can not find C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.1\vi.lib\addons

[slingee]

good monday morning people

I have the following problem:

I have a program that uses excel but it wouldn't open when I compile it as an executable.

I have searched the board because I kind of remember this being an age old problem and I have found a common solution would be to include a couple of files from C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.1\vi.lib\addons

This proves to be a problem because I don't even have that folder

Happy programming,

Slingee

[TiTou]

Hmmm... I assume the "addons" folder is present only when you have Addons installed (RT, FP, DSC, FPGA, ...)

So maybe your problem is that you need to get the appropriate Addon.

Could you post your program so that we could have a look ?

[slingee]

I would but it is almost exactly the same as the sample program that Ni gave out so it is not really that useful if I do

[slingee]

This may also help,  I pretty much have the same problem execept I don't know where all the dynamic files are

[slingee]

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=79795&query.id=47839

This is what I have been reading but I can't find the dynamic files

[chrisger]

hi there,

the author of the post you linked says "I'm using the report generation toolkit functions to open an excel file". the files you are missing are part of the report generation toolkit. if you don't have the rgt you could use ActiveX  to write/read from excel. search the examples shipped with LabVIEW for "Excel" of how to use ActiveX.

[slingee]

Hey guys,

I guess I wasn't giving out the clearest of picture but here is another thread that I happen to have a tiny part of

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=196372#M196372

 I had the same issue but with excel.  Try adding "_Word Dynamic VIs.vi" to your source file under Dynamic VIs and Support Files tab..  The file is in my vi.lib/addons/_office/wordsub.llb.  I use excel a lot and I have to add" _Excel Dynamic VIs" to my dynamic and support files.

I am actually looking for the _Excel Dynamic VIs mentioned

[slingee]

Oh yes and I forgot to mention that my program is exactly the same as Excel Macro Example.vi

[slingee]

I wonder if someone could just send me the _Excel Dynamic VIs

more over, can someone tell me how to add to a message instead of starting a new one?

[Donald]

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@slingee wrote:

I wonder if someone could just send me the _Excel Dynamic VIs

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slingee,

As chrisger stated, those dynamic VI's are part of the Report Generation Toolkit which you don't seem to have ... so that may not be your problem.

Wild guess:  Have you copied the projects.xls file from C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW x.x\examples\comm  to the directory containing your executable?

Check the online help ... it may have changed since LV6.1, but maybe not.