teststand deployment does not parse the labview rtm path corectly

[Tphan]

Hello all ,

 I need help to resolve a problem when deploy Labview runtime menu to teststand.  For example when select the installer path as below:

-Default Installation Base Directiry = Window Volume (e.g C:\)

-Default Installation Sub Directory = TEST

after built the vi seems to looking for the runtime menu file at  TEST:\Labview\close.rtm.  This is an invalid path . 

The file should locate at C:\TEST\Labview\close.rtm

This vi is call from an sequence call from the teststand Tool box menu and have front panel display while running

Pleae let me know if there is a solution for this problem.

Thanks

Tphan

[RayFarmer]

Hi

What version of Teststand and LabVIEW are you using?

[Tphan]

I am using Labview 8.5.1 and Teststand 4.2

Tphan

[Rick_Francis]

Tphan,

I tried a simple test case- VI with runtime menu in LV 8.5.1 & TS 4.2 and that test worked fine.   Could you post a zip file with the files to reproduce the problem (i.e. TSD file, VIs and rtm)?  Do you see this problem if you create a new TSD file, include your workspace and build?

-Rick Francis

[Tphan]

Did you install the teststand deployment built? Here my code after installation.  Open the test.vi and go to  Edit-->Run-time to see a screwup path.  You can fix the vi and re-build the deployment and the install the packet to see problem again.  The Vi in the Image folder after built does work but that not the intended location to be use

[Rick_Francis · Accepted solution]

Tphan,

I was testing the VI in the image directory which worked fine.  Moving the vi (and rtm)  from the image directory to the c:\test folder reproduces the problem.  

Could you use LV 8.6.1? I tested LV 8.6.1 with the same test file and it works even after moving the files to another directory.  

-Rick Francis

[Tphan]

Thanks,

 So this is the problem with labview 8.5.  It fixed in the 8.6

Tphan

[Rick_Francis]

Tphan,

LV 8.6.1 is the minimum version that will work.  LV added a new set of VIs to create build specifications to LV 8.6.1, TS 4.2 uses those new functions with LV 8.6.1 or later.

-Rick Francis