How to update data to excel in runtime with LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit

hi,All
     i am using LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit,and a newer.i want to insert the data in excel for every loop.
     so at first,need to creat a excel file(xxx).and when every loop end,the test data can be insert into the file(xxx).when the test finished,the file will be saved.
     i have seen the examples in LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit, all of them need to creat a new file.i need update the data in the same file.
     can you give me some advances for that?
     my labview's version is 8.5 and LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit's version is 1.1.0.
     thanks a lot.

Hi cat099,
One question, why don't you store data of each loop, say in shift register and update all data in excel at once when your test is finished.
It will be easy. Or else, if you want to build same functionality as you mentioned, then you can build your own vi to write in excel. No need to use report generation toolkit.
See attached example.
Gaurav k
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write to excel.vi ‏21 KB

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