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Stand alone application

Stand alone application

‎03-11-2005 08:33 AM

Hi,

I tried to build an vi where I inserted an Active X object(Excel document) and run it on another computer who doesn't have Microsoft Excel on it and of course didn't work.
Anyway how to do it?

Regards,
Adrian
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‎03-11-2005 08:42 AM

I know you don't want bad news this early in the morning, but ActiveX acts as a communication link between applications. So you must have it installed. I don't think there's any way around it.

Ed

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Lockheed Martin Space
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‎03-11-2005 08:48 AM

Hi Adrian

As far as I know you have to copy the activex-object to the target computer.
There you have to link your automation refnum control to the activex-object.

Hope this helps.

Thomas
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Re: Stand alone application

‎03-11-2005 09:01 AM - edited ‎03-11-2005 09:01 AM

Ed,

that's why I asked, how to do it without Active X?

becktho,

I tried like an *.exe program.

Regards,
Adrian

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‎03-11-2005 09:05 AM

I'm sorry - if you use it in an exe-file, I don't know what you could do.

I used ActiveX just in normal vis (not compiled to exe) and was frustrated by the changes I had to make, if the ActiveX component changed.
Ever since I try to avoid using ActiveX.

Up to now with success ;).

Thomas
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‎03-11-2005 09:11 AM

Ed is absolutely correct. How can you control an external application if the application doesn't exist? Besides having to install the application, you need it to be the same version as the one you did your development with. There are ways around this but it's not exactly trivial. If at all possible, try to use native LabVIEW functions. If you just want to display data, can you use LabVIEW's table indicator?
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‎03-11-2005 09:21 AM

We need to know what you are doing with the data in Excel to help you figure out how to do it without Excel.

LabVIEW has a Table and a Multicolum Listbox that can both display data in similar way as Excel. And you can do any math function in LabVIEW that Excel can do.

So, if you can feed us bit more information, we should be able to figure it out.

Ed

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‎03-11-2005 12:14 PM

I did build an array and looks OK, I don't need Excel anymore.

But to solve that problem:
If I'll build a DLL(Active X container vi) and to transfer the content of the Excel worksheet in an array, I think will work.

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Adrian
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