LV 7.1.1 PDA modules & excel issues

Hey everybody, i've attached a VI i wrote, all it does is add a number
and stores it into an array then i write to a file. I tried changing
the extension to .xls for the type of file and then I try to open it
with excel in the pda and i get an error of invalid type. On the other
hand, if i change the extension to .rtf it opens fine in word... If my
code is messy, Please excuse me for that, I am new to LV and the whole
concept of data-flow programming. SO in a nutshell, i want to write to
a file and open it with excel... thank you!
Attachments:
quick_hack.vi ‏43 KB

Hello GHernandez,
The problem doesn't lie with your VI.  You can verify this by running your code on your development machine.  If you do this, you will note that you can change you code to save to test.xls and if you were to double click on this file, Excel would render it.  Now, I think the reason why you are seeing this behavior is because your PDA has a flavor of Excel called Pocket Excel which does not directly read .xls files.  Instead, it reads the Pocket Excel Workbook format (.pxl). 
If you open up ActiveSync and navigate to the Options»Rules»Conversion Settings»Desktop to Device tab, you should see under the Desktop computer convertible file types dialog an entry for Microsoft Excel Worksheet.  If you select that worksheet, you should see that .xls desktop computer files are going to be converted to .pxl files to work on your mobile device.
So you might want to modify your VI to save the file as test.pxl and then open this file on your PDA.
Hope that helps. 
Message Edited by Wendy L on 10-20-2005 04:54 PM
Wendy L
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