08-24-2013 08:43 AM
Hi,
I have recently started development using LabView7.1 (DSC Module). There is a nice example in the Getting Started Manual showing Real Time Trending and Historical data view. I followed the development steps but running the VI given displays the error message. Error Code 0x8AB1023: Failed to map database file to shared memory. I have attached the screenshots of the error messages. The same error messages are displayed even if I run the DSC examples. I am new to Labview so cannot really figure out the reason
Thanks
08-24-2013 09:17 AM
08-24-2013 12:25 PM
The organisation I work for is still using 7.1
The MAX version is 3.1 on Windows 7
08-24-2013 12:58 PM
08-26-2013 12:42 AM
Hello Nustian,
As Dennis said- LabVIEW 7.1 was released nearly ten years ago and is not supported on Windows 7; since the error you are getting appears to be related to file I/O, memory access, or a database driver, it's a good bet that something has changed in the OS that is affecting the examples you're trying to use.
If you do need to use LabVIEW 7.1 and MAX 3.1, you'll probably need to use an earlier version of Windows as well (XP SP1 or similar). The software may be operable in Windows 7 compatability mode, but this isn't a recommended or supported configuration and there are probably going to be more problems down the road.
That being said, it looks like there is at least one (quite old) help document mentioning a similar error that you might want to take a look at:
KnowledgeBase 27PGKDJ6: Error Accessing Historical Database System Error from the LabVIEW DSC Engine
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/4263DA141111EA2086256A1B00821611
Regards,
09-03-2013 09:00 AM
Gentlemen, there are good reasons to use older versions of LabVIEW. I support code back to LabVIEW 7.1 almost every week. In this industry (aerospace) our product life cycles are 30 years or more.
Let's say your fully validated and verified LabVIEW 7.1 code has survived a measurement system analysis and updating the documentation takes at least a week (Sad, but true). You are not going to risk any of that simply to get the latest version of LabVIEW running on the equipment.
For the Windows 7 problem, I've had reasonable luck operating older LabVIEW versions in a virtual XP OS running on a Windows 7 computer. File access seems a little slower, but acceptable. It's probably because the program gets to the disk through two operating systems. I haven't tried DAQ operations yet.
09-04-2013 08:43 AM
Bottom line is that regardless of the pain involved, you only have 3 options:
Mike...