I'm trying to install a hierachical vi (developed by another company using la

[drc]

bview version 5.1) onto my computer which is using version 6i and I receive an "error 8 occurred at open file".What might be the problem?The error message also indicates it could be a possible "labview file permission error or a NI-488 DMA hardware error".

[Rob Cole]

bview version 5.1) onto my computer which is using version 6i and I receive an "error 8 occurred at open file".What might be the problem?The error message also indicates it could be a possible "labview file permission error or a NI-488 DMA hardware error".The most likely problem here (I've run into it myself) is that they have password protected the VI. You have to find out what the password is.

[CoastalMaineBird]

bview version 5.1) onto my computer which is using version 6i and I receive an "error 8 occurred at open file".What might be the problem?The error message also indicates it could be a possible "labview file permission error or a NI-488 DMA hardware error".It's not clear to me when the error occurs - you say "trying to 'install' a VI onto my computer"

Does the error occur when you move the VI file onto your disk?

Does it occur when you run it?

Can you see the code for this VI?

Is it trying to operate 488-equipment, or is it trying to read a file?

If you copied some data file from a CD, the copy on your hard disk might be marked as Read-Only, and if this VI's code is opening the file as read/write, then you'll get this error. The programmer should open a file READ ONLY, if that's all they need to do, but lots don't bother.