closing the excel file opened by system exec.vi for writing data using dde

[gottipati]

hi
i use open dde to write data to particular cells of excel and i update the data in those cells every 1sec.now to do that i open the excel first using system exec.vi. when i stop the labview i want to close the excel. is there anyway to accomplish it
thanks

[Shan]

A more modern way of interfacing to Excel is via ActiveX controls. Select Help > Find Examples > then Search for Excel. There are many example for interfacing with Excel.

You can also search this forum for "ActiveX Excel" and you'll find numerous discussions about the topic

Tim

[Michael_Munroe]

Download the Open G Toolkit from www.openg.org. There is a VI called Quit Application.vi that works great. I have used it with the very stupid Brooks 0154 SmartDDE Controller program to reset the application.

Be sure to save the document and close the DDE communication first.

Michael
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