PROPERTY NODE PROBLEM

[yzqamar]

hello friends,

i have a big Problem. i want to open Excel on labviews, so i create 4 subIVs.

in one subIV i want to connect AUTOMATION MODE with a PROPERTY NODE called _Application.

If i do this, the property VISIBLE changes his colour from green to black and then i cant connect VISBILE to the boolean.

what can i do, sorry for my bad english.

[GerdW]

Hi yzqamar,

are you trying to do something like this?

[yzqamar]

[yzqamar]

Yes Sir. exactly this is it, but when i connect Automation Mode to Property Node "Visible" gets black

[rolfk]

That's because you need an Automation Refnum control that you assigned the Excel Application class to, not an Automation Container. The container only can instantiate Active X control capable classes and the Excel.Application is not an Active X control class but an ActiveX automation class. 

The Excel ActiveX container class does not have a Visible property, Instead you make the container itself visible or invisible through a LabVIEW property for that object.

[yzqamar]

But GerdW also send the Code which is similar to my Code.

and How i do a refnum? sorry but its my first day on LabVIEW..

[rolfk · Accepted solution]

After that right click on it and select Select ActiveX Class->Browse...

[yzqamar]

i thank you very much, you just safed my life