Alias to .iak configuration file

[velocity160]

Hello,

I need some help here... I searched a lot and I can't find the solution.

I developped an application that communicates with a cFP-2000. The application will be used on several computers, as a .VI or as an .exe.

When I was developping on my computer, I set an alias to my .iak file using the 'browse' option which is available from a FieldPoint IO Point Constant. This option opens the 'FieldPoint Device Selection' dialog.  Everything works fine up to there.

When I want to distribute my application on several computers, I have to set an alias to the .iak on each computer and I'm not sure how to do it.

- Is there another way to open the 'FieldPoint Device Selection' dialog?  (Not using the browse option of the FieldPoint IO Point Constant  )

- If FieldPoint is not installed on a computer and I only want to install the executable version of my application, how do I set the alias to the .iak file?

- Finally, where is stored the information about the alias and the .iak file?

Thanks!

[GDE]

Velocity,

To address you questions:

1) One way you can access the 'FieldPoint Device Selection' Dialog is also through the FieldPoint IO Point, but rather then it being a constant on the block diagram, you can turn it into a control so that the user can access (on you deployed machines) can access it.

2) If you are creating and .exe that does anything with the FieldPoint VIs you will need to have the FieldPoint drivers installed on any machine which the .exe is going to be run from. Since your exe will be making FieldPoint driver calls, then you have to have those drivers there, otherwise the calls will not be executed.

3) I am pretty sure the Alias is stored with the IAK file. The IAK file can be stored where ever you specify it, in most cases I believe this is in the My Documents Directory.

Hope that clears things up for you, let us know if you have any other questions.

-GDE