Error 1003 when dynamically calling VI within an executable

[David-A]

If you go to the labview help for the Open VI Reference it mentions using relative paths when accessing VIs that have been built into a standalone application.

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Opening a VI Reference in a Stand-Alone Application:
If you want to dynamically open a VI on both the development computer and within a stand-alone application, use a relative path for vi path.

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In the example you posted you're using an absolute path that leads to the vi that lives outside of the application. What you want to do is use a relative path that accesses the vi that lives inside of the application.

Once I changed to the use of a relative path the application was able to run as expected.

[A1Penguin]

Hi David,

Thank you very much for your reply.  Using the relative path was definitely the way to go.  I still had a bit of a struggle because there was sub VI for the call by reference methods and that itself was called several VI layers down.  The VIs I was calling were under a completely different path from the starting VI.  Once I got the proper sequence of path strips and builds everything worked fine.  One trick I used to help figure this out was to temporarily put one of the called VIs directly into the sub VI where I do the call by reference and have it show its path in an indicator.