Enclose execution of an application

[leonardolt]

Hi all!

I hava a VI wich executes a third part  application using System Exec. This works perfectly, but now I was wondering if I culd achor the 3dr part application's widget to the main painel of my VI, like puttin it in some container.

 Does anybody know if it is possible?

 Thanks in advance!

 Leo

[vt92]

See here:  http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Display-a-DOS-window-on-my-front-panel/m-p/147419/highlight/true#M88...

[leonardolt]

Thankyou for your reply vt92.

Unfortunatly, that example does not solve my problem. As I said, I can perfeclty execute and interact with the 3rd part application.

What I wanted now is to let this application window atached to my front panel, just like if it was in an ActiveX container. I would like this application to behave just like a LV control in the frint panel.

Best regads

Leo

[smercurio_fc · Accepted solution]

See here: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Is-there-a-way-to-call-an-exe-non-LabVIEW-such-as-Notepad-in-a/m-p/9...

[leonardolt]

That's what I need! The effect shown in the exemple is the one I'm looking for. However, considering what rolfk said about complex applicatins, I may have some issue here. The window I'm trying to child is a MeshLab recompilation used to mesh calculation and rendering of point clouds. So I won't get surpriued if something odd occur.

Thanks so much for all

Leo