Can't find file in error in exe, but works in development environment

[Dan121]

I have LabVIEW 6.1 and the Report Generation Toolkit 1.0. I use the New Report VI to create a new report based on an Excel template. The VI functions correctly in the LabVIEW development environmnet, but I get an Error 7 when I run the executable (built) file. I have my top level VI and have included the correct support files (_exclsub.llb and _wordsub.llb) in the data subdirectory. My file path is an absolute path hard coded in my VI. I even tried creating a dialog box to specify the file path and that also does not work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[BJD1613]

When in the executable environment there is an extra strip that needs to be done to get the absolute path. For example say your files are located in C:Temp. Your vi name is test.vi. So using the Current vi's Path function inside of test.vi you will see a path of C:Temp\test.vi. If you were to compile this into an executable you would see C:Temp\test.exe\test.vi. So to get the base path you can use the strip path function twice. This is also the case in a DLL created in LV. Hope this helps.

[Dan121]

I'm still strugling with this concept. My file is only an Excel template file. I don't see how the location of my executable file effects the location of the excel template when the location is hard coded. For example, my template file is located in C:\LV Support Files\torque template.xls. It just seems to me it would not matter where the exe file is located, because the complete path to template file is given (hard coded). Am I missing something? Thanks for your help.

[BJD1613]

You are correct this shouldn't affect that opening of an excel template or writing to the template. How are you doing this in your code?

[Dan121]

I wire the path constant (C:\LV Support Files\torque template.xls) to the input of the new report vi. I've also tried making the template path a control and when the VI runs I manually point to the template file, in order to make sure the vi finds the file. The executable still has the error 7 (file not found).