ActivX control excel?

Dear all,
I have a problem using activeX class to open excel.
The problem is :
In computer "A", I can select "excel object library" from function->activeX->automation open " and then complete the vi with no error prompted; however in computer "B", I find that there are no "excel object library" under activX class selectin list. Both computer are installed full Microsoft office and full labview 6. do any one know about this problem? Because of this problem, I cannot edit the vi in computer B. Can anyone help me, what component is missing? Thanks

Hi Kwai,
There is a known localization issue with LabVIEW 6.0 and Microsoft Excel Object Library. What language version for Windows and Excel are you using? Are you using exactly the same version of Windows and Excel on the two machines? What country and language is chosen under "Control Panel >> Regional and Language Options"?
By making sure that the settings are the same on computer "B" as they are on "A", you should be able to see the Microsoft Excel Object Library under LabVIEW.
If you are unable to have the same versions on computer "B" as on "A", here's a workaround that was reported by a customer that couldn't see the Excel Object Library after upgrading from Excel 97 to Excel 2000:
NOTICE: Editing the Registry is on your own risk! Always back up the registry (Registry >> Export Registry) before making changes to the keys.
When checking in the registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{00020813-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}, a path was found for EXCEL9.OLB. However, it was noticed that folder "1.2" for the Excel 8.0 Object did not have a value (path) set. The other
folders (1.0 and 1.3) both have path information. Folder "1.2" was set with the same path as for folder "1.0" and "1.3". After rebooting, EXCEL9.OLB appeared in the in the list of ActiveX Classes in LabVIEW.
- Philip Courtois, Thinkbot Solutions

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Have you looked at the Datagrid Activex control, which is one of the common controls that ships with Visual Studio? You can add it to Visual Studio by right-clicking and picking it from the list of installed activex control. If you have not already, you should check it out.
Microsoft has made significant improvements in the number of controls they provide with .NET. They have a Datagrid control that seems to be what you need.
Measurement Studio did add some high level classes for Excel and Word Automation that simplify some common tasks, but these exists for VS 2003 C++ and VS 2005 C++, not for VC 6.0. Underneath, we end up using the same Excel automation classes, so you can easily setup something similar for VC 6.0. Plus you can find alot of references online on how to use the Excel Automation object model with C++.
We currently have no plans in Measurement Studio to create a table control unfortunately. I am assuming when you said graph, you actually meant table, since Measurement Studio already provides a ActiveX graph controls for VC++ 6.0 that is very similar to the CVI graph.
On a side note, VC++ 6.0 is really really old. Have you considered upgrading?
To summarize
- Yes, you can use Excel with Vc++ 6.0 without mstudio.
- Try using the Datagrid Activex control if you just need a table.
- Measurement Studio provides high-level excel and word classes for VC++ 6.0
- Measurement Studio provides a graph control for VC++ 6.0 which is very similar to the CVI graph.
- Measuremnt Studio does not have a table control.
- VC++ 6.0 is really really old. Have you considered upgrading?
Bilal Durrani
NI

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I'm using Labview 5.1 and i would like to Know if is possible to totally control MS excel from Labview: to write into a specific file of MS excel wich contain already some information.

Generally you use ActiveX to control Excel from LabVIEW. The best way to understand that would be to run 'Write Table to Excel" example that ships with labview. You can access that example by going to Help>>Search Example and then under "activeX".
Also for more flexible control of excel from labview you can also use the latest "Report Genaration Toolkit" for labview that allows you to interact not only with Excel but also MS Word.
http://digital.ni.com/worldwide/bwcontent.nsf/web/all/E899E563ABE94D1D86256A1800718B6D
Hope this would help.
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