report generation toolkit and column

[aer_mansoor]

Hello, i asked this question before, but this time i just needed some input..

I originally asked, if i am doing various experiment sets and say each sets takes in about 1000 data points, and i have to do 50 such experiments continously i wanted to know if there was a way of arranging the data so that for each experiment is written in a different column, so i have 50 different column. Instead of the current one column with 50000 data points.

I was kindly suggested various alternatives such as using arrays...now my querry is regarding something that i heard which involves Report Generation toolset.

If i was to get this toolset, with this make my life easier interms of sorting my data out into different columns? I ahve also been
told it will do all sorts of graphs and do pretty much everying thing falling short of making a cup of tea 🙂

Now has any one had any experience in this type of porblem? or do i have to stick with the array solution. Incidently the reason why i have a niggling problem with arrays is that my programme is stricly no limited to just 50000 data for some runs i can decide to take more data in one set then the orther so building an array becomes problematic.

Please let me know what you all think of this kind Regards

Mansoor

[hannahW]

Hello Mansoor

If you want to write the data to an Excel spreadsheet there are several options available to you as well as the Report Generation Toolkit.

I have posted some links to help and advice on performing this action using the toolkit, but also using the file I/O vi's and using active X.

Have a look at these links and if you have any further questions please reply to this post.

Report Generation Toolkit User Manual
http://digital.ni.com/manuals.nsf/webAdvsearch/46334E8183C5360586256E3F00603DDB?OpenDocument&vid=niwc&node=132100_US

Report Generation Toolkit Tutorials
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/devzone.nsf/webcategories/A50386FBB21ECC1A86256AB7006C2E6C

File I/O information
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/devzone.nsf/webcategories/BC4E8ABB211CFE7F
86256A1F0062CEB2

Writing data to an Excel file example in the LabVIEW example finder at the following location: - �Communicating with External Applications -> ActiveX -> Excel -> Write Table to XL.vi�

Regards
Hannah
NI

[aer_mansoor]

Hello Hannah

Thank you for your help, i will look into the tutorials in more details now i had a brief overview just a minute ago and i guess i am right in understanding that it probably will be best to programme a macro in excel and then run it from labview?

Further more out of curiosity is there any specific help/toolset that labview offer for the users of tecplot?

Kind Regards

Mansoor