I used Labview with ZEMAX through the dde interface in the past. The last two years I used Python and decided to transition to ZOS-API to make the code usable in the future as well. I am analyzing astronomical telescopes and instrumentation. I would really like to use Labview again because it's faster to program for me and more important I could use OpticStudio functionality for the control and analysis at test benches and the instruments directly from Labview.
Is there no way to use the .net or com interface of OpticStudio from Labview?
Has the compatibility issue between the .net ZOSAPI of ZEMAX OpticStudio and Labview been fixed in the recent version (2017, SP1) of Labview? If not, Is this going to be fixed?
I didn't face issues using ZOSAPI with any other language - only with labview. I really would like to combine labview with ZEMAX Opticstudio.
Thank you for your help. Ferenc investigated and explained the issue earlier in this thread and attached the labview code including a version using dll calls. The issue is the rights management to connect to the .net C# dll. Labview does not use the common scheme. Please read the comment from ferencr dating 01-20-2017 03:49 PM. My question is, did the handling of .net calls by Labview change or is it likely to change soon?
Looking more into it, LabVIEW currently does not support this. I would suggest posting this on the Idea Exchange, it's how we know what features people are interested in. The more "kudos" a post gets on the idea exchange helps us gauge the interest of the suggested feature. After that, you can watch future version so see what things were implemented.
