how does a VI call an external exe file?

[beatzerg]

hi, i m a labview rookie. may somebody answer me how a VI can invoke an *.exe file which is, e.g., built with C?

thanks

[srikrishnaNF · Accepted solution]

hi,

  Use system exec.vi function.This VI will invoke that exe from command prompt.

Thanks and regards,

srikrishnaNF