How do i fix project dependencies in the project explorer?

[romulus]

Hi,

I need some help with the Project Explorer as its documentation is very poor and hard to find. I've created a new project file for a large project that I have to convert from 7.1's app builder .bld file. I tried converting the .bld file first, that of course failed and so now I've added the entire directory where our project resides to the project file of LV 8.2. When I refresh the dependencies I see that some files are marked as missing. When I right click on the file I basically get an option to open that file but when I do it warns me that it will open it but it will be removed from the dependencies list.

I think the problem is that before we used LV 7.1 and the previous programmer took some NI's vi.lib files and ported a partial vi.lib into the application. Now LabVIEW uses library management and some of the previous files used are now under namespaces like NI_AABPro.vilib and other similar NI names.

My question is how do I update the dependencies or how do I find what files are still pointing to the wrong files? I did a mass recompile obviously and changed most of the dependencies but obviously that's not enough, shouldn't the mass compile take care of stuff like this?!

Thanks in advance.

[romulus]

Anyone? I tried doing a fix installation on LV and I still get some analysis VIs in the dependencies list for my project showing up as missing.

[CKap]

Which VIs are missing? It could be possible that you had some toolkit installed for 7.1 but you dont have it installed for 8.x.

Dependencies lists VIs used by VIs in the project that are not already in the project. So it makes sense that LV would remove these VIs from this list if they are added to the project.

Have you tried refreshing the dependencies list by right-clicking on it and selecting Refresh?

Regards,

Chetan K

Application Engineering

National Instruments

[romulus]

Yes, i've refreshed the dependencies. I have all the same toolkits installed for 8.2 as I do for 7.1. The VIs that are shown as missing are mostly in the Analysis folder of the vi.lib, like FFT.vi and others.

[CKap]

Which development system of LabVIEW did you have for 7.1 and 8.2? It could be possible that you have the Base package for 8.2 and thats why these VIs are not there. If you do, then I would suggest that you use the NI License Manger to check whether you have activated to correct version. Also what the status of your main VI. Does it have a broken Run button? If it is broken, then once you click on the run button, what errors does LabVIEW throw? Could you also provide a screen shot of your project explorer?

Regards,

Chetan K

AE-NIC

[romulus]

I had the Pro Dev version of 7.1 and Dev Suite Prof of 8.2. I work in a company that does all soft dev in labview, so all versions are top level.