Make a DLL with LabView??

Hi LabViewers!!
I'm doing a program with C++Builder and I would like to use some
features from LabView, and I think that I can do that creating a dll
with LabView but I dont know if this is possible. Could someone tell me
if there is another way on making this task?
Thanx in advance.
Juanmi.
Juan Miguel Delgado Garcia de Soria.
Electronic Engineer.
Universidad de Cádiz. (SPAIN)

> I'm doing a program with C++Builder and I would like to use some
> features from LabView, and I think that I can do that creating a dll
> with LabView but I dont know if this is possible. Could someone tell me
> if there is another way on making this task?
>
LV can't build DLLs yet. If you are using a recent version, > 5.0, then
you can use the server interface to have LV carry out an execution and
pass back the results. This will work in a separate EXE, even on another
computer if that helps.
The server works LV->LV over TCP, and it also supports ActiveX; so other
environments can control it and have it do executions for them. There
are also some C++ classes on the ftp site that make the ActiveX controls
a little more natural in C++.
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