xlsread

[oneFranck]

I'm a bit confuse here.  Is it supported on 8.6 or not? 

Thanks

FB

[smercurio_fc]

Your question is not clear. What are you trying to read? An Excel workbook? To do so you need to use ActiveX. This has been supported since ActiveX was first introduced into LabVIEW way back when. Examples ship with LabVIEW. You can also peruse the Excel thread.

Or, are you asking about a tab delimited text file with a .xls extension? If so, use the (poorly named) Read From Spreadsheet File. 

[oneFranck]

Hi, Yes I'm trying to read from an Excel workbook. BTW, what is ActiveX, and how should I install it? I'll go to the excel forum than. Thanks FB

[smercurio_fc · Accepted solution]

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oneFranck wrote:
 BTW, what is ActiveX, and how should I install it?

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ActiveX

You do not explicitly install it. Once Excel is installed, its ActiveX interface is automatically installed as well.  Attached is an example that has floated around on this forum from time to time.