generate waveform from datafile

[jinio]

Hi all,

I have a datafile with the time and amplitude values of a human gait cycle. I want to generate a waveform from that file. Is there any method that read the data from the file and generate a waveform from that?

Pleae reply urgently

Jinal..

[Dennis_Knutson]

Read From Spreadsheet File, Read From Measurement File, Read Text File can all be used. Depending on the format of the data and which function you use, you may or may not need to do a little processing in order to create a waveform data type. For example, with the Read From Measurement File, you can tell that the first column is the time channel but it expects a specific format for time. With the Read From Spreadsheet File, you can read both columns and then calculate the dt for the waveform data type by subtracting the time in row 0 from the time in row 1. Try the functions I mentioned and see what you get. You can also post an actual data file to get some specific help.

[jinio]

This is the file. If possibl could you please provide me coding also?  I am a novice at Labview.

Thanks

Jinal.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Unless you want to write some ActiveX code or buy the Report Generation Toolkit, you should save the Excel file as a comma or tab separated data file. Then you can try the built-in file read functions in LabVIEW.

[jinio]

I can save this file in txt format. Can I run it now.

[Dennis_Knutson]

I don't know what you mean by run. You can certainly use the built-in file read functions to read it.