Compile/Run application when required ActiveX is absent

Question

 We are using LV 6.02. Our program uses MS Office ActiveX components. To access ActiveX we have created few SubVIs. Here are two questions:
 1. We have proper Office version installed only on one of developer's PCs. Is there any way we can compile EXE on a system without proper ActiveX installed? Now compiling EXE on a system without proper ActiveX causes build error due to non-executable VI. Let compare with other languages (for ex. C++): to be able compile C++ project it is enough to have proper interface/library (*.h/*.lib) files but not ActiveX itself. Any chance we can do the same in LabView?
 2. Is there any way VI wich uses ActiveX component still executable even when compnent is not installed? Let say I whould like export data into Excel. So I whant to check somehow is Excel ActiveX installed and if so do export using direct ActiveX calls. In case Excel is not installed I will run simple "export to ASCII" routine to export data into plain "comma separated format".
  Thanks,
     Igor.

Answer 1

jorsh wrote:
Thanks, I presume this from
the beginning . So I will rephrase my question "Is there any
workaround"? For example, is there any chance I can use as a reference
TypeLibrary (*.tlb) file instead of real ActiveX DLL?
  Thanks,
     Igor.
If
you can get this typelib and properly register it, there is a good
chance that it would work. The Active X object does not really need to
be loaded in order for LabVIEW to compile the VI (exception: if it is
an ActiveX control that gets displayed in an Active X container),
however there might be another hidden reason which might still make it
fail.
Try out will be the only way to find out.
Rolf Kalbermatter
Rolf Kalbermatter
CIT Engineering Netherlands
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