Example Finder broken in LabView 7.1 in OS-X 10.4?

[chaosguy]

I've just tried to install LabView 7.1 (and then upgraded to 7.1.1) on a Mac running OS-X 10.4.2. The Example Finder and other features (e.g., no Welcome Screen) do not seem to run. I went and installed on another system running 10.3.9 and all was fine. Is this a known problem? Is there a patch?

[JLS]

Hello,

I have not heard of this problem.  So, it worked with 7.1, you upgrade to 7.1.1, and certain features are broken, but only on a 10.4.2 machine, and not a 10.3.9 machine.  Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?  I know that's a bit arduous, but for something like this I think it's worth a try. Perhaps something happened after your 7.1 install that affected the 7.1.1 upgrade.  In this case, performing them one after the other may yield the correct behavior.

Definitely repost if the uninstall/reinstall doesn't work, and we'll explore other options!

Thank you,

Best Regards,

JLS

[chaosguy]

Sorry, I wasn't clear in my post. It did not work in 7.1 either. I had tried upgrading to 7.1.1 to see if that made the difference, but it did not. I have already tried installing 7.l twice.

In the LabView opening screen, I try to launch the Example Finder either in the Open... or Help... buttons. The "Launching Example Finder" small window flashes briefly, but nothing happens. The examples themselves are there, if opened manually, and they work.

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@jls wrote:

Hello,

I have not heard of this problem.  So, it worked with 7.1, you upgrade to 7.1.1, and certain features are broken, but only on a 10.4.2 machine, and not a 10.3.9 machine.  Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?  I know that's a bit arduous, but for something like this I think it's worth a try. Perhaps something happened after your 7.1 install that affected the 7.1.1 upgrade.  In this case, performing them one after the other may yield the correct behavior.

Definitely repost if the uninstall/reinstall doesn't work, and we'll explore other options!

Thank you,

Best Regards,

JLS

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[Sheldon_Stokes]

I don't use labview in OS X, but lots of my other OS X apps have been doing odd things when I did an archive and install of Tiger.  For example Windows Media Player would start to run and crash.  I ended up having to throw away it's prefs file.  I had a few other plist files and prefs files that I had to toss out to get different apps to work when I upgraded to 10.4 

You may want to toss the prefs or plist files and see if that helps. 

BTW, how is Labview on OS X?  I haven't used it on the mac since OS 9

Sheldon

[chaosguy]

I just spoke to an NI applications engineer, and apparently this is a known bug that they are working on. Perhaps if other people will put in Product Suggestions to fix the bug, they will be motivated to deal with this quickly!