Missing Excel menus in Report Generation function palete

Hello all,
I have loaded (and relaoded) the report generation toolkit into Labview. What happens is that I only get the options for selecting MS word vi's in the report generation palete (listed under the Programming menu). How do I get the Excel VI's to show up in this palete? I realize that there is probably some sort of *.mnu file that I need to insert into the menu folder...does anybody know where I can find this file? I have tried dropping the excel mnu files (from the report generation install disk) into the menu folder but this dosen't work. Any other ideas or suggestions?
Note the folder path I am using: C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\menus\categories\Programming\_NI Report
Thanks,
Jay Poret

What version of the Report Generation Toolkit are you using? Version 1.1 and earlier are not compatible with LabVIEW 8.x, particularly as far as the palettes are concerned. I believe you can get RGT 1.1.1 from the Upgrade Advisor. It is a free upgrade for RGT 1.1 users, and it is fully compatible with LabVIEW 8.x.
But if you are already using RGT 1.1.1, I really don't know what the problem could be. In order to see the Excel subpalette under the Report Generation palette, the following files need to be present:
C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\vi.lib\addons\_office\excel.llb
C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\vi.lib\addons\_office\_exclsub.llb
C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\menus\Categories\Programming\plat-nireport.mnu
C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\menus\default\excel.mnu
C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\menus\default\exceladv.mnu
C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\menus\default\excelfrm.mnu
C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\menus\default\excelgen.mnu
C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\menus\default\excelpic.mnu
C:\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\menus\default\excmacro.mnu
Make sure all these files are present. Note that I have not tried installing RGT to a non-default LabVIEW installation (in your case, the "Program Files" folder is not used). I assume things should work just the same, but I am currently trying this out on my test machine. I'll let you know if I discover any problems. Meanwhile, let me know if my suggestions are useful.
-D
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