I have a vendor supplied LabVIEW.exe application, it's used to control a device that's part of an automated manufacturing process. At present we need to manually run the exe from the control PC , read data, make a decision, then input a few values, button clicks etc. I'd like to automate this step. Without having the source code for the application, what options do I have for controlling this application from LabVIEW?
I tried using System Exec.vi, but I got beat when I needed to right-click on a graph indicator to retrieve data. LabVIEW applications don't accept SHIFT+f10 for right-click.
What other methods can I use to communicate with this application?