how do I control an external (3rd party) gui with Labview?

[Ken Yee]

I'm interested in writing a LabView program to control a separate GUI - say, Windows Minesweeper. 🙂  How does one talk to external applications?

Seriously, what I want to do is use an existing application (that manages many register read/write operations to my DUT) through LabView - i.e. instead of a technician clicking here and there, I want my LabView program to take care of this.  I am hoping to avoid re-implementing the I2C calls in LabView (even though I know the drivers are there....)

Thanks,
Ken
kenwyee@gmail.com

[smercurio_fc]

If the application doesn't have an ActiveX or COM interface then you're kind of left with trying to control the keyboard from LabVIEW so that the application "sees" the keystrokes as if the user entered them Of course, if the application requires mouse clicks then you've got to control the mouse. Perhaps the application allows you to "script" something? Sounds like a whole lot of work, and in the end it will probably be easier to do the I2C from LabVIEW, which really isn't all that hard.

[unclebump]

I use a program called macro express for this type of stuff. http://www.macroexpress.com/

[smercurio_fc]

Cool. That seems like an impressive little product for only $40.

[Ken Yee]

ooh, that does look like a cool tool (macro express) - but then, can THAT be controlled by Labview? (i.e. my LV program would be doing a bunch of things, including controlling my GUI).  Thanks for the info re: scriptability, COM or activeX controls - I'm meeting w the developer later on today

[Rob IMP]

Hi,

I am essentially interested in the same question, i.e. I want to control an external (3rd party) gui with Labview. Essentially I want to bring up tje 3rd party window, perform a few mouse clicks and enter some text (automated saving). I am surprised no one came up with a solution to this problem since 2006. Can you point me towards some possible solutions?

Thanks,

Rob

[Dennis_Knutson]

Try AutoIT. There have been several posts pn it.

[Tushar_Jambhekar]

I would also suggest autoIT. Its free, simple and yet powerful.