Labview from Excel

Hi,
National Instruments gives an example how to transfer a XL range RxCx: RyCy
to a Labview array using DDE, but how to do that from several sheets in a
same Excel workbook ?
Could I have an example (or maybe using ActiveX ?)
Thanks
Patrick Ronsmans

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[email protected] (THALER CLAUDINE) wrote in
<8u1e6f$5o6$[email protected]>:
>Hi,
>
>National Instruments gives an example how to transfer a XL range RxCx:
>RyCy to a Labview array using DDE, but how to do that from several
>sheets in a same Excel workbook ?
>Could I have an example (or maybe using ActiveX ?)
>
>
Check out the "Developer Zone" on the NI website. There are plenty of
examples on how to use Active X to get at Excel. Be warned though it is not
for the faint-hearted. I also think that there are some examples in a file
called ole something or other .llb in the examples directory in your LV
distribution.
Alex.

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