Open application from labview

How is possible open a file from labview?

You can use the Open File VI in the Advanced File Functions Menu. But
if what your trying to do is to open an Application, then you will
have to make use of the ActiveX possibilities in LabVIEW. If you need
more specific information in how to do this, I'd recommend you to give
more details on what you want to do exactly.
Cheers
Mamian

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What is the easiest way to open an application from Labview?

I need to open an application from labview and depending on a user's selection, load one out of a group of files for the application that is opened. I need to know what is the best or easiest way to open an application and load a file that is used by the application based on a selection.

Here is the response that I got from Cognex when I asked them about how to do this. Do you understand what they are talking about?
In order to do something like this you will probably want to look into the Display Control/SDK for In-Sight. The Display Control gets installed along with In-Sight Explorer and includes a control that can be used in an environment like Labview to communicate with In-Sight sensors while the SDK is an enhanced version of the Display Control that gives you more control and functionality. I am not very familiar with the Labview environment so I will give some code snippets in VB.Net and hopefully you can adjust them as necessary. Specifically I see 3 possible avenues to do this:
1) Using the Display Control you have access to many of the dialog boxes that are used in In-Sight Explorer including the Load Job dialog box. You can spawn this dialog box through a line of code similar to cvsInSightDisplay1.Edit.OpenJob.Execute(). I am not certain if the Labview environment will be able to spawn and display this dialog though. 2) With the addition of the SDK (additional purchase) you can directly access sensor properties including the job. There is a method called LoadJobFile to load jobs from on the sensor and LoadJobFileLocally to load jobs from the host machine. A typical line of code might be cvsInSightDisplay1.InSight.File.LoadJobFile("myjob1.job").3) If Labview cannot handle the dialogs and the SDK is not an option for you then you may still be able to do this using Native Mode commands. Native Mode commands are sent through a socket on the telnet port (typically port 23). Keep in mind that you will need to handle the username/password prompt and response when you first open the socket before issuing any Native Mode commands. The command to load a job file from the sensor would be the Load File command which would be a string similar to "LF myjob1.job". The Native Mode commands are documented in the In-Sight Explorer help file.

"Open With" CM command opens applications from backup volumes!

I have a couple of backup drives attached to my computer. I use one for Time Machine backups and the other for scheduled Carbon Copy Cloner backups--the old belt and braces approach. Unfortunately, whenever I right click on a file in the Finder and select an application from the "Open With >" submenu, the file always opens in the copy of the application that's on the CCC backup volume--even if the application is already running from the boot volume!
I can understand why it might be desirable to search for applications on attached volumes--some people might not have enough room for all their apps on the boot volume--but I can't fathom why the Finder would look there first! The sensible thing would be to first check and see if the application is already running, and if it's not, look for it on the boot volume, then any attached volumes, then maybe a shared network drive. It just doesn't make any sense to launch another instance of a process that is already running!
Apart from disconnecting my backup drive--which kind of defeats the whole purpose of having a scheduled backup task--is there any way to prevent this? I'd prefer to just not ever open applications from attached volumes. Failing that, I'd just like it to make more reasonable decisions, but I haven't found the "don't be stupid" Finder preference yet. Has anybody else run into this and found a fix or workaround?
Message was edited by: David Livesay

Thank you! I never would have suspected that Spotlight had anything to do with this.
If anyone else runs into this, there is one additional thing you might need to do.
Excluding the other volumes from Spotlight will prevent them from being added to the list of possible apps to open, but once they have been used they are also bookmarked in the "Recent Items" preferences. The easiest way to delete them from there is to open System Preferences > Appearance and set Number of recent items > Applications to None. Once you close the pref pane they will be deleted, then you can set it back to whatever it was and it will get repopulated over time.

Error -2146960888 when opening excel from labview using active x

attempting to open an instance of excel from labview using active x, I even tried using the "open excel and make visible.vi" found on this site. I get errors every time, Inserting a break right after the property node, I found that it does open excel with no active workbook. once the program runs to ompletion excel terminates. The error is on the line right after the property node executes.

http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niepd_web_display.DISPLAY_EPD4?p_guid=B45EACE3F15456A4E034080020E74861&p_node=DZ53003&p_submitted=N&p_rank=&p_answer=&p_source=External
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XL97table.zip ‏29 KB

Open documents from LabVIEW

I want to open documents from one aplication made up with LabVIEW. The documents can be Word, Pdf, Excel and so on.
Coes anybody know how do this?
Thanks

Hi Miguel
Perhaps when trying to open a word doc you will get an empty word.
If so, modifie the vi as in attached doc to change /n option for an empty string.
In this way, word will open whit your document on screen.
saludos
Alipio
"Qod natura non dat, Salmantica non praestat"
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Oracle Planning gives error when trying to open application from Workspace.

Hello,
We have version 11.2.2.0.0 of Planning installed. After the install of Essbase Studio Server we have hit some issues where Planning does not seem to be available. Despite re-deploying several times and other things, we cannot connect to the Planning server.
Planning does seem to be listening
c:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\EPMSystem\bin>netstat -na | findstr 8300
TCP    127.0.0.1:8300         0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
TCP    155.209.11.122:8300    0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
TCP    [::1]:8300             [::]:0                 LISTENING
but the test URL will not resolve
http://hcb-mapp156:8300/HyperionPlanning
Error 404--Not Found
When trying to open a Planning application from Workspace we see the following errors:
Description: Invalid or could not find module configuration 'HyperionPlanning.planning'.
URI: http://localhost:19000/HyperionPlanning/conf/HspJSConfig.xml
Status: 404 - Not Found
Content: text/html; charset=UTF-8
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Draft//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Error 404--Not Found</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="white">
<FONT FACE=Helvetica><BR CLEAR=all>
<TABLE border=0 cellspacing=5><TR><TD><BR CLEAR=all>
<FONT FACE="Helvetica" COLOR="black" SIZE="3"><H2>Error 404--Not Found</H2>
</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE border=0 width=100% cellpadding=10><TR><TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=100% BGCOLOR=white><FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT FACE="Helvetica" SIZE="3"><H3>From RFC 2068 <i>Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1</i>:</H3>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Helvetica" SIZE="3"><H4>10.4.5 404 Not Found</H4>
</FONT><P><FONT FACE="Courier New">The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.</p><p>If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.</FONT></P>
</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Hope someone can help here.
Thanks,
Philip.

Hello,
Yes, I see this error in the logs:
<Nov 12, 2013 11:09:17 AM CET> <Warning> <HTTP> <BEA-101162> <User defined listener com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener failed: java.lang.NullPointerException.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextDestroyed(ConfigureListener.java:241)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContextListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:482)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager.notifyContextDestroyedEvent(EventsManager.java:200)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<Nov 12, 2013 11:09:17 AM CET> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149231> <Unable to set the activation state to true for the application 'PLANNING [Version=11.1.2.0]'.
weblogic.application.ModuleException:
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1520)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:484)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:222)
at com.hyperion.hit.tool.deploy.update.util.RegistryHelper.createPhysicalWebApp(RegistryHelper.java:213)
at com.hyperion.hit.tool.deploy.update.RegistryUpdater.update(RegistryUpdater.java:30)
at com.hyperion.hit.tool.deploy.update.UniversalListener.contextInitialized(UniversalListener.java:80)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContextListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:481)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Thanks.

How to remove the open applications from right side of the dock?

How do I remove the open apps from the right of the line on the dock? They are by the Trash. I will attach an image. I don't want them to show up over there when I have an app open.

In previous versions of Mac OS X, any window containing an open application that was reduced in size was put in the Dock and looked like those in the image. So if you reduced any open page while in an application, that would be as you see, there. Or if you chose to 'hide' an open application it'd go there.
You should be able to click once on each of those and have the full page restored in the screen. If there is anything on those pages you want to save, do so and the file would be saved in your Documents or other folder of your choosing.
Good luck & happy computing!

Opening application from Tracking tab of UWL

Hi All,
I am editing XML to open WDA application from "Tracking" tab of UWL .
But when I click the link of tasks on "Tracking" tab , explanation of the task is displayed by popup .
I want to open WDA application which displayed data gotten from SAP by workitem ID .
On task tab , links of "Task" tab work collectly , display the WDA application and passed workitem ID .
My procedure is described below .
1. I added the entry at SWFVISU to output the WDA application from "Task" tab .
2. I downloaded uwl.webflow.UWLSETXXX.XML file .
3. On the XML file , I copied entries made by the first process , and I modified the source .
I update just name and defaultview .
- name
before :<ItemType name="uwl.request.webflow.TS91000005.UWLSETXXX"
after: <ItemType name="uwl.task.webflow.WS91000001"
I had seen UWL support Information of "Tracking" tab items .
Item type of "Tracking" tab is like "uwl.task.webflow.WS91000001" . It does not contain system ID ".UWLSETXXX" .
It is difference "Task" tab and "Tracking" tab .
- defaultview
before : defaultView="DefaultView"
after : defaultView="WorkItemRequestsView"
4. I upload the XML file as the new name "uwl.webflow.UWLSETXXX_new" .
5. Clear cashes .
I notified that there is not "Item type configration name" in UWL support information of "Tracking" tab .
But UWL support information of "Task" tab has the data : uwl.webflow.UWLSETXXX_new in "Item type configration name" .
Does it matter ?
Help me .
I saw the below documents , but I do not resolve the problem .
- Integrating WebDynpro ABAP applications with UWL for workflow in Portal
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/WDABAP/IntegratingWebDynproABAPapplicationswithUWLforworkflowin+Portal
- Workitems, Universal Worklist and Web Dynpro for ABAP
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/20f4843e-314f-2a10-2a88-8c4afa20dda6
- Object Visualization in UWL using WD4A
http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/sap-wug/2007-December/027431.html
Regards ,
Masao

I added below sources .
>    <ItemType name="uwl.request.webflow.WS91000001" connector="WebFlowConnector" defaultView="WorkItemRequestsView" defaultAction="launchWebDynPro" executionMode="default">
>      <ItemTypeCriteria systemId="UWLSETXXX" externalType="WS91000001" connector="WebFlowConnector" />
>      <Actions>
>        <Action name="launchWebDynPro" groupAction="" handler="SAPWebDynproABAPLauncher" returnToDetailViewAllowed="yes" launchInNewWindow="yes" launchNewWindowFeatures="resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no">
>          <Properties>
>            <Property name="WebDynproApplication" value="ZWD_WF_002" />
>            <Property name="newWindowFeatures" value="resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no" />
>            <Property name="DynamicParameter" value="wi_id=${item.externalId}" />
>            <Property name="openInNewWindow" value="yes" />
>            <Property name="System" value="WDSETXXX" />
>            <Property name="WebDynproNamespace" value="sap" />
>            <Property name="display_order_priority" value="5" />
>          </Properties>
>          <Descriptions default="" />
>        </Action>
>      </Actions>
>    </ItemType>
>    <ItemType name="uwl.request.webflow.decision.WS91000001.UWLSETXXX" connector="WebFlowConnector" defaultView="WorkItemRequestsView " defaultAction="viewDetail" executionMode="default">
>      <ItemTypeCriteria systemId="UWLSETXXX" externalType="WS91000001" connector="WebFlowConnector" />
>    </ItemType>

How do I change the default image opening application from Preview

How can I change the Preview application default so that I can double click to open files in Photoshop?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Select a jpeg in the Finder and go File -> Get Info.
In the Info window look for the Open With.. pane and select Photoshop from the Drop down.
Click Change All.
You'll need to repeat the process for Tiffs and other formats.
Regards
TD

Problems opening applications from Desktop

Hi,
When I click any icon from the desktop, nothing opens. But when I click icons on the dock, applications open. For example, when I click on the Macintosh HD icon on the desktop, it doesn't open
HELP!!!!

Ephraim, the time between your two posts was only 11 minutes! You have to be a little more patient than that, don't you think?
First, a really dumb question: your are +double clicking+ on the Desktop Folders, right? (I just can't take this for granted, sorry for asking.)
Try trashing this file: in your users (your account) /Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.Plist. A new one will be created automatically, but you will probably need to reestablish your Desktop Preferences.
Also try resetting the PRAM. At the chime, hold down Option-CMD-P-R until you hear two more chimes (total 3) then let go and it will continue booting.
Sometimes a simple restart can fix things like this.

Opening Excel from LabView

Hey all,
I am trying to figure out how to open an Excel document from within a running LabView .vi. I have been looking around here but I can't seem to find exactly what I am looking for. What I have is a GUI running to operate some test equipment. The user needs to be able to create and load a configuration file that is created with Excel. I have added options to my Run Time Menu to make this easy for the user, but I can't figure out how to actually execute it in the code.
I plan on having the template they will use at a location like this:
C:\Program Files\Naitonal Instruments\LabView 8.2\Templates\Interrogation Setup.xls
So I am trying to figure out the best way to execute this. I was going to use the System Exec.vi but, being a DOS prompt, it can't handle the spaces in the directory. Is there a better way for me to do this?
Really appreciate it.

You can interface excel via ActiveX in LabView. Have a search through the forum with these keywords. There is also a thread containing links to excel related threads, but I've no bookmark at hand.
Felix
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How to go back one page to an open application (from Safari)?

For example, if I have one of my applications open and I follow the link to open the products page, it launches Safari accordingly. However, when I have finished looking at that page, how do I close down Safari and go back to the last screen I was looking at in the application I had open?
Can I do this without having to press the home button taking me back to the Home screen, re-opening the app I was using and finding the bit I was looking at before?

no, that is the only way to do it.

Open Access from Labview

Hi, I open a Access database with the metod Opencurrentdatabase of
appliaction.But i had a problem because the database open but after
it's closed.
What's is the right method for call a database?

Hello,
The preferred method of database communication with LabVIEW is the Database Connectivity Toolkit. Here is a link that may help you find more information about this. Also, you may want to look into some examples that have shipped with LabVIEW. They are found under "..LabVIEW\examples\comm\access.llb"
Jeremy L
National Instruments
Jeremy L.
National Instruments

Open applications from office suite etc

I would just like to say that I'm very unhappy with my purchase of this iPad Air as every time it need to do something I need to google it. Just recently sent a PDF doc from work PC to ipad and I couldn't even open it. After time wasting browsing this forums and eventually calling the help desk I was informed that ipad doesn't support that file ext.......really now!!!!!!
Will defiantly be switching over once this contract is up :(

In fact, iOS 7 can quickview any of the following file types as a mail attachment:
.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics
and there are a plethora of apps that can open other file types, as well as create or edit them, so as Rob said, you have been misinformed.
Regards.

Running external applications from LabView

Here are some very basic functions that allow you to start, close, minumize, and maximize external applications.
Not much happening on the front panel, take a look at the block diagram. The string constants are the title of the application as it appears on the title bar when the application is running.
These functions use no other VIs as have been previously seen, BUT they do use the user32.dll which is normally in the windows system32 directory.
Best Regards
-Tim C.
1:30 Seconds ARRRGHHH!!!! I want my popcorn NOW! Isn't there anything faster than a microwave!
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Read INI Polymorphic Type.zip ‏78 KB
Controlling Application Windows.vi ‏22 KB
Controlling Application Windows v80.vi ‏21 KB

Hi Elvis,
I took a look at that example and also found that it was built for SQL server, not necessarily Access. The difference is in the way it stores procedures. I have attached an example program that calls a stored procedure (or query) in Access on a sample database and gets called in LabVIEW. Please try this and let me know what you think! thanks
Jeremy L.
National Instruments
Jeremy L.
National Instruments
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