Suggestion about Report Generation Toolkit

[ArchivedPointOnePa]

I'm adding report generation capabilities to a labview product test application.  The report will be 2-4 pages long with text and plots.  For other applications, I've used Word Templates in the past using VBA and Visual Basis 6.   I had been planning to use the Report Generation Toolkit, but when I tried to run the examples Labview doesn't find the installation of Office, (I'm using Windows Vista).  I've already read other posts about this particular problem and other issues with the Report Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office, including upgrading to Office 2007 and beyond and I'm beginning to wonder if there might be a better longterm solution than the Report Generation using Microsoft Office.

The two alternatives that I'm considering are HTML, and Simplicity AI's PDF toolkit (free),

   http://www.simplicityai.co.uk/products_services/products/pdftoolkit/

which I still have to investigate.  I figure I could always generate in HTML and then print to PDF using something like PDFcreator (free). 

If anyone has any comments/reviews/suggestions about the report generation from Labview, I'd appreciate hearing them.

[Andy_C.]

Hello PointOnePa,

What examples were you trying to run? Here's a good example on how to create report in Excel

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Example-Code/Creating-a-Report-in-Microsoft-Excel-Using-the-LabVIEW-Report/...

Which version of LabVIEW and Report Gen you do you have? For Reort Gen 2009, it offers support for MS Office 2007/2003/XP

https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/reportGenerationTK_2009readme_KB.html

[ArchivedPointOnePa]

>What examples were you trying to run? Here's a good example on how to create report in Excel

   The examples that come up in Labview, under

              C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.6\examples\office

Which version of LabVIEW and Report Gen you do you have?

    I have a developer's suite license for Labview 2009, but I'm currently finishing a project in 8.6.

    I don't switch versions in the middle of a project...too may things can go wrong.

    NI License manager says I have Report Generation Toolkit V 1.1.3.

    I just received an email from NI saying that V 1.1.3 only supports Office back to 2003.

    I was trying to use it with Office 2002.

[Andy_C.]

Hello,

According to the Readme file for Report Generation Toolkit 1.1.3, it suppots MS Office 2007/2003/XP.

[ArchivedPointOnePa]

I'm using the Developer's Suite version of Labview 8.6.

I went back and installed Microsoft Office XP Professional.

Then I attempted to run one of the Word Report demos in the Report Generation Toolkit (1.1.3)

The demo failed, saying the same thing as before, that Word and Excel were not installed.

Since  the Report Generation Toolkit is suppose to work with Office XP,

what's my next step to fix this problem?  

 

[Andy_C.]

Hello PointOnePa,

Let's try to repair/reinstall Report Generation Toolkit (1.1.3). It could be that the toolkit has not been updated since MS XP was installed.

[ArchivedPointOnePa]

>Let's try to repair/reinstall Report Generation Toolkit (1.1.3).

>It could be that the toolkit has not been updated since MS XP was installed.

Nope. Office was installed in 2007. LV was installed in 2008.

I've given up on the Report Generation Toolkit.

I've got a deadline and I can mess around trying to get it to work.

I've switched to Simplicity AI's PDF toolkit and it is working pretty well,

so I'm moving forward with it.