could not locate an absolute path for teststand workspace objects ...

[mkossmann]

When tying to build a deployment I get :

While Analyzing file "N:\Flexnet\Teststand-2013\IO_Board\flexnet.tsw"
Error: Could not locate an absolute path for TestStand workspace objects. You might be missing a file, or you might need to update the search paths.
The display names of the affected objects are:
Serial.c
Refer to the NI TestStand Help for more information about resolving deployment errors.

Searching the sequences in the worksrape  file  for Serial.c  only shows n:\Flexnet\general\Serial_Panel\Serial.c as ModuleSrcPath for one teststep and that file exists definitely. The .tsw and .tpj files ( Teststand 2013)  are binary files with no readable occurance of Serial.c.

How to locate the culprit for that error message ?

[Richard20]

Hi mkossmann,

I think the best reference for this issue is the TestStand Reference Manual.  Chapter 5 has a section called Configuring Search Paths for Deployment that describes how to deploy search paths with a test system.  Chapter 14 has a section called Guidelines for Successful Deployment that has good recommendations like using relative paths and manually adding any dynamically referenced files.

Here is the link for the TestStand Reference Manual
http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/323435a.pdf

best regards 

Richard