Faster reports from measurement software

The LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit 1.1 features the new MS Office report Express VI (virtual instrumentation) which engineers and scientists use to interactively configure reports without low level ActiveX programming. Using the latest advances in LabVIEW, this Express VI encapsulates the functionality of several standard VIs to help engineers dynamically create any report - from summarising manufacturing test results to compiling process statistics - in a matter of minutes. To configure this VI, engineers simply choose their desired options such as template, content layout and destination, using interactive configuration dialogue boxes that require little or no programming. Reports can therefore be generated quickly which contain text, tables, graphs and pictures. Users can populate existing report templates, customise templates as a function of the data and extend the toolkit's reporting capabilities using standard LabVIEW functionality. Engineers can also programmatically run and reuse existing Excel macros from LabVIEW to further customise and automate report generation. DP To access this and other related articles go to www.eurekamagazine.co.uk click "Reference Library" and key in 'measurement' to the search box National Instruments Enter XXX Pointers * NI's new report generation software enables engineers and scientists to speed up the creation of MS Excel and Word reports * The reports can contain text, graphs, tables and pictures and users can populate existing report templates and customise templates as a function of the data and extend the toolkit's reporting functionality using LabVIEW * Users can programmatically run and reuse existing Excel macros from LabVIEW to further customise and automate report generation