ThorLabs ActiveX question

I'm not very versed in ActiveX (or most others Microsoft alphabet soup techonologies de jour) and I'm a bit puzzled by the ActiveX interface that comes with a Thorlabs APT controller system.
If I place an ActiveX container in the front panel, then inside it an object of a system provided type, MG17System, I can go to the block diagram and call methods on the reference that is there, e.g. the simple AboutBox method. Using the help system the wire from the reference into the method call shows up as "MG17System MG17SystemLib.MG17System".
If instead I start with an AutomationOpen call, wire a constant to it, and select for it what I think is the equivalent ActiveX Clas, wire it to the same AboutBox method, followed by an AutomationClose call, the code fails with an error of "Automation Open: Object specified is not creatable". The wire into the AboutBox method shows only "MG17SystemLib.MG17System, but that looks to me like the same thing.
Can someone please illuminate me on the difference?

Hi Everyone,
I am really very new to Labview and i am in great need for some help.I am assigned a task where i am supposed to create a labview program to control or moniter a BPC203 Piezo controller. I created a program with the help of the instructions provided in the APT-Labview guide provided by Thorlabs.But th program doesnt run . Whenever i try to run it i get the same error which says that "Control HW Communications disabled".I have attached a snapshot of the error message.So i tried to create a small program in labview which would read the volage output.Even there i got the same error message.I suppose there is some mistake on my part which i am not able to correct due to the lack of proper knowledge.Could anyone please help me to solve this problem.A slight elaboration would be highly appreciated.
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1) No, LabVIEW will NOT close those references. You need to make sure that happens.
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I used to program in C and Assembly many moons ago. You should have seen my first LabVIEW code. I go back and look at it just so I can see how far I've come in the last 12 years. I feel your pain.
Kelly Bersch
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Hey shivels,
The dll you are using is working properly in LabVIEW? It seems like the problem is less with LabVIEW and more with VB2008. It might be more helpful to post your question in a forum for VB2008 to figure out why it is not working. The lowest level code that LabVIEW is using to interface with ActiveX is not information that is really make available.
Hope this helps.
-Ben
WaterlooLabs

Newbie question on ActiveX

Hi,
I am new to web design and have alot to learn, which may be
obvious by my phrasing of terms in my questions.
My question has to do with ActiveX in IE. Is it possible to
make a drop down navigational menu in Fireworks8, put it into
Dreamweaver8, and not have it trigger the ActiveX control on a
client's browser when they are using IE? Is there a code that I can
add to the javascript that can bypass this trigger? It seems even
the 'starter sites' in DW8 will activate the ActiveX in IE.
Thank you,
-Tony

It will never trigger that alert when browsed from the web -
only when
previewed locally.
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=153
And you wouldn't want to use the FW menus or FW HTML, anyhow.
There are
much better methods -
Check the uberlink and MacFly tutorials at PVII -
http://www.projectseven.com/
and the Navbar tutorial/articles at Thierry's place
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/
Or this one (more recent article):
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/Pure_CSS_Dropdown_Menus.asp
Or to get it done fast, go here -
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/index.htm
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> Hi,
>
> I am new to web design and have alot to learn, which may
be obvious by my
> phrasing of terms in my questions.
>
> My question has to do with ActiveX in IE. Is it possible
to make a drop
> down
> navigational menu in Fireworks8, put it into
Dreamweaver8, and not have it
> trigger the ActiveX control on a client's browser when
they are using IE?
> Is
> there a code that I can add to the javascript that can
bypass this
> trigger? It
> seems even the 'starter sites' in DW8 will activate the
ActiveX in IE.
>
> Thank you,
> -Tony
>

ThorLabs stepper motors synchronization question

I want to synchronize the movement of two ThorLabs stepper motors which use ActiveX controllers. How can I make sure that the "move absolute" of both motors execute at the exact same time? I have tried putting them in different sequence structures and synchronizing them using 'rendezvous' but, even if the dataflow arrives at the same time to both, one executes first than the other.

Hello,
There is no way for you to achieve synchronization at a software level with your motors. One will always execute first once everything is compiled. You need to be looking into ways for hardware synchronization for these.
-Zach
Certified LabVIEW Developer

ActiveX & Forms6i Question

I've created a simple OCX that says 'hello' when clicked-on.
Here's the steps I've taken to drop it into a form:
1. Create a new item for the data block
2. Set the Item Type, OLE Class and Canvas (in Property Palette)
3. Imported OLE types (properties and methods)
When I run the form, I can see the ActiveX container border, but
my control isn't there (although it can be manually inserted at
runtime; yech)
I'm assuming that I've overlooked something simple...can anyone
help?
Thanks in advance!

Hey shivels,
The dll you are using is working properly in LabVIEW? It seems like the problem is less with LabVIEW and more with VB2008. It might be more helpful to post your question in a forum for VB2008 to figure out why it is not working. The lowest level code that LabVIEW is using to interface with ActiveX is not information that is really make available.
Hope this helps.
-Ben
WaterlooLabs

LabVIEW - Activex Internet Explorer Communication - Question

Hi
I have a code which can generate a URL(https:\\.....) to talk to a
server. The server in turn sends my code a response. I've used ActiveX
to enable the communication over a secure network.When I make a change
in the URL I send to the server, I expect a different response. However
there is a delay in reading that response. If I use the same URL in the
web browser I get the correct message. Looks like ActiveX is caching
the data. Has anyone faced this problem before and what might be a
potential solution ? Thanks for your help.
Thanks
Kudos always welcome for helpful posts

Attached is a snapshot of my program. I think activex might be
cacheing. but i am not sure which component. probably the one which
tries to navigate the IE - that's my best guess. Let me know if you
have suggestions.
Thanks
Kudos always welcome for helpful posts
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Questions about ActiveX Bridge and SWT

Hi !
I found few weeks ago the www.reallyusefulcomputing.com site answering my question about Java & Macro of MSWord. Now I've found two steps that I am not able to overcome.
First, when I build a simple application and I have internal libraries to use, am I compelled to place the jars in the lib/ext directory of the Java Runtime Directory? I have many difficulties in placing a convenient class-path in the manifest file. Why does the application ignore the manifest string?
The second problem (and the biggest one) is that I am trying to build an SWT java-bean-application but I have problems during runtime. Is it possible to use this technology for my software or am I compelled to use AWT and SWING?
I really hope you can help me.
Thank you in advance.

hi,
I have to catch events from excel sheet in my java code..events like some change in value or a click of some user defined button etc.I have written th follwoing code but it does not gives me any event.It simply opens the specified file in the excel in a seperate window.but when i click on the sheet or change some value no event is captured by my code....can ne one pls tell me how to go about it....
public class EventTry2 {
     private Shell shell;
     private static OleAutomation automation;
     static OleControlSite controlSite;
     protected static final int Activate = 0x00010130;
     protected static final int BeforeDoubleClick = 0x00010601;
     protected static final int BeforRightClick = 0x000105fe;
     protected static final int Calculate = 0x00010117;
     protected static final int Change = 0x00010609;
     protected static final int Deactivate = 0x000105fa;
     protected static final int FollowHyperlink = 0x000105be;
     protected static final int SelectionChange = 0x00010607;
     public void makeVisible()
          Variant[] arguments = new Variant[1];
          arguments[0]=new Variant("true");
          //Visible---true
          automation.setProperty(558,arguments);
          //EnableEvent--true
          boolean b =automation.setProperty(1212,arguments);
        System.out.println(b);
         public Shell open(Display display){
         this.shell=new Shell(display);
          this.shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());
          Menu bar = new Menu(this.shell,SWT.BAR);
          this.shell.setMenuBar(bar);
          OleFrame frame = new OleFrame(shell,SWT.NONE);
        File file= new File("C:\\Book1.xls");
          try{
          controlSite = new OleControlSite(frame, SWT.NONE, "Excel.Application");
          this.shell.layout();
          boolean a2=true;
          a2=(controlSite.doVerb(OLE.OLEIVERB_SHOW|OLE.OLEIVERB_OPEN|OLE.OLEIVERB_UIACTIVATE|OLE.OLEIVERB_HIDE|OLE.OLEIVERB_PROPERTIES|OLE.OLEIVERB_INPLACEACTIVATE)== OLE.S_OK);
          System.out.println("Activated::\t"+a2);
        }catch(SWTException ex)
             System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
             return null;
          automation = new OleAutomation(controlSite);
          //make the application visible
          makeVisible();
          System.out.println("Going to create Event listener");
          OleListener eventListener=new OleListener(){
               public void handleEvent(OleEvent event){
                    System.out.println("EVENT TYPE==\t"+event.type);
               switch(event.type){
               case Activate:{
                    System.out.println("Activate Event");
               case BeforeDoubleClick:{
                    System.out.println("BeforeDoubleClick Event");
               case BeforRightClick:{
                    System.out.println("BeforeRightClick Event");
               case Calculate:{
                    System.out.println("Calculate Event");
               case Change:{
                    System.out.println("Change Event");
               case Deactivate:{
                    System.out.println("DeActivate Event");
               case FollowHyperlink:{
                    System.out.println("Activate Event");
               case SelectionChange:{
                    System.out.println("Activate Event");
                    Variant[] arguments = event.arguments;
                    for(int i=0;i<arguments.length;i++)
                         System.out.println("@@");
                         arguments.dispose();
          System.out.println("outside");
          OleAutomation sheetAutomation=this.openFile("C:\\Book1.xls");
          controlSite.addEventListener(sheetAutomation,Activate,eventListener);
          controlSite.addEventListener(sheetAutomation,BeforeDoubleClick,eventListener);
          controlSite.addEventListener(sheetAutomation,BeforRightClick,eventListener);
          controlSite.addEventListener(sheetAutomation,Calculate,eventListener);
          controlSite.addEventListener(sheetAutomation,Change,eventListener);
          controlSite.addEventListener(sheetAutomation,Deactivate,eventListener);
          controlSite.addEventListener(sheetAutomation,FollowHyperlink,eventListener);
          controlSite.addEventListener(sheetAutomation,SelectionChange,eventListener);
          shell.open();
          return shell;
     public OleAutomation openFile(String fileName)
          Variant workbooks = automation.getProperty(0x0000023c);//get User Defined Workbooks
          Variant[] arguments = new Variant[1];
          arguments[0]= new Variant(fileName);
          System.out.println("workbooks::\t"+workbooks);
          IDispatch p1=workbooks.getDispatch();
          int[] rgdispid = workbooks.getAutomation().getIDsOfNames(new String[]{"Open"});
          int dispIdMember = rgdispid[0];
          Variant workbook = workbooks.getAutomation().invoke( dispIdMember, arguments );
          System.out.println("Opened the Work Book");
          try {
               Thread.sleep(500);
          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
               // TODO Auto-generated catch block
               e.printStackTrace();
          int id = workbook.getAutomation().getIDsOfNames(new String[]{"ActiveSheet"})[0];
          System.out.println(id);
          Variant sheet = workbook.getAutomation().getProperty( id );
          OleAutomation sheetAutomation=sheet.getAutomation();
          return(sheetAutomation);
     * @param args
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          Display display=new Display();
          Shell shell=(new EventTry2()).open(display);
          while(!shell.isDisposed()){
               if(!display.readAndDispatch()){
                    display.sleep();
          controlSite.dispose();
          display.dispose();
          System.out.println("-----------------THE END-----------------------------");

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