Can I create an ActiveX control from LabVIEW

[ADL]

I have some LabVIEW code that I would like to convert into an ActiveX control. There was rumours that this was to be included in Version 7, but I can't find it. Is this possible?

[Liz F]

Hello,

Currently, you cannot create ActiveX controls in LabVIEW. I agree, it would be great to be able to embed custom LabVIEW code into other applications via ActiveX. I will make sure that this idea is suggested. In the meantime, if you want to embed your code into other VIs, consider the remote panel or subpanel capabilities of LabVIEW. These capabilities creates a shell containing the VI, much like an ActiveX control. More help about these functionalities can be found in the LabVIEW Help.

I hope this helps!

Sincerely,

Liz Fausak
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
www.ni.com/support

[foxi@autosoft]

Now 6 years later 😄 is it now possible to create ActiveX-Controls using Labview?

Or any other way to bring a labview frontpanel to some other costum application?

[smercurio_fc]

You still cannot create ActiveX controls. I doubt this will ever change. What would NI gain by doing this? You can, however, use the ActiveX server to control LabVIEW. This gives you access to the application environment and to individual VIs. Perhaps this will do what you need?

[foxi@autosoft]

Well, 

what i am thinking about is to create an application using a third party language. lets say delphi or c# or..... . This application has an ActiveX Container. Inside this Container i would like to insert a LabView - Control or even a whole Frontpanel (like subpanel in LabView itself). Making it more complex, it should work even with just the LabView-Runtime installed.

Thanks for response

With regards 

Ronny

[smercurio_fc]

While I agree that would be useful, it's probably a fairly large undertaking for NI. Your best bet is to submit it to the LabVIEW Idea Exchange so it gets noticed.

[rolfk]

---

foxi@autosoft wrote:

Well, 

what i am thinking about is to create an application using a third party language. lets say delphi or c# or..... . This application has an ActiveX Container. Inside this Container i would like to insert a LabView - Control or even a whole Frontpanel (like subpanel in LabView itself). Making it more complex, it should work even with just the LabView-Runtime installed.

Thanks for response

With regards 

Ronny

---

If all you want to do, is having LabVIEW like controls in your Delphi or VC application you probably want to look at Measuremetn Studio from NI. That is a collection of ActiveX controls that can be embedded into such applications. Those controls are maybe not as extensive and fancy as some of the LabVIEW controls but they are sure much better than having to draw your own waveform graph.

Wrapping LabVIEW controls into an ActiveX wrapper to be included into other applications is not likely ever going to happen. This would be like trying to build a tower by starting with the roof.

Rolf Kalbermatter

Message Edited by rolfk on 09-08-2009 08:18 PM

[dj_tony]

Now 18 years later 

 is it now possible to create ActiveX-Controls using Labview?

Or any other way to bring a labview frontpanel to some other costum application?

[rolfk]

No!! ActiveX is VERY much legacy technology according to Microsoft and anyone using that is pretty much on its own nowadays. Not only does Microsoft not support it actively anymore in even its own Office application (basically if it works it is nice for you otherwise you have bad luck) but most Windows developers nowadays hardly know what it is.

You can create .Net assemblies from LabVIEW code, but that is not meant to host UIs in other applications, although I'm sure it could be made to work with lots of fumbling. Those .Net assemblies are basically function libraries and while you can create even .Net object libraries they all derive from the basic .Net object class and can't derive from other classes.