Does the Report Generation Toolkit support Office 2007?

With the hot-out-of-the-oven Office 2007, Microsoft has done a complete overhaul of the Office environment that we all have spent many years learning to perfection (well.. almost). Lucky those who got a head start as part of the Office Beta program.
Well, NI claims that the current version of the LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit supports "Microsoft Office 2000 (Word, Excel, and Graph) or later" and therefore literally also the new Office 2007.
I doubt that the ActiveX API has remained unchanged when developing Office 2007, so let's use this thread to uncover the experience you have with calling Office 2007 applications using the LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit.
Anyone???
- Philip Courtois, Thinkbot Solutions

We are currently working on a maintenance release for the Report Generation Toolkit to support Office 2007. You can install the current toolkit with Office 2007, but you will have some problems. If you copy the four LLBs from the Compatibility\Office 2003\vi.lib\addons\_office folder on your Report Generation Toolkit CD to the corresponding vi.lib\addons\_office location in your LabVIEW folder after installing the toolkit, things will work for the most part. But you won't have 100% compatibility until the maintenance release is done.
-D
Darren Nattinger, CLA
LabVIEW Artisan and Nugget Penman

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Does the Report Generation Toolkit need Office?

Quick question: Does the Report Generation Toolkit (V1.1.3 for LV 8.6) need Microsoft Office installed in order to create Word documents?
I have a need to create reports, preferably in Word format, but the target machine may only have the Word reader installed, not Office.
Thoric (CLA, CLED, CTD and LabVIEW Champion)
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Yes, you need office.
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André
Using whatever version of LV the customer requires. (LV5.1-LV2012) (www.carya.nl)

LabView database connectivity toolkit 1.0.1 compatibility with MS-ACCESS 2010 / Labview report generation toolkit for Office 1.1.3 compatibility with Office 2010

In the very near future we will be forced to upgrade to Office 2010 Company wide and I am a little concerned with some of our older test platforms that have applications built in LabView 8.2.1. These applications save data to MS-ACCESS 2000 databases using the LabView database connectivity toolkit 1.0.1. Office 2003 is also loaded on these test platforms with all test reports generated using the LabView report generation toolkit for Office 1.1.3.
I have not gotten my hands on a copy of Office 2010 yet to see if there will be any compatibility issues. Does anyone have any experience in this area?

The MS-Access part is fairly well isolated through the ADO interface LabVIEW uses. The only possible problems there IMHO are difficulties with possible Acess compatibilities itself such as an example, SQL statement you may have invoked directly through the ADO interface. Maybe you did use a depreciated command back then that has since been removed. As long as the only thing you do are simple INSERT and SELECT statements only, I would expect it to just keep working.
The Report Generation interface is a different beast. Microsoft manages to change the Automation interface with every version of office in a way that strongly binding applications like LabVIEW break on. There is no good way around that except not changing those methods, but that is a cause that has been lost already. You will certainly have to verify the version dependant Report Generation API VIs to still work with Office 2010 and most likely you will have to make some changes to those VIs to make them work again with the modified ActiveX interface of Office 2010. Note, that I have no experience with porting report generation to Office 2010 but I have had some headaches from porting that between Office 97, 2000, 2003, and 2007.
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Malfunction in generating word report out of an app (using the report generation toolkit)

I placed in my program some features that generate a word report with some graphics and text using the report generation toolkit. When I'm in the developing system everything works. But the point is that I have to create an exe for a user and in testing this the report is not generated (and no error msg occurs). Does anyone handeled this problem already and could give me some hints? Thx.

Hi muchalla,
the report generation toolkit for MS office depends on the version of MS Office (not the OS). You must generate your application for the version of MS Office or use some dynamic technic.
The different versions of the llbs you need are on the CD in a subfolder called compability.
Here I have asked if some ideas to do this will work. Until now I haven't got the time to verify it by myself.
You will find here more information about using the report toolkit with applications.
Waldemar
Waldemar
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Running macro on Table using Report Generation Toolkit and Office 2003 Incompatible!!!!!!!

Hi,
I am using some functions under the Report Generation toolkit (LabView 7.1). We recently updated our test PCs from Office 2000 to 2003. The "WORD IMPORT MODULE.VI" returns error code -41113 when used with Word 2003. No problem on Word 2000.
In fact even the example VI available under Find Examples - Run Macro on Word Table fails and returns error code -41113 when "WORD IMPORT MODULE.VI" is called on Word 2003. Word 2000 is OK.
Any one faced this problem???? Any solution to this problem??
I would greatly appreciate your feedback / suggestions.
Thanks,
Mim

darren,
thanks for your reply.
After checking the the property "Trust access to Visual Basic Project" , I get the following error message:
Exception occured in Microsoft Word, Unable to run the specified macro. Help Path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\1033\wdmain11.chm and context 37401 in Word Run Macro.vi->SetFirstRowAsTableHeaderforWord(Macro).vi->Generate Report.vi
I can run the macro directly from Word.. no problem running macros in Excel dirently either. I get error message only when running macro from LabView. So, I doubt if it is an IT issue.
You don't have a problem with Word 2003 and Word Import Module.vi???
I am attaching my Vi-Report Generation.vi and the subvi. I would so much appreciate if you run ReportGenerate.vi on your PC and let me know if there is a problem.
Many Thanks for your help.
Mim
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ReportGeneration.zip ‏75 KB

What is wrong with the report generation toolkit????

OK. Now I'm a little frustrated.
I started this thread, but then made an ugly workaround until someone tells me the correct solution.
So now.... my compiled application can find all the toolkit VIs... but I get error messages telling me that the VIs were are too old (V 7.0) to be recompiled to Version 8.5.1.
When I got the first of these messages, I opened and saved the VI indicated. That just pushed the problem along to the next VI. So I said "ah ha!" and went to the directory (blah\blah\....\addons\_office) that has the toolkit routines and did a Mass Compile. No errors were generated by this.
NOW when I try to run, I get an error message telling me that Excel_Insert_Text.vi is not executable. But that is clearly a lie. When I open the VI in the development environment, there are no broken arrows...
And let us not forget my application runs perfectly and without errors in the development environment, even after I brutally recompiled everything.
For those who care: I'm running V 8.5.1 with whatever version of the Report Generation Toolkit comes with that (1.1.2??).
Arrgh.
-GN

I feel your pain GN... the RGT in its current Classes incarnation has a few "issues"... try deploying it with TestStand a whole world of pain opens up.
Now, I have recently seen an issue very similar to the one you described, I broke the RGT after doing a mass compile.
Eventually opened the RGT VI that was "broken", it looked fine to me. It was something to do with setting the font, and was basically just an activex call. Eventually out of frustration I right clicked on the node, reselected the same method, and another input parameter line appeared at the bottom of the node and the VI all of a sudden became runnable. WOW!
This needed to be done in a few of the VIs.
Maybe this will help you
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How to use the Report Generation Toolkit to get a list of bookmarks in a Word Template

I am working on a project where I will need to use the Report Generation Toolkit to fill out a fairly long Word Template. The MS Office Report Express VI can only have inputs for a maximum of 17 bookmarks which is not nearly enough for what I am needing to do.
I'm wondering if there is some way to use the lower level report generation VIs to read the word template and return a list of the bookmark names as a 1d array of string. The dialog box that you use to set up the Express VI has this capability but I'm not finding a way to scan the document programatically.
I'm sure I can't be the first person to run into this issue and I'm hoping that someone out there has found a good solution.
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Wordsub.llb should be somewhere in your Labview folder on your local drive. The path to it in my install is: C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.6\vi.lib\addons\_office\_wordsub.llb
Also what specific problem are you referring to about 17 bookmarks? Is that the limit on the express style VI for filling them in from LV? If so what you will need to do is to use the lower level function 'Word Insert Field' under Word Advanced VIs. You will need to supply the VI the name of the bookmark and the text you want to insert.

Problems creating a web service that uses the report generation toolkit

Hi,
Im trying to develop a web service using labview 2013.
I create a html form that is correctly communicating with my labview method and part of the web service functionality is to create a report from the data obtained in the html form published.
I realized that using the report generation toolkit inside of the web service method the server cannot generate a report. ( If I run the same Vi before publishing the web service it works on the server but it doesnt work after I deploy it)
I thought that maybe Im unable to use the report generation toolkit VIs inside of the web service because Im not incluiding the (dynamic VIs labview uses when they run), I tried to add the excel dynamic library to the proyect but with no success.
I also tried to use VI SERVER to call a VI that generates the report using the report generation toolkit in the method that runs when the web service is call but it doesnt work either.
How can I deploy a web service able to use the report generation toolkit ?, how can I deploy a web service able to use VI server ?
Any help is really appreciated.
Erwin Franz
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The issue you are running into is actually a limitation intended by Microsoft. They don't want windows services to be able to call into the ActiveX interface for Microsoft Office for security reasons. If you are deploying your web service to the NI Application Web Server on Windows you will run into this problem since the web server is a Windows Service.
While I haven't tested this, you may be able to work around this by packaging your Web service with a LabVIEW EXE rather than deploying to the NI Application Web server.
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How can I create a Report with the Report Generation Toolkit?

Hi,
I have installed Labview Report Gerneration Tool for Microsoft Office Version 1.1 and now I want to use MS Office Report Express VI but it need the VI "Dflt Data Dir.vi". I don't have this on my computer, why? Where can I get this VI? Can somebody help me?
thanks Labprog

Hello Labprog
This VI should be located in the file.llb in the folder
..\vi.lib\utility. Thus, it is not part of the report generation
toolkit but of LabVIEW. I am not sure why you are missing that file on
your PC, maybe you just did not find it because it is hidden in a LLB.
Maybe this LLB is not part of your LabVIEW package (Base, FDS, PDS).
Anyway, I'll attatch that little VI, hoping that this is the only one missing.
Ingo Schumacher
Systems Engineer Sound&VibrationNational Instruments Germany
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Dflt Data Dir.vi ‏11 KB

How do I use page numbering and a text block in a footer in Word with the Report Generation Toolkit?

I am creating a Word document with the Report Generation Toolkit, and LabVIEW 8.2.1. In the report I am using a template that has page numbering enabled in the center. When I try to add a text block to the left side footer, it eliminates the page numbering and adds my text on the left side. I found "Set Report Footer Text" and "Word Set Page Numbering" vi's that may be the clue to this. When I use these two vi's I either get Page 1 of 456789-001 on the left side, or if I reverse the order I get only 456789-001(text) in the left side with nothing in the center. What I would like to achieve is 456789-001(text) on the left footer, and Page 1 of 2 in the center. Is this possible and if it is, then how can I do it?

Hi SciManStev,
I have attached a vi where you can see how they can be made to work together. You have to design it such that one follows the other. If you don't design it that way, it results in a race condition and only one of them get executed.
Good Luck!
Warm regards,
Karunya R
National Instruments
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SciMan1.vi ‏14 KB

Inserting an image into a Word Table with the Report Generation Toolkit.

I was wondering if it was possibe to use the Report Generation Toolkit to place an image into the cell of a table in a Word document?
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Hi,
Yes, you can do this by using the Word Edit Cell VI under Report Generation>>Word Specific>>Word Tables in your block diagram functions pallette. After creating a table, you can edit specific cells and send the file path of the image saved on your computer to that specific cell. I put together an example that I've attached here as well to help you out with this.
Regards,
Austin S.
National Instruments
Academic Field Engineer
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RGTWordImageInTable.vi ‏14 KB

Can I align the orientation of axis labels in a graph generated with the report generation toolkit (Word)?

I was wondering how to align the axis labels, i.e. 90 degree or such when creating a graph with the report generation toolkit in word.
I can do it after the document is created through Format axis title -> alignment but is there a way out of LabVIEW?
I'd especially like to rotate the y-axis label by 90 degrees.
Thanks a lot,
Juergen

I think he means he can modify it by hand after the report has been generated... But what I want to do is generate the word graph out of labview already with the rotated axis label...
After I posted this I found out that we can do this with a macro and use it from labview, but unfortunately I don't know VB, or VBA...
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Does the Model Interface Toolkit support the new Linux based cRIO-9068?

Hello, I have a cRIO-9068 and am needing to integrate a Simulink model into my controller. Does the Model Interface Toolkit support the new Linux based cRIO-9068? For that matter, does Veristand? This page implies that it does not:
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Hi Southern_Cross,
Based on the readme:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/D3F40C101B66128186257D020049D679
It looks like it is now supported! These resources should provide some additional details:
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/374160B-01/vsmithelp/mit_model_support/
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/E552B0CD4E48215586257DF7005BE055
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Distribution with the report generation toolkit

I am using the LabView report generation toolkit to put data into an
Excell spreadsheet. It works fine in Labview and the executable works
on my development PC, but not on a client PC - it opens a template XLS
spreadsheet OK but does not insert the data.
I have included the required dynamic vis in the application builder and checked 'NI Reports Support' in the installer settings.
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Is it a different version of Excel? I have had problems with different versions of Microsoft Office products not connecting or behaving correctly. That it opens the template seems to indicte that this is probably not the problem, but it is something to check. There have been many posts about that problem here, so if that is what is going on, the solutions may be here as well.
Let us know what you find.
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Bob Young - Test Engineer - Lapsed Certified LabVIEW Developer
DISTek Integration, Inc. - NI Alliance Member
mailto:[email protected]

Setting the title font and axis labels in a graph created with the Report Generation Toolkit

I'm using the LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office to generate Excel worksheets containing plots. Unfortunately, the default font size used in the plots is huge (see attached worksheet). I was able to use Excel Set Graph Font.vi to reduce the size of the axis labels, but there does not appear to be a function to do this to the title and legend. In addition, there does not appear to be a function to set the axis text labels. Before I write my own, has NI released additional functions to perform these tasks?
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OnWafer Technologies, Inc.
Attachments:
Test1_-_embedded_graph's_title_and_legend_font_is_huge.xls ‏14 KB

Hello Zeidan
The graph title and legend font sizes can be changed by accessing a low level VI (Excel_Insert_Chart.vi) that is part of the excelsub.llb that is located at (C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\vi.lib\addons\_office). This VI is called dynamically from within the Excel Insert Graph.vi and it uses VI server technology to access the Excel exposed properties. Attached to this post is an image of the block diagram of this VI after I have modified it to set the font sizes of the title and legend to 15. The circles in the image represent what I had to add to accomplish this.
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Excel_Insert_Chart.JPG ‏99 KB

Does the Report Generation Toolkit support Office 2007?

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