Solution
Ensure that when you are building your path to send to the Open/Create/Replace File VI that you are using the
.txt file extension and not the
.xlsx file extension. For examples of creating tab-delimited text files that can be opened and read by Microsoft Excel navigate to the following examples within the LabVIEW Example finder:
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Help > Find Examples > Fundamentals > File Input and Output > Spreadsheet > Tab-Delimited Data.lvproj
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Help > Find Examples > Fundamentals > File Input and Output > Spreadsheet > Buffered Stream to Tab-Delimited Text File.vi
For examples of using the Write to Measurement File Express VI to interact with actual
.xlsx files within LabVIEW, navigate to the following examples within the LabVIEW Example finder: