How to program after inputting text/excel file

[pkeny]

Hello,

 

I am having trouble on learning what to do after you input a file into labVIEW. I cannot seem to find help on this topics. I have seen many videos and tutorials on how to read and write excel/text (.csv) files. But, I am not able to do anything after importing an text/excel file into labVIEW.

 

So, I was wondering if someone had a simple VI that they could share. In the end, I want to do some automation so it will read a number and a status from excel. And then that number and status will either turn on or off a switch which controls something else. 

 

Anyways, I would greatly appreciate if someone could share a VI as an example of how to manipulate the data to control something after you import a text/excel file into labVIEW.

[infinitenothing]

I'm not totally clear on what you are having trouble with.

 

After you bring in a CSV, you have an array. You need do some sort of array manipulation and comparison operations to trigger actions. I've attached a trivial example of what you can do with a 2D string array

 

If you want that data to affect something physical you need help with DAQmx

 

Here's a test CSV:

 

Status,Number
Normal,5
Broken,8

 

 

Edited July 16, 2015 by infinitenothing