How to get NetMeeting embedded in LabWindows programs?

[KS]

Hi,

I am a beginner user of LabWindows.
I am trying out with a pc remote control on another slave pc, for example, to transfer a file to the slave pc or to do some printing on the slave pc..

NetMeeting has come up to my mind as the solution to this, but i have no idea how to call NetMeeting in the LabWindows environment..

Would appreciate if someone could send me sample of similar programs as i see there were similar discussions before on this topic.

Thanks in advance.

[mfukuchi]

Hello,
You can use NetMeeting ActiveX control in CVI. Please refer to LabWindows/CVI Help file for more information about creating an ActiveX contoller in CVI.

If you could tell me more about your application, I might be able to give you a better alternative to NetMeeting.

Mika Fukuchi
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[KS]

Hi Mika,

First of all, thanks for the information.

Actually my intention is to solve the PrintTextFile problem. I have my LabWindows programs running on several workstations (Windows pc), which are all connected to a single LAN-connected printer.When I need to do some printing, the programs hang.(This occur at every workstation).

Even if i call the DOS print command to replace the PrintTextFile command line,printing failure still occur...randomly..

The idea now is to send files to be printed from all the workstatios to a single pc, which is connected to a printer, in the hope that when there is a print error, the pc can prompt the workstaion to try print again.

And what i need to do is:

1. file transferring from workstations to the printer-pc(thi
s has been done by using ftp), and,

2. control the printing at the pc from my workstation.

Do you think NetMeeting will be a good try in this case? Let me know if you need more information from me. Thank you very much.

[mfukuchi]

Hello,
Currently, the way PrintTextFile works is when you set the second parameter to an empty string, then the text gets sent to the default printer. There is no way to specify which printer to send it to. As you said, you can send all the text to one machine and print them locally from its default printer.

For sending the text, you can use our TCP library or DataSocket library. Please refer to TCP and DataSocket sections in the LabWindows/CVI Help file for more information.

Mika Fukuchi
Applications Engineer
National Instruments