Is there a difference between Labview 8.2 Development Environment and Labview Runtime Engine 8.2.1?

[N8D11]

I am curious why a compiled version of a vi would be broken but is runnable when it loads in the development environment successfully. (same machine)

[altenbach]

Don't be confused about "compiled". VIs are always compiled. (They can be built into an executable to be used with the runtime).

There could be many reasons. Is it possible that you acidentally installed the "lite" runtime engine on the same computer, for example?

What does the program do? Who built the executable?

[N8D11]

The VI call sets some global variables and then calls a dynamically called vi(that has been included in the build) who will read the globals. The error is that the dynamically called VI does not load. This executable was built from the same machine.

[TCPlomp]

I would try to upgrade LabVIEW 8.20 to 8.2.1, contact your local NI sales rep for the info on how to do so.

One specifc thing about the difference between 8.20 and 8.2.1 is that TDMS functions aren't interchangeable.

Ton