Error Message in EXE

[bfarley]

Hello,

After starting an exe I get the attached message.  I'm using 8.6.  The exe is rather large ~12 MB.  I'm not sure what other info would be useful

TIA,

Bill F

[Dennis_Knutson]

You probably did not install a required hardware driver or some other external file (i.e. lvanyls.dll). Impossible to say without knowing what your program is doing and what hardware it my be accessing. Did you create an installer for it? At the very least, this would have included the runtime engine.

[MikeS81]

Hi Bill,

can you give some more information? Are there some dynamically loaded vi's in your application. Is there a dll missing? I never had problems because of the size of an executable, so i think this shouldn't be the reason for this message.

Mike

[bfarley]

Wow, world record for fast responses.

The program runs fine in the IDE, so I don't think it is related to missing dlls or drivers not installed.  Would'nt I have broken vis if they can't find a dll?

No installer yet.  I'm running from my dev machine where it is compiled

There are a few vis that are loaded dynamically.  They are included in the build as such.  This error comes up as soon as the program starts, before any dynamic vis would be loaded anyway.

I'm using a wide variety of hardware, and the drivers are loaded on my dev machine, where I am compiling

The weirdness of the error message makes me think this isn't due to one of the usual suspects.  anybody seen this message before?

Bill F

[Dennis_Knutson]

The VIs are broken in the exe and the fact that it runs in development mode is important only that you know it's not a problem with hardware drivers. It could still be a problem with some missing functions. The exe expects to find support files in the data folder located where the exe is.

[mishkin]

I know at least one of the causes for this error is an outdated version of the .NET framework on the computer. Can you post which versions you have installed? You can find them in the Add/Remove Programs window.

[bfarley]

Mishkin,

I have several versions of .NET installed - the latest is 3.5 SP 1

Dennis,

OK, but if the dll is found while running in the IDE, does that mean the builder is simply failing to copy it to the data directory?  I have  3 LV dlls in there now: lvanalys, lvalarms, and lvuste, along with dlls from OEMs.  There is one dll missing - for a 1553 card.  We have used these cards before and the dll is copied to the data directory during a compile, I'm not sure why it is not now.  I copied it to the data directory and the error was still there when the exe is started(?)

Also, the builder is creating directories for vis from the NI Report Generation Toolkit.  My understanding was that this was because unused vis from classes are included in the build.  My app is almost 100% class-based, and there are vis that are not used in the app, yet they do not show up in directories after the build.  Should they be?

Bill F

[Dennis_Knutson]

The builder does not necessarilly copy all dll's to anyplace. You really need an installer to copy all dll's to someplace. The builder also does not necessarilly create folders for other files. The installer does.

[bfarley]

Thanks for the help.  I started giong back and undiong any recent changes to see what would happen.  When I disabled the code in the attach - the problem went away.  After a few successful compiles, I reenabled the code and the problem did not return.  LV - heal thyself!

I will be doing frequent compiles for the duration of this project... 

Bill F