Launching a stand alone DIAdem instance from LabVIEW

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Overview
This example demonstrates how to call DIAdem from LabVIEW. 

Description

When opening an instance of DIAdem from LabVIEW using the DIAdem Open Reference VI DIAdem is accessed via the ActiveX interface.  If an instance of DIAdem is already running then LabVIEW connects to its ActiveX interface when the VI is run, and the DIAdem instance will continue running after the LabVIEW VI has finished.  If there is not a currently running DIAdem instance, then LabVIEw launches one from the ActiveX interface.  This situation results in the DIAdem instance being closed after the VI as finished running.  So in order to keep the external instance of DIAdem running, it must be launched by other means.

One workaround to do this is to use NI DIAdem Report Wizard or DIAdem Report Express VIs to create a blank report in DIAdem before you open the DIAdem reference.  These express VIs launch DIAdem via the command line so the instance will remain open after the VI has finished running.  Attached is a simple example VI which demonstrates this behavior. 

Requirements

• LabVIEW 2012 (or compatible)
• DIAdem 2012 (or compatible)

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

1. Run the VI

Additional Information or References

 

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