internet access

[pmital]

Hello,

I have a project in which I have to access the internet through LabView and download some data from a specific site. Is there any readymade VI accessing the net? I am using LV8.

Prasun

[daveTW]

Hi Prasun,
I did it with an external program, wget.exe. It's freeware, you can use it with the "system exec.vi".
Greets, Dave

[altenbach]

Use the datasocket read function. It supports http, ftp, dstp, etc.

Have a look at the shipping example DS Reader.vi. Good luck!