Understanding File Path inside a EXE

[NagaPonEzhil]

I am trying to understand about how the path of a vi (main.vi ->as mentioned below) inside exe differs in two cases

1. when a subvi is inside same folder as main vi

     Main.vi Path: E:\Test\Source code\Main.vi

     Subvi Path: E:\Test\Source code\Subvi

     Current VI path from exe : E:\Test\Exe\Application.exe\Main.vi

2. when a subvi is outside the main vi folder

     Main.vi Path: E:\Test\Source code\Main.vi

     Subvi Path: E:\Test\Subvi

     Current VI path from exe : E:\Test\Exe\Application.exe\Source code\Main.vi

Why only in the second case the Source code folder is appended?

I just need to understand the folder hierarchy maintained inside the exe

I have also attached a sample test project to understand the same.(LabVIEW 2019 64-bit)

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi Naga,

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@NagaPonEzhil wrote:

Why only in the second case the Source code folder is appended?

I just need to understand the folder hierarchy maintained inside the exe

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The hierarchy inside the EXE is the same as in the IDE source folders!

In case 1 both VIs are located in the same folder, so it's ok to omit this folder into the EXE folder hierarchy.

In case 2 the VIs are located in different folders, so it's neccessary to include the folder into th eEXE folder hierarchy…

(Usually I store my MainVI in the "main" folder, while subVIs are located in folders below the "main" folder: is there a reason for you to keep it the other way around?)

[NagaPonEzhil]

Hi GerdW,

Thank you for the immediate response.

The reason i kept it in a separate folder is because both are different projects which i have already designed. Now i have to integrate both without disturbing the folder structure of both projects.