Report Generation Toolkit for MS Office - Only Excel?

[aaronb]

Does anyone know if the general open/close/create toolkit VIs and the specific Excel functions within the Labview Report Generation Toolkit for MS Office will work if only a standalone copy of MS Excel (only) is installed on a machine or does the toolkit require full MS Office installed on the machine to work with Excel files?  

[alexderjuengere]

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@aaronb wrote:

Does anyone know if the general open/close/create toolkit VIs and the specific Excel functions within the Labview Report Generation Toolkit for MS Office will work if only a standalone copy of MS Excel (only) is installed on a machine or does the toolkit require full MS Office installed on the machine to work with Excel files?  

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I can test this on my computer at home, where I have LabView Professional + a standalone copy of MS EXCEL 2016 only installed.

But I have little knowledge and experience with the Toolkit, as we don't use it at work.

Can you provide an example .vi and a Excel-file for me to test?

[alexderjuengere · Accepted solution]

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@aaronb wrote:

Does anyone know if the general open/close/create toolkit VIs and the specific Excel functions within the Labview Report Generation Toolkit for MS Office will work if only a standalone copy of MS Excel (only) is installed on a machine or does the toolkit require full MS Office installed on the machine to work with Excel files?  

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ok, I downloaded and activated the Report Generation Toolkit from

http://www.ni.com/download/labview-report-generation-toolkit-for-microsoft-office-2017/6723/en/

after that, I ran the "MS Office Report" from the protocol palette (I guess this express-vi wasn't there before I did install the toolkit)

works like charm for EXCEL, and I get an Error if I try to run the "Basic Word Report", which I did expect,

since this is a Excel-only Installation on this computer

 q.e.d.

[aaronb]

Exactly what I needed! Thanks alexderjuengere!

[alexderjuengere]

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@aaronb wrote:

Exactly what I needed! Thanks alexderjuengere!

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Thanks for posing the question,

this was something I had in mind for quite a long time 😉