Report generation toolkit 1.1.2 doesn't show up on the panel
I installed Report Generation Toolkit 1.1.2 together with the Labview 8.5. But when I looked into the function panel, it didn't show up. No Labview has been ever installed on this machine. However when I went to control panel "Programs and Features"-> National Instrument, it did show the "Report Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office 1.1.2" there. So I guess it did install it, but how can I add them into the function panel. Btw, my system is Vista.
Hi lshi,
Glad to hear that reinstalling the Report Generation Toolkit resolved
the problem. To answer your question, the installer prompts for an
installation directory to allow users with multiple versions of LabVIEW
to select a version other than the latest.
Peter K.
National Instruments
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Hi everybody,
I've got an application that logs data to an Excel spreadsheet using the Report Generation Toolkit. My VI's have worked fine in the past using Excel XP, but since I've upgraded to Excel 2007, I am getting COM errors like this one:
"Error -2147417842 occurred at The application called an interface that was marshalled for a different thread. in Excel_Insert_Text.vi" That is the exact wording, even with the weird punctuation and capitalization.
The first occurrence of the error is not determinate. Sometimes, up to 10 logging sessions, involving a new .xls file, can occur before this error pops up. Once this error occurs, I must quit LabVIEW to resolve it. If I try to do anything with Excel, I always get this error, although sometimes it comes out of different source VIs. Excel_Open.vi is another.
These logging VIs have worked just fine until upgrading to Excel 2007. I checked, and I was using a really old version of the Report Generation Toolkit, v1.0.1. I read the documentation and had a big sigh of relief when I realized I needed to upgraded to v1.1.2 to get Excel 2007 support. However, even after upgrading, I'm still getting the same errors. I'm using LabVIEW 8.0.1, and I'm also building these VIs into an application. The error occurs both in the LabVIEW IDE and in the built application. Does anybody out there have any idea what I can do to fix this? I googled a little, and discovered this is a COM error, but I can't find any references to the Report Generation Toolkit specifically.
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Go to Solution.Hi Christian,
I do not see that exact option listed, do you mean "user interface"? I recognize the "Run in UI Thread" option, it's on the Call Library Function Node.
I checked, and my top-level VI has "same as caller" set, and I believe all my VIs are set to "same as caller". Are you suggesting I change my top-level VI preferred execution environment to "user interface", or just the logging sub-VIs that use the Report Generation Toolkit?
Thanks,
Phil
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Report Generation Toolkit missing VI
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I have just started work on an ongoing project that others have been contributing to for some time. (Hence the project being in older versions of LabVIEW)
On my PC, I am apparently missing the VI "Word Get ActiveX References.vi"
I do have the version 1.13 of the toolkit installed, just as every other machine that runs this code does. But my word.llb does not contain that VI
I have tried simply copying that VI into the .llb The VI is then found by the application. But is not executable due to this error: This VI is connected with a library that does not include the VI. The VI might have been deleted from the library. Add the VI to the library again or select File»Disconnect from Library.
I have also tried replacing my entire C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.6\vi.lib\addons\_office\ directory with files from a PC that was working. Again, I get the same error as above.
I did attempt to do a repair on my installation of the toolkit. But as far as I can tell, this didn't do anything.
I also tried simply reinstalling the toolkit. But since it was already installed, it did nothing. I am hesitant to uninstall and reinstall the toolkit for fear of breaking all of my 8.6 projects, as well as possibly my 2009 projects. I wouldn't think it mess with my 2009 installation. But I do know that the order in which things are installed can be critical in system with multiple versions. I'm not sure if this applies to toolkits or not.
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I know that in the past, multiple versions of this toolkit were not compatible, meaning only one installed version of LabVIEW could have a working Report Generation Toolkit installed. But I was of the understanding that this was no longer a problem. Although it may not be a coincidence that neither of the other development boxes running this code do not have LV 2009 installed.
Has anyone else ever run into a similar problem and found a solution?
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Go to Solution.Darren wrote:
Back before we unified the LabVIEW and toolkit version numbers (in 2009), there were cases where we didn't change the version number in the registry for one reason or another on a minor upgrade.
Ah. This makes sense then.
I just reinstalled said toolkit from said SSP DVD and although it did tell me that I was about to install 1.1.4, MAX still thinks it's 1.1.3
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I still wonder how it ended up missing, because I'm really sure this is where I installed the toolkit from in the first place. I'll probably never know for sure. But that's a lot easier to take when the code is working.
Thanks!
Message Edited by pallen on 04-15-2010 04:52 PM
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Error -2417417851 using Report generation toolkit
I try to use the Report Generation toolkit (Version 1.0.1) for MS Office und the example "Generate Report from Template (Excel).vi" return an Error -2417417851
I run Labview 6.02, on Win2000 German, and use Office 97 (Everything is installed (included MS Graph))
Did someone experienced such a problem and found a solution?
Thank you for your Help!Is LabVIEW and Office both German? Under Control Panel >> Regional Options >> General, is the language set to German? How about under Regional Options >> Input Locale? Reboot if you make any changes.
I would suggest reregistering the nireports.dll. It is located in the National Instruments\Shared\NI Reports directory.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/4f811a9b23f1d46e862566f700615b7a?OpenDocument
Next, mass compile (Tools >> Advanced >> Mass Compile...) the LLB's in the \vi.lib\addons\_office
Chris_Mitchell
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Hi all,
I am using LabVIEW 8.5.1 and TestStand 4.1. I have done a TestStand sequence with a VI in it, which uses Report Generation Toolkit elements. On my machine I am using LabVIEW and TestStand with a Development System license. On the other machine I am using TestStand with a Base Deployment license and I have chosen the LabVIEW 8.5 Run-Time Engine in the Adapter Configuration. Everything is running well except of this VI with Report Generation Toolkit elements. The error message is showing that the VI is not executable. It works well only after I have installed LabVIEW with an Evaluation license and chosen LabVIEW 8.5 Development System in the Adapter Configuration.
I have found other posts and a document in the KnowledgeBase with a similar problem: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/8A0E6274D9BD7B1986256F62006AD402?OpenDocument But I am not using EXE files in my sequence, so I don't know how to solve mine. Anybody has an idea?
Solved!
Go to Solution.Hello guys,
thank you very much for your answers!
@Ruediger:
I tried to follow the instruction for Method 2 in the mentioned document: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/F3DC40A6E3F3B25B862570AD005D1D3D?OpenDocument, but the steps on my machine are different starting from step 4. After I click "Continue..." in step 3, I dont get a window, the system just makes a new folder with the same VI.
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I was following the instruction in the document: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/9E00E7EFE0635E678625734600779EFE, but it wasnt working. Can you please tell me how I can check if the VI Server is installed and running on the machine?
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Report Generation Toolkit: Table of Contents in MS Word
Hello forum users,
I would like to add a table of contents to a MS Word document, using the Report Generation Toolkit.
I couldn't find a VI in the toolkit that does that, so I tried to modify the VI "Word Insert Field.vi". Doing so, I could access a property node of the class "Word._Document" and an invoke node of the class "Word.TablesOfContents" with the method "Add".
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There are so many methods and properties that are not used in the official Report Generation Toolkit, like this one. How can I access them?
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Word_Insert_TOC.png 68 KBHello again,
in the "Word Specific" > "Word Advanced" Palette of the Report Generation Toolkit, there is a VI called "Word Get ActiveX References" which essentially unbundles the private "report" data stream / wire. Thus, I can use the property and invoke nodes that make use of the "Add TablesOfContents" method.
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Report generation toolkit (1.1.2) and 8.5
I am not as crazy as I thought!
I wrote a program today that collects data from excel reports in many directories using cell names and it worked well. Unitl I saved it. I had been saving the sub vi's, but when I went to close them I got a message about unsaved changes and I guess I clicked to save the changes today. The program never worked the same again. I would get errors like 41106 and 41110 at random (problems with excel not opening and other stuff). I tried adding waits which slowed everything down and worked mostly. But the only way to not drop data and get errors was to have a copy of excel open while getting my data.
Well I just uninstalled/reinstalled the toolkit and rebuilt the vi that was having problems with the fresh install and everything is great again. So my question is why does the toolkit have problems when I save it in 8.5? The warning does say that the vi's are from 7.1 and I cant find any updates so I am hoping this is the latest version that came with my 8.5 suite.Hi Bryan,
There should not be a problem with saving the VIs from the Report Generation toolkit in LabVIEW 8.5. I have checked the readme files to make sure but RGT 1.1.2 should work with any version of LabVIEW later than 7.0. However, the readme does discuss an specific upgrade issue. It says if you previously created VIs that use the built-in Report Generation VIs in LabVIEW Professional, Full, or Base packages or VIs from a previous version of the Report Generation Toolkit, installing the Report Generation Toolkit 1.1.2 might break the VIs you created. If the VIs you created contain any of the following VIs, edit them so they are compatible with the Report Generation Toolkit 1.1.2.
Append Front Panel Image to Report VI—The Image Format input of the LabVIEW 6.1 version of this VI is a different enumerated type than the current toolkit version. Right-click the input and select Create»Control or Create»Constant from the shortcut menu to create a compatible control or constant.
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Get Report Settings VI—The cluster order of the font settings input changed from the Report Generation Toolkit 1.0.1 version of the VI. Right-click the output and select Create»Indicator from the shortcut menu to create a compatible indicator.
Report Express VI—If a VI includes the LabVIEW built-in version of the Report Express VI on the block diagram, the VI breaks after you install the Report Generation Toolkit 1.1.2. Double-click the Report Express VI to launch its configuration dialog box, then click the OK button. Reconnect all wires to the Report Express VI.
You might need to relink the following subVIs after installation because the connector panes changed in the Report Generation Toolkit 1.1.2. Right-click the VIs and select Relink to SubVI.
New Report
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One thing that might have happened is if you had created the program in an earlier version of the toolkit, then saved it in the new version of the toolkit, maybe some of the upgrade issues regarding the VIs listed aboved cause LabVIEW to start giving you errors. Also, which version of excel are you using? After you re-did the VI program, have you tried to save it again and see if the same problem occurs?
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Does the Report Generation Toolkit support Office 2007?
With the hot-out-of-the-oven Office 2007, Microsoft has done a complete overhaul of the Office environment that we all have spent many years learning to perfection (well.. almost). Lucky those who got a head start as part of the Office Beta program.
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Anyone???
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I was wondering how to align the axis labels, i.e. 90 degree or such when creating a graph with the report generation toolkit in word.
I can do it after the document is created through Format axis title -> alignment but is there a way out of LabVIEW?
I'd especially like to rotate the y-axis label by 90 degrees.
Thanks a lot,
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After I posted this I found out that we can do this with a macro and use it from labview, but unfortunately I don't know VB, or VBA...
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Add multiple graphs in one chart(ex.scatter chart) using labview excel report generation toolkit
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The Excel Insert graph function takes in only 2d arrays as inputs. Since arrays can only have numeric values, any table with a null string is read as 0. Now to get a plot like you mentioned, you could read the table and replace blank Strings as NaN. NaN values in an array when plotted do not appear in the excel sheet. For reference I have attached a sample vi to help you understand.
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Report Generation Toolkit doesn't work after patches A thru I.
For LV7 Express, RGT demo doesn't run any of its operations, Word, Excel,... See attach for cause. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
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RGDemo1.doc 36 KBHi,
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Hello,
I tried to insert data into an Excel file but it seems the Report Generation Toolkit Evaluation doesn't work.
Attached file my VI.
LV is saying i have to activate the product in order to run it. An error occurs on each Report Generation subVI, which involve i never could test my application.
I went on Help/Activate Labview component and the evalution is well activate.
Someone has an idea why the evaluation version doesn't run Report Generation Toolkit ? A solution asap please...
PS : I still have 15 days evaluation left.
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Hi all,
I'm trying to make a package of Vis to easily make Excel reports with Signal Express. I'm working on LabVIEW 8.2.1.
I'm using the report generation toolkit, so I build a .llb from my project which contains all the hierarchy of my steps, but also the hierarchy of dynamic VIs called.
I have made some steps, like "Open Workbook", "Write Data", etc.
My steps run well, excepts one step : "Close Workbook".
If my "Close Workbook" step is firing on "Run" Signal Express event, I have no error, so my reference is properly closed.
But if my "Close Workbook" step is firing on "Stop" Signal Express event, I have an error "1", from "Generate Report Objectrepository.vi".
I feel that I'm trying to use a reference which has been killed in the "Stop" step...
I would like to know what exactly do Signal Express on "Stop" event and why my close function does'nt run well.
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SignalExpress (SE for short) does the following on the Stop event:
1. Takes the list of parameters that SE found on your VI's connector pane, and sets the values that the user set from the "Run LabVIEW VI" configuration page, if any.
2. Then tells the VI that SE is running the Stop event by setting the Enum found on your VI's front panel. This in turn should produce some boolean values telling your VI to execute the Stop case.
3. The VI is then run, with those values and states.
4. SE checks to see if any errors where returned.
5. Since this is the Stop event, SE releases the reference to the VI which it possesses.
Questions for you would be, is the reference to your Workbook linked to a control on your connector pane, or held in a uninitialized Shift Register. If it's held in a Shift Register, SE would not be aware of it, and would not be able to affect that reference.
Hope that helps. Feel free to post your LLB if it doesn't.
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