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calling another program

calling another program

‎04-02-2009 11:33 PM

Is it possible to call another program (vlc media player in my case) in a VI???I dont want to use the Active X control for playin videos as it does not have much playback functions...
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Re: calling another program

‎04-02-2009 11:36 PM

Use the System exec.vi to launch any executable from LabVIEW in your case VLC player.  Provide the required inputs path, command line args so that you can obtain the desired functionality.
With regards,
JK
(Certified LabVIEW Developer)
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