I can't transfer data properly to Excel 2003 with the report generation toolkit.

I have a table with number to transfer into Excel. I use EasyGraph.vi and it works correctly with Excel 2000. But when I try the same program to transfer my data into Excel 2003, the data are not transfered correctly. When I have for example 0,56, it is read as text in Excel and when I have something like 53,300 Excel 2003 read this 53 300 as if there was no coma.
Do you know what's happening with Excel 2003 ?

Separators have always been a pain in Excel !
A work around is to avoid using any separator at all, and to format numbers as power of 10.
For instance :
0.12345 -> 12345E-5
12.345 -> 12345E-3
The attached vi does the trick.
Chilly Charly    (aka CC)
         E-List Master - Kudos glutton - Press the yellow button on the left...        
Attachments:
NoSeparatorEnumbers.vi ‏20 KB

Similar Messages

  • How to create a working link anchor in an EXCEL document with the report generation toolkit?

    I am using the latest report generation toolkit and want to add links on the first worksheet pointing to the other worksheets in the same document.
    I am using the "Append Hypertext Link Anchor to Report" VI. The links are created, but don't work when clicking them.
    Question now is: How does a link to a cell on a different worksheet needs to look like?
    It can not be that complicated but all variations I tried did not work and I could not find any information about this problem. So any help is appreciated!
    Thanks and Regards,
    Ingo
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Thanks, Brian, for your support! - It's working.
    It's hard to understand why NI did not pass this parameter to the top of the call chain...
    I also needed some time to understand the syntax of the string passed to the subaddress node:
    The name of the worksheet needs to be framed by single quotation marks and the following cell address must preceeded by an exclamation point (!).
    A working link pointing to cell "A1" of "Worksheet 1" looks like:
    'Worksheet 1'!A1
    Maybe also of interest: If you want to point the link to a worksheet inside the document itself, the parameter "address" (URL of link - href) can be left empty.
    Thanks and Regards,
    Ingo

  • Can I align the orientatio​n 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...
    Like this:

  • 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
    Attachments:
    Dflt Data Dir.vi ‏11 KB

  • How do I add a new worksheet to an excell file utilizing a template with the report generation toolkit?

    Hello,
    My vi is gathering data from a piece of machinery. At varrious points durring the process, my vi must create printable reports. I am using the report generation tool kit to do this. What I want to do is for every report generated durring the run, add it as a new worksheet in an Excell workbook. My excell template works fine for the initial master report and I can add new data to new worksheets. What I am having a problem figuring out is how do I add the new data to a new worksheet using an excel template? I have 5 different reports that need to be generated at different times with some more often than others. I would like all these reports to be in the
    same master excel file. Thanks in advance
    -Greg
    Gregory Osenbach, CLA
    Fluke

    Hi Greg,
    There is no built-in support in LabVIEW to add a new worksheet to an existing Excel report simply because this functionality does not exist in the Excel application itself.
    My suggestion would be to open up the template you wish to use for the new worksheet. Copy the cells from the template and paste them into your new worksheet that you've created. Then close the original template and you have another copy of the template in which you can populate with data values.
    I have attached an example program of how to Copy and Paste a Cell in Microsoft 97 Using ActiveX in LabVIEW to this post. Hope this helps!
    Kileen C.
    Applications Engineer
    National Instruments
    Attachments:
    XL_cell_copy_and_paste.llb ‏76 KB

  • Can't print to Epson TM-U590 Slip Printer from Report Generation Toolkit with LabVIEW 8.6.1

    Hi all,
    I have an application that uses the Report Generation Toolkit to print tickets to a docket printer.  Usually this works fine - I have 8 existing installations where there are no problems
    I'm currently installing the software at a new site that uses an Epson TM-U590 slip printer and I can't for the life of me get printing to work
    Using a Standard Report, the Print Report.vi returns error -41002 which indicates it can't find the printer.  I've opened up the VI using remote debugging and it does find the printer name correctly with the Query Available Printers.vi.  It gets an error code -2147352567 from the Printout node, which then gets replaced with the -41002 error which is reported.
    For historical reasons I'm still using LabVIEW 8.6.1 for this project.  I'm considering moving to 2011 or 2012 but I've had reliability issues with other parts of the application after attempting to update to a newer LabVIEW version so I'd like to avoid that at this stage.
    The application is running on a standard desktop PC with Windows 7.  The slip printer works fine if I print to it from Notepad, and my application is happy to print to any other printer, just not the slip printer.
    The slip printer is using the LPT port.  Previously the docket printers I've used have been USB but I would expect the printer driver to hide this detail from the application...
    Any ideas would be much appreciated
    Cheers
    Brett
    Senior Software Development Engineer
    Certified LabVIEW Architect and LabVIEW Champion
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    I've managed to sort out the problem, thanks to this KB article: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/67D60209102E2161862568AC0074BF64
    I'm now having the same issue with a Star docket printer (a TUP592), this time with another program developed in LabVIEW 2011.
    As mentioned in the article, the problem is actually to do with the margin settings rather than the printer name, despite what the error message says
    After some experimentation, I've gotten the Star printer to work by setting a large (>14cm) right margin.  No idea why this is required as it seems to print right up to the right edge of the paper quite happily, but there you go.
    So I haven't defintely fixed the original problem yet as I haven't gotten back to the site, but hopefully this will be of some help to someone else.
    Cheers
    Brett
    Senior Software Development Engineer
    Certified LabVIEW Architect and LabVIEW Champion

  • 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
    CLD Certified !!!!!
    Do not forget to Mark solution and to give Kudo if problem is solved.
    Attachments:
    write to excel.vi ‏21 KB

  • Open an existing Excel file created by Report Generation Toolkit

    How would I open an existing Excel file that has been created by the LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit?
    Let me explain my application. I have made a test program to collect data on a device. Each time I run the program I want it to append a new row onto an existing data file. Since the tests I do are sometimes over a period of days, I cannot keep the program open and running continuously. So I have to open an existing file and append the new data to it. In technical terms, what I need is to get the 'report out' reference to the existing Excel data file without losing the data that is already there.

    For info on accessing Excel do a search in the examples for the word "Excel" you will get an example that shows how to open a spreadsheet and manipulate the data. This should get you started.
    Mike...
    Certified Professional Instructor
    Certified LabVIEW Architect
    LabVIEW Champion
    "... after all, He's not a tame lion..."
    Be thinking ahead and mark your dance card for NI Week 2015 now: TS 6139 - Object Oriented First Steps

  • How can you transfer data from an ipod touch to the itunes library without having all your data deleted?

    I have a laptop and the hard drive had to be replaced because it WILL NOT work (This broken hard drive will be refered to as "HD1" from now on). So I had no choice but to have HD1 replaced with a better hard drive (the new one will be refered to as "HD2" from now on). I had HD1 for about 5 years, but what is stuck on HD1 is my itunes library will all of my music, like I said before HD1 will not work so I cannot retrieve any of my itunes data, or any data to be exact. But also, my data that was synced in HD1's itunes library is also on my ipod touch, which is still functional for the time being. HD2 has been installed and working perfectly and I installed itunes on it as well. If I synced my ipod touch to HD2's itunes library, all of my music on the ipod touch will get deleted. What I'm trying to do is have all of my music on my ipod touch transfered to HD2's itunes library without having anything deleted.
    Key things to remember:
    -"HD1" is my broken hard drive
    -"HD2" is my new and awesome hard drive
    -I can't access HD1 at all because it doesn't work
    -I have an ipod touch with all of HD1's music on it
    -HD2 has an empty itunes library on it
    -I need a way to transfer all the data on my ipod touch to HD2's itunes library without having anything deleted
    Is there someone, anyone who can help me out with this?

    I think so when you sign in your itunes library with your apple id which you were using on HD1 the data will be transfered or simply use icloud.

  • How to save to data into another file in the Report Generation Toolkit

    I read a doc template and wirte many data and bmp into it. I want to create a new doc file with my own name,
    But in my test, data will be writen into my template. If user don't notice it, my template will be overriden. Can
    I save to a new file in my program? please help me about it.
    Thanks.
    br

    HI, NIhuyu
    thank your answer.
    I will try it.
    Can you tell me the meaning of star out and end out of vi?
    I am not clear about it.
    Thank your very much.
    br

  • Report generation toolkit excel, decimal?

    Hello!
    I have problem with the report generation toolkit excel!
    I only gets 3 decimals in excel?
    Ex. In labview = 0.0458943 when i send it to excel = 0.046.
    I use Excel easy table.vi to transfer my array, should I use someting else?
    Ive already tryid to increase the decimal in excel but i doesent work.
    Labview 8.6
    Report generation toolkit ev 113 

    Johan1300,
    It sounds like you are writing a 2-D Array of doubles to excel.  The Excel Easy Table.vi converts numerics to strings before writing data to excel.  It is written to always use 3 decimal places.  You need to convert your 2-D array of doubles to strings before writing the info to excel.  Here are a couple of ways to make the conversion.  The top method is based on how the Excel Easy Table.vi makes the conversion.  Note that in both examples the format string constant sets the number of decimal places to 8.
    Message Edited by Wayne.C on 04-08-2009 09:12 AM
    Attachments:
    2D Doubles to 2D String.png ‏6 KB

  • Report Generation Toolkit, Print Excel Report, LabVIEW Crash

    Hello,
    when printing a report generated with the report generation toolkit for excel my build application crashes on our customers PC.
    When I run this application on my PC it works fine.
    The problem is the active X invoke node that trys to print the report but i cant get any error messages to find out where to locate the problem.
    Maybe that there is a problem with the active X node or the Excel Version on the customers PC?
    I use LabVIEW 2010 and Excel 2007 the customer has Excel 2003 SP 3.
    I changed the report to generate it in Word where the Print_Report.vi fine on both PCs. But in Word Report there is called another active X invoke node to print the Report. So it seems for me that there really is a problem with the Print in Excel active X invoke node.
    Mybe someon can help me in finding out whats the problem.
    Greetings Daniel.
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Hi Daniel,
    your behavior has been reported by others. For example:
    Application Build Failure on Excel.Print Report call
    http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Application-Build-Failure-on-Excel-Print-Report-call/m-p/1563242
    Problem posted: 05-17-2011 02:19 PM
    Workaround posted: 06-01-2011 and later
    So their workaround was to use Excel 2007 or 2010 instead of 2003. Is this working for your customer?
    Best Regards,
    Jan

  • How do I get the last COLUMN in an Excel Sheet using Report Generation toolkit in LV7.1?

    I am trying to get the last column in an Excel sheet using the Report Generation toolkit. The function "Excel Get Last Row" does not give last column info. Is there a function that will do this?
    Thanks

    Hello –
    I think the following example program might be helpful to get you started programming your application.
    Get Excel Data from Specified Field.
    Hope this helps!
    SVences
    Applications Engineer
    National Instruments

  • Report generation Toolkit: Excel report functions error -2146827284

    Hi,
    I'm trying to create an automated report using excel functions from the report generation toolkit in labVIEW. When I run the program that generates the report first time round (the report consists of several worksheets, each worksheet is added onto the report at a diffferent state in a state machine) it always works fine and no error is generated. However, when I run the program again it will infrequently (sometimes it does, other times it will not) generate the undefined error -2146827284, this is coming from one of the excel report functions and it cannot find it on highlight execution mode.
    Does anyone know anything about this error, why it occurs, how to prevent it?
    I would appreciate any help.
    Thanks,
    Rowan

    mebels_cti wrote:
    Found something that helped; https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Error-code-quot-2146827284-quot-when-trying-to-open-an-Excel/m-p/20...
    Excel still open
    So I added this;
    You should use the Application Quit method instead of killing the task. I doubt this is the cause of your issue.
    Ben64

  • Unable to write an image to excel with report generation toolkit

    I am unable to write an image to excel with the report generation toolkit. The VI works fine for word, but when I select Excel the speadsheet pens but remains blank.

    Ranjeet
    I am using Labview 2013 or 8.0, but here is an image of the very simple test VI.
    Regards
    Steve

Maybe you are looking for