have you seen this document? 

Enabling VI Server Support for an Executable

I did not see you wire any values into your Open Application Reference for a port number.  (it defaults to 3363 which may already be occupied by the LabVIEW development environment).   And I did not see in you exectuable's .ini file where you enabled TCP access or defined the port like this document calls out.

[Michel_Gauvin]

Thanks.

[mikeporter]

Something to consider is that the code you included in the snippet will work regardless of where the executable is located. With the host name as you have it, you communicate with a executable on your PC. Change the string "localhost" to an IP address and now you are communicating with that executable on another PC across the room, or across the planet...

Mike...