can I open an ActiveX object in word if labview is not installed?

[momian]

can I open an ActiveX object in word if labview is not installed?

I want to export a CWGraph3D from LabView to Word. Actually, it is working pretty good in my computer, but once I try to open the word file in a computer that doesn't have LabView intalled, it just open the the grapgh as an image and I can not be able to rotate the image or manipulate the graph.

Do I need to install any MStudio drivers or any other driver? Is there any way to do it with out intalling Labview or any driver?

Thanks

[NAKeel]

You will need to install the LabVIEW runtime engine.  Right now you are trying to call a LabVIEW VI without any LabVIEW software, which won't work.  If you can call the LabVIEW runtime engine you should be able to get the functionality of the VI.

Nick Keel 

Applications Engineering 

National Instruments

[momian · Accepted solution]

Thanks Nick...

I'm just wondering if that's the only option. I mean if I want to send a word file with this 3D object inserted in the file to somebody who doesn't know what is labview, but he is just interesting in look at the 3D graph and be able to rotate it and look at the different angles. Does he need to install that driver?

Is there any other way to do it?

Regards,

[smercurio_fc]

In a word, no, if you're using LabVIEW code. The situation is no different than if the code had been written in Matlab. On the client side you would still need the Matlab runtime engine. That's why if you want to run Java you need the Java runtime, and if you want to run a .NET application you need .NET, etc...

[momian]

Thanks...got it!