error 1059

[abikutn]

Hello ,

What does the following error mean:

Error 1059 occurred at Open/Create/Replace File in Write Spreadsheet String.vi->Write To Spreadsheet File (DBL).vi->MAIN 4-9-12 dev 7.vi

Possible reason(s):

LabVIEW:  Unexpected file type.

C:\Users\Raman\Desktop\DAQ TEST DATA

The VI is attached below

Thank you

Abhi

[RavensFan]

It looks like you specified a path to a subdirectory called DAQ TEST DATA rather than to a file.  The unexpected file type is that it is a folder rather than a file.

Add another backslash and a file name to your path constant.

[abikutn]

Thanks for the reply ...

oh does that mean it will only write to a file that was already created ?

What If I want to create a new file everytime i run the program so that it asks me to save it in the folder with a new file name ( save as ) option like how it is in windows ?

Thank you

[Hornless.Rhino]

abikutn wrote:

Thanks for the reply ...

What If I want to create a new file everytime i run the program so that it asks me to save it in the folder with a new file name ( save as ) option like how it is in windows ?

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Have a look at the "File Dialog" function.

File I/O ->  Advanced File Functions -> File Dialog

[RavensFan]

You can pick any filename you want, it doesn't have to exist.  But there does have to be a filename and not just a path to a folder.

[Nando88]

you h to connect the path to a build path and in the build path write your filename.txt

[Nando88]

I just uploaded a picture with the code.

[IlluminatedG]

Since this is the first result on google I'll throw my situation in here:

Was getting error 1059 during a source distribution build on a method VI of a class which was perfectly fine. However the class was in the same hierarchy as another class that had a different VI that was set to the wrong reentrancy as other dynamic dispatch VIs. Fixed the reentracy in the other class and the source distribution completed successfully.