I am rather new myself but have suggestion. Can he talk to M.S. Access files via ActiveX. I have not worked directly with LabView database files but have experience posting and drawing data from Excel files and Access. This seems to be a more viable option. Rebuttal?
Seth jcrooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I can help you get started with your project, but first, please, > provide more information. Do you have to keep your database in MS > Notepad files, or can you create datalog files in LabvIEW to serve as > your databases. Things are much easier for you if you can work > directly with LabvIEW data structures, which are saved into datalog > files with full retention of the data types. Reading, scanning, > sorting, and all of those sorts of activities are much easier when > working directly with LabVIEW data structures. You could then create > a special routine that parses your data into any structure you wish > for the benefit of other users. > > I am not very familiar with common database structures. I build > databases as I have mentioned above, using LabVIEW datalog files. It > may not be as efficient as a true "database" structure, but unless you > are talking about large amounts of data distributed over various > servers, I would think that the datalog file would suffice. > > Please, define the relational characteristics of these databases. > Does database1(message data) just contain lists of messages within a > matrix of lookup parameters? What is node data? Is this also just a > list of identifiers or strings? I beg your pardon, but I need you to > describe your task in more generic programming terms, a lower level > than the database structure. Once we get beyond this initial > communication gap, I can help you. > > You said, "in my application I need to have a dialog box with the > VEHICLE.VCF extention." I need a more careful explanation of this. > Do you mean that your dialog box must produce a file named > VEHICLE.VCF? Do you mean that your dialog box is a file dialog that > filters candidate files by the .VCF extension? > > You said, "database1(message data) this needs to have few massages > chosen from the main database1 and should be able to save them in > background." It sounds like you want the user to be presented with a > list of messages, which you have drawn from database1. You want the > user to be able to select an arbitrary number of these messages and > save them to a file? > > I will stop here. If you still need help, please, try to be more > specific. It is hard to design the entire application from this brief > description. Perhaps you should pick a single task and ask how that > one task might be accomplished. We could proceed from there.
