exiting program after text file is created

[Lenox]

i want to close labview using the exit.vi after the text file is created....also i am using c++ to execute the labview application is there anyway to make sure labview finishes its routine in c++ before i send the text file to a motion controler

the c++ routine to open the exe is

int main()
{
  system("start C:\\greg\\g.exe");
  return 0;
}

then the digital i/o command woudl execute

anyone know what i can do before sending a digital line to tell the motion control software to pick up the text file?

thanks

[Lenox]

the digital i/o has nothin to do wiht labview ...i am basically using c++ to control a frame grabber and saving a bmp then using labview to open that bitmap and process it and send it to excel.. thanks

[mikeporter]

Given the amount of time it takes for LV to launch, you would probibly get better response time if you let the LV code run in a loop watching a predefined "input" directory for new files to process, and writing its results to a predefined "output" directory. The code that uses the text files would likewise sit in a loop waiting for a new text file to appear. (BTW: what will that other piece of code be written in?)

Alternately, if you don't like the idea of polling a directory, make the main LV application event-driven with a user event that performs the processing. Then create a small VI that you run from your C++ code that simply fires that user event.

Finally, given all the limitations of C++ perhaps the most straightforward solution might be to write the whole application in LV?

Mike...