Report Generation VIs

[chuck72352]

Can VIs on the "Report Generation" palette in LV 8.6 be used or do they require that an additional utility be purchased?

Thanks,

Chuck M.

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If they exist on your palette then you should be able to use them. The VI's that interface to Word and Excel require a Toolkit at extra cost.

[Charlie_P]

Good Afternoon Chuck,

The NI LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office is an additional package that needs to be purchased and activated before being used.  Seeing the "Report Generation" palette and sub-VIs on your Functions palette simply means that the toolkit is installed; it does not guarantee that you can use them.

To confirm that the Report Generation Toolkit is activated (and useable), open NI License Manager, navigate to the Toolkits branch under your version of LabVIEW, and confirm that "Report Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office 1.1.3" has a green box to the left of it.

If the box to the left of the name is not green, it means that particular product is not fully activated.  To activate, right-click the name, and click Activate.  Follow the on-screen instructions to activate.  If you believe that you have purchased this Toolkit and are unable to activate it, please go to www.ni.com/ask to create a phone Service Request.  An Applications Engineer will help you activate your product.

[chuck72352]

It turns out that I do have the necessary toolkit.

Thanks!

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One word of caution, when using the Word or Excel toolkit items on a Built Application, you should include the appropriate libraries in your build specification. If you have an issue at EXE time, search the forums, there's a few threads about it.