Automating Interaction with MPLab IDE using LabVIEW

[RachithaSuresh]

I am using MPLAB Real Ice as a debugger for my code. I need to set certain predefined breakpoints in the IDE which I am planning to automate by giving line number of code to LabVIEW and then LabVIEW should send the command to set that breakpoint. While exploring options in LabVIEW for Inter-Application communication, I came across via TCP ans via ActiveX.

 Which is the better option in this scenario? What approach should I start with? Please note that I am trying to communicate only with the IDE and not Hardware.

[Taki1999]

Does Microchip document their ActiveX interface? I briefly looked into this many years ago and MPLAB didn't really have very good automation hooks. In my case, we were doing automated builds and the workaround was to use a command line utility instead. Ask Microchip what they recommend. My gut feeling is that if they have an ActiveX interface, that will be the easier to use.

[Stavrosyt]

Hi Takki,

I am automatizating a laser instrument, and it has their own classes. Do you know how to initialize the ActiveX server (locally) in LABVIEW?

thanks,