OK, I've searched and read dozens of posts on this topic. But none of them answer my question:
For many years, Labview has had this behaviour: I can't find a file, so I throw the error text:
Error 7 occurred at Open File+.vi:Open File
Possible reason(s):
LabVIEW: File not found. The file might have been moved or deleted, or the file path might be incorrectly formatted for the operating system. For example, use \ as path separators on Windows, : on Mac OS, and / on UNIX.
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NI-488: Non-existent board.
We've all seen this on numerous occasions. The reason this crops up every couiple of days on the forums is that the error message does not give the name of the file that could not be found. Sorting this problem would be so much easier if the filename was shown, instead of the baffling/misleading "NI-488: Non-existent board".
I've edited my "open file+.vi" to always display the missing filename. The original code suggests the missing filename is passed, but only in limited cases. I get caught out often with this, and its a big time-waster, stepping thru code to find out what triggered it, or worse still trying to help a client over the phone who has unwittingly deleted a file or folder. If the error code displayed the name of the missing file, the solution is normally obvious, even with a compiled exe.
Am I missing something here ? Is there some reason to not have the missing filename displayed ?
I'm using lv7.1 (on a legacy project) but from prevalence of "error 7" the forum posts here it seems this problem still persists today.
