Application builder needs distributions to finnish installer

[aeastet]

Application builder keeps aking me for a distribution that I no longer have when I tell it that I no longer have the distribution it let me pick the labview disks and driver disks. Then it asks me for the same distribution again. What do I do to clear the chached distributions that were with this application that I no longer have? Is there an easy way to remove this?

Labview 8.6.1

[Jason_P]

I had the same problem, but it got taken care of when I had to wipe my hard drive because of a virus.  People who are careless where they stick their USB drives are no longer allowed near my development machine!

If you find an answer to the distribution problem, I'd love to hear it.  Who knows when it will pop up again...

Jason

[Ben_S]

aeastet,

Hello! Take a look at these documents and forum posting see if they can provide any help.

• Why Do I Get A "Missing Distribution" or "Distributions Needed" Error When Trying to Build an Instal...
• How Do I Stop the Missing Distribution Notification Each Time I Build An Installer? 
• Caching Installer Distribution Components

• How to correct the Local Cache paths for Additional Installers

[aeastet]

Hey Ben,

Thanks for responding. I was aware as to why I get the errors. I read through the attached forums that you sent and I had seen most of them already. It looks like 8.6 is different for the registry. When I went there all of the links were to the c:\program files\national instrument\shared\product cache directory. I did not see one entry that was to a different location.

I looked through the product cache directory but nothing seemed obvious as to saved cache locations there either. I was succesful at getting a different comeputer to make this installer so it has to do with just my computer and the stored locations. Do I have to uninstall and reinstall Labview to get these locations to go away on my computer?

[Ben_S]

aeastet,

Uninstalling and Reinstalling LabVIEW will probably clear up this issue for you, but it isn't the only way.

What distribution are you missing? Is it listed in the ProductCache Registry?

[aeastet]

I did not see any of them in the product registry. I only saw directory to things on the local hard drive in the labview folder described above. I was looking for anything that when to my normal llb folders. I have a very strict way everything in named so I would have noticed if it were pointing to this folder.

[Jason_P]

I can't remember all the details but in my case it looked as if LabVIEW were looking for a file that was part of an old, completely unrelated application that I had built.  The two apps were both very simple did not share any files or subVIs (other than those in vi.lib).  I ended up installing LV on my laptop and doing builds there for a few days before having to wipe my development box.  After the wipe, it has worked perfectly.  I wish I'd taken better notes to help you track this down...

Jason

[Ben_S]

aeastet,

Which distribution are you missing? Can you reinstall the drivers that it is looking for?

[Anil_Reddy]

I had similar problem....

I had DAQmx 8.5 on my PC. later i installed an application (built on some other PC) that carries DAQ mx8.6 version. this upgraded DAQmx.

Later i tried to build an application on this PC. It started asking for the distribution of the application iinstalled some time back.

What i did was. I installed DAQmx 9.0 using Device Drivers CDs.

and the problem is not there now......

[aeastet]

The distributions that it is looking for are for programs that I wrote. I have the programs and can take the intaller builder to the locations but it tells me they are not correct. It might be a bug who knows. I just uninstalled and reinstalled Labview (the old stand by to fix every problem, just ask NI). We will see if that fixed the problem.