i am reading from a file, which is being written to by another program, so this file is continually growing.

[matrix]

I am using the read from spreadsheet file vi, and then display it on a table, however, i'm reading all the time, so this process istaking up alot of time, furthermore, i think that the file becomes so large that it swamps the memory.
I'm doing this for 6 different files in the 1 program.
Please advise?
Thanks?

[Shan Pin Koh]

I read through your other comment and need to know this. Is this table that you refer to displayed in LabVIEW, perhaps as an array?

If so, add you do after you read the 10 characters, you insert them after the last element of your array. This way, you'll have your old and new data.

The point that I am trying to convey is that you don't want to be reading the entire file all at once but rather read from where you last read.

If your table is displayed somewhere else, then you'll need to elaborate on it more so I can help you out...

Hope that helps.

Shan Pin Koh

[matrix]

Thanks
Yes, i am writing to an array, i have attached that subvi for you to peruse.