Controling windows programs

[Goldie]

Is there a way to control windows programs, calling windows and press buttons from Labview? Can I cause a computer to reboot and to run a LabView application when it restarts again?

Thanks,
Assaf.

[PauloM]

Hello,

You can control windows programs, by for instance ActiveX, check the examples shipped with LabVIEW - Comunicating with external applications - ActiveX.
In this link: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/80878EF7B8E5FA0786256AB9000151B9, you can find a exit / reboot windows function, to restart with a program, you can, for instyance copy a shortcut to it to the startup menu.

Hope this helps,
Paulo

[Todd_SD]

You can use some of the suggestions from Paulo and you might also find these libraries useful. There is a restart windows vi as well as functions to call different windows. If you want to control a static window that you know the position of controls, you can use the Set Cursor Position vi. Just look through this zip and you'll probably find some things you can use.