NI_LVconfig.lvlib:open config data.vi requires absolute path to the ini file?

[DLMC]

The specifics

Windows 11 Enterprise

LabVIEW 2022

TestStand 2021

I am creating test installs using Source Distribution, TestStand Run-Time engine and operator interfaces that call the test stand sequences.  I have set up the VIs to use relative addressing and "always included" the support files needed by the VIs.  I have run into a problem  the NI_LVconfig.lvlib:open config data.vi is given the relative path (in the same execution directory as the VI that calls this VI) but I get this error:

Error, Test Sequence Error: Restart the application!!! 
Open/Create/Replace File in NI_LVConfig.lvlib:Load.vi->NI_LVConfig.lvlib:Open Config Data.vi->ReadOracleServerString.vi
OracleConnectionInfo.txt
LabVIEW: The path is empty or relative. You must use an absolute path. [Error Code: 1430, Code Module/User-defined error code.]

I have tried to get around this, but can't.  Is it true that this "open" code will only work with a direct full address to the setup file?  This kind of complicates creating a self-contained test install.  Am I missing something?

be well,

DLC

[UliB · Accepted solution]

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@DLMC wrote:

Error, Test Sequence Error: Restart the application!!! 
Open/Create/Replace File in NI_LVConfig.lvlib:Load.vi->NI_LVConfig.lvlib:Open Config Data.vi->ReadOracleServerString.vi
OracleConnectionInfo.txt
LabVIEW: The path is empty or relative. You must use an absolute path. [Error Code: 1430, Code Module/User-defined error code.]

I have tried to get around this, but can't.  Is it true that this "open" code will only work with a direct full address to the setup file?  This kind of complicates creating a self-contained test install.  Am I missing something?

be well,

DLC

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According to the error message the error comes from "Open/Create/Replace File".

And the help for "Open/Create/Replace File" (https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview-api-ref/page/functions/open-create-replace-file.html), says this file path has to be absolute:

file path is the absolute path to the file.
If you do not wire file path, the function displays a dialog box from which you can select a file. If you specify an empty or relative path, this function returns an error. If file path is the path to a directory that does not exist, this function returns an error. Use the Create Folder function to create a directory.

Try to build the absolute path to your file with "Current VI's Path", "Application Directory", "Default Data Directory" or "Get System Directory".

[DLMC]

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@UliB wrote:

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Try to build the absolute path to your file with "Current VI's Path", "Application Directory", "Default Data Directory" or "Get System Directory".

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That was the key - I knew this, I just forgot it.  Or some excuse like that.

Thanks for the fast reply.

be well, 

DLC