LabVIEW
How to call *.C file in LV
ragupathi wrote:Hi frenz,
i have created .C file for addtion of two numbers. Now i need to call that file from LabVIEW. How is it possible?.
Thanks in Advance
Well, considering the functionality you implement it would be about 1000% easier to implement that directly in LabVIEW. This is in fact a statement that is true for many programming problems although the amount of advantage you get will vary a bit.
If you insist on using your C file approach you will have to find a C compiler that can create a DLL from that C file. This will likely require you to study a bit about DLLs and how to create them in your C compiler. And then some more studies about how to call a DLL from LabVIEW using the Call Library Node.
But implementation of C code to be used in LabVIEW has only two really good reasons.
1) If you already have the entire C code available and want to reuse it as library in LabVIEW. Rewriting everything in LabVIEW is in that case often not a feasable option.
2) If you need to do low level stuff like calling into system APIs, calling device drivers, or doing general low level stuff that requires a lot of bit shuffling such as compression/decompression or encryption/decryption algorithmes.
