Report generator

[1der-er]

Can i generate excel file(.xls) without using Report Generator toolkit??

[PalanivelThiruvenkadam]

Yes but you need to develop your own code by invoking Excel (using Activex) 

[1der-er]

How? i mean, do you have any reference or tutorial how to manipulate activeX. please

[PalanivelThiruvenkadam]

Attached Snippet shows how to write data to an existing Excel File, Explore more in the Methods and properties of excel to add more features into it.

[JensG69]

There are several third-party toolkits out there like XLR8 that let you work with excel files that do not require an installation of Excel on your computer.

Regards, Jens

[alexderjuengere]

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@1der-er wrote:

How? i mean, do you have any reference or tutorial how to manipulate activeX. please

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[Bob_Schor]

ActiveX is technology developed, and now largely abandoned, by Microsoft.  You can still find vestiges of it in some Windows products, but development has largely ceased. 

There are always "trade-offs" -- you can purchase LabVIEW's Report Generation Toolkit or a LabVIEW edition that contains it, purchase a third-party application that can interface with Excel, give up using "native" Excel and use a Comma-Separated-Variable (Excel-like) format that LabVIEW easily supports, hire a Developer skilled in ActiveX to help you, or spend the time to learn this technology yourself.

Bob Schor