Calling LabVIEW from C# Using ActiveX?

Question

Hi,
I try to call LabVIEW VI's from C# using ActiveX/COM, but I am not
successful. I was able to do this from C++ and there are nice articles on
the NI site dealing with the C++ integration.
I tried to follow the instructions of the C# help, using a wrapper for the
LabVIEW application call. I included the TypeLib that I created with the
tlbimp-tool in my project. Basically my code looks like this:
LabView50TypeLib._Application myLV = new
LabView50TypeLib.ApplicationClass() ;
LabView50TypeLib.VirtualInstrument myVI = new
LabView50TypeLib.VirtualInstrument();
myVI = myLV.GetVIReference(,?,?);
myVI.SetControlValue();
myValue= myVI.GetControlValue();
myLV.Quit();
I even don't know if the fi
rst line is correct. I know that the second line
is not OK, because there is no class "VirtualInstrument" - but from what
class should I derive my instance for the VirtualInstrument? And different
from my C++ implementation, the GetVIReference now needs 3 parameters
instead of 1 (the path).
What am I doing wrong? Does anybody have a working example on this?
Thanks a lot & best regards,
Martin Schellenberger

Answer 1

Hello
After adding a reference to the LabVIEW type lib to the project (I just to o to Project >> Add Reference and I browse for the typelib myself), and including the labview namespace at the top,here is what I tried
using LabVIEW;
//form code here
//Event for button code
LabVIEW.Application lv = new LabVIEW.ApplicationClass();
LabVIEW.VirtualInstrument vi= lv.GetVIReference(@"c:\a.vi","",false);
vi.FPWinOpen=true;
vi.Run(true);
So all it does is it opens the VI and runs it, seems to work fine. Hope this helps
Bilal Durrani
NI
Bilal Durrani
NI