Error 1 when creating source distribution

[Steiger]

I am attempting to create a source distribution for a project which runs on a cRIO-9035. The startup vi dynamically calls sub-vis, which, according to documentation, on Linux RT requires the use of a source distribution instead of a startup exe. Per this knowledgbase article, I am including vi.lib, instr.lib and user.lib in the source distribution (as well as following the other steps). When I run the build, the builder throws an Error 1 apparently when trying to load a file from vi.lib. The file the build errors out on (3DPC_SurfacePlot.xctl) is not in the project's vi.lib dependencies, so I'm not certain why it's trying to load/copy it.

In searching the forums etc, the only solution to the few similar problems I've uncovered has been to re-start LabVIEW and/or Windows, which I've done to no effect.

I've tried building the source distribution on 3 different computers with the same result.

The PC(s) I've attempted this on are all Windows 7 64-bit, all running in an Administrator account. 

I've attached the build error log. Any assistance or pointers to potential solutions would be much appreciated.

[richjoh]

Somewhere in your code a character in a file path is unacceptable causing error 1. If you have relative file paths and run your build from another directory, the relative path maybe using a character, a missing drive, a missing folder etc causing error 1. If you development project runs OK, it definitely is your build being in a new location, other than the build location.

Rich J

[Steiger]

Thanks for the reply.

I don't think I entirely described this correctly - when I say I ran the build and got this error, I mean when I try to create the source distribution, the LabVIEW application builder stops with this error.

I can create a source distribution without vi.lib etc. files. The application builder does not error out when I do this. 

When I try to create a source distribution which includes vi.lib files, the application builder stops with Error 1.

[RavensFan]

This is one of those situations where it would be nice to have the idea I proposed here:

Better error descriptions for Application Builder

Please go and add your kudoes to it.

[Steiger]

Just as an update - I started making simplified versions of the the host vi to see if I could narrow down what was causing the problem. I could get most of the code to build as a source distribution, but when I included the servo control VIs which use SoftMotion function blocks, I got the build error again. Since the error references a VI in vi.lib, and not a VI I've written or can do anything about, I decided not to spend any more time on this.

At this point I've abandoned the source distribution method and re-written the code not to use dynamically-launched VIs. This worked OK, although I've got another unrelated error I'll probably need to bug the forum about.

(And I've added my kudos to the "Better error descriptions" idea.)