Close an executable but leaving labview open

[wade75]

I have a situation where I am running a labview executable and Labview source code at the same time in some cases.  The executable is in 8.5 and the source is in 6. I need to be able to open and close the executable while keeping the Labview Source code still running.  However when I use the quit labview function in the executable to remove it from the task manager it will close the source code.  I have tried just closing the exe with system executed task kill, but It does not work.  Any suggestions?

Wade

[Guruthilak]

use the "FP.Open" property....

Message Edited by Guruthilak on 02-19-2010 10:47 AM

[FraggerFox]

^ ^

Yes, put that one in your executable. Replace "Quit LabVIEW" with the above one.

[Anna_K.]

Hello Wade,

did that solve your question?

[Dennis_Knutson]

I actually find it hard to believe that the 6.1 development system is exiting when the app finishes. I just built a 2009 exe and when I run that, it does not shut down 8.6. I also remember having a couple of 6.1 exe's run and when closing one, the others stayed open.

[JÞB]

Hard to remeber all  the way back then but..... Didn't the Application Instance appear in 6.1?  if so the 6.0 app doesn't know to ignore the Quit Labview.

On the other hand.  The Quit Labview primitave is not the best way to end an application (Unless you use a filter event to safegard yourself its like stopping your car by running into a tree)

[wade75]

Actually when I installed it on the system with 6.1 it did not shutdown the application, when I closed out the executable.  I just know if the system is running an application an executable written in the same version the quit labview vi will close both.  I just assumed that this would be the case with the 6.1 vs. 8.5.  Thanks for the Info.

Wade