We are using LV 7.1 FDS (with app builder) on Win2000 prof. We have Report Generation Toolkit and Database Connectivity Toolkit installed (among others). Our VI publishes reports in MS Word. When the user clicks the "report" button, the VI generates the report and this is available to the user on screen. No file is saved and the user has the choice to save the report with any name.
The report function works fine in VI state.
But, when we make an EXE of the VI the behaviour of reporting changes. Now, pressing the "report" button triggers harddisk activity but nothing comes-up on the screen. There is no report to be seen on either the screen or the taskbar!! In the VI, the taskbar shows a word document and the report is accessible when the user clicks on this.
The amount of disk activity is similar to the case when we were generating reports in our VI.
The EXE is being tested on the same machine as the VI.
We have tested on 3 machines (with Office 200 and Office XP) but the problem remains.
What could be going wrong?
An early answer would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Gurdas
Gurdas Sandhu, Ph.D.
ORISE Research Fellow at US EPA