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LabVIEW -- Combining LabVIEW and Microsoft Excel

Engineers, scientists, researchers, and students often use MS Excel to look at their data. In order to simplify data transfer between applications, LabVIEW provides built-in tools to communicate with Excel. In addition to generating, acquiring, analyzing, and presenting data, with LabVIEW you can:

  • Read and write data directly into MS Excel files
  • Programmatically create and edit reports in Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Programmatically interact with the Excel environment through ActiveX
  • Populate report templates
  • Manage report layout, format, and appearance
  • Develop custom report generation functions
  • Programmatically run Visual Basic (VBA) macros

Learn more about integrating LabVIEW and other National Instruments software with MS Excel

Report Generation Toolkit

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