load internet page and get/send info to it

[Zigcarruse]

hello,

We are trying to make a mapping system for our robot using gps signals. After a lot of trying we think we might have found something that has a possibility of working. By making a php page that has stored map information on it we are able to load everything that is needed, without the use of the internet. Now what we want to do is to load the php page off the server that we have stored on the computer, in labView. Then we want to be able to send it information so that the map updates itself and shows the current location and path it took. So my questions are, how do you load a webpage into labview, so that is displays everything accordingly, and is it possible to be able to send the data necessary to update that map (sending it from labview to the php page), even if it involves the use of another program to make it work?

[smercurio_fc · Accepted solution]

On Windows you can simply place a web browser ActiveX control on the front panel and navigate to the URL. Open the Example Finder (Help -> Find Examples) and search for "ActiveX". Open the example "ActiveX Event Callback for IE". That example is intended to show you how to do callbacks, so it goes beyond what you really need to do.

You could also use the DataSocket VIs. Search the forum and the NI site, as examples have been posted.

[Zigcarruse]

Thanks