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I have been trying to open an existing excel file to open from front panel button.....however by looking in the forum I found two examples....attached.....one is doing with word document and other notepad.....however I am unable to do with excel.....

 

In second example which use Sysexec.vi....I tried to enter the path of excel file....but it doesn't open...however same file opens when I write it to "Run" in windows vista.....

 

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maybe this could help:
Harold Timmis
htimmis@fit.edu
Orlando,Fl
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Thanks,  Harold....

                          But I was wondering that if this can be possible using either of two vi attached in my first post....especially using sysexec.vi ....actually I am not geeting commandline to enter in the vi...

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what command should be given to sysexec.vi to open microsoft excel file????
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I got the solution.....using sysexec.vi and command line prompt..........

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Thanks........ 

 

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So how do you do it? 

CLAD
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first try to open excel from command prompt....if you find path  then give same path as a input to sysexec.vi...

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