LV 8.0 Installation For Distribution Error: Required NIPathsDir property MOZILLADIR undefined

[ccmonter]

I have built an application LV 8.0 and I am not trying to prepare a distribution package.

I have created a LabView Project (.lvproj) and I have created an Application in Build Specifications.  That works just fine.  I can generate a proper .exe with associated files.

I have then created an Installer in Build Specifications.  This appears to work, and it generates installation files.

However, when I try to run my new Install, I get the following error:

Fatal Error!! Required NIPathsDir property MOZILLADIR is undefined

There is nothing on my machine (or the other machine on which I tried this) referencing MOZILLA or anything to do with MOZILLA.

NOTE: I have previously created Applications and Installers in the Build Specifications for other LabView Projects with no problems at all.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Andy F.]

ccmonter,

One thing I might suggest trying would be to not include the run-time engine in the installer and install it separately and see if this takes care of the problem.  The engine installation should be checking to see if Mozilla, Netscape, etc. is installed for plugins for remote panels, so this could be where the issue is coming from.  I don't really have an explaination why other installers have problems but this one decided not to work.  You might try to rebuild the Build Specification and Installer just in case.  Let me know how it goes.

Andy F.

[ccmonter]

A quick update.

Unfortuantely, I don't have a true solution to this problem.

On the other hand, the problem has gone away.  I am now builing installations containing the runtime with no problems.

[Rudi_N]

ccmonter:

I hope all is well. My understanding is that your issue has been resolved although you do not know how you fixed it. Please let me know if there is something else I can do to make you succesful.

Regards,

Rudi N.

[Deepu]

I am getting the same error with LabVEIW 8.2.1

Any body know why this could be happening ?. Due to this error I am unable to continue the installation.

Thanks in advance

Deepu.

[Deepu]

It seems like this is a bug that appears some how when we edit an existing installers build properties. In my case when I added the MySQL ODBC driver in the existing installer this error start to surface. At first I thought the problem was some incompatibility as my laptop is running on Vista and the PC where I wanted to install the program on XP. When I removed the existing installer from the project and build a new one from scratch, everything was fine.

Regards,

Deepu

[Joe_Gerhardstein]

Same problem with LabVIEW 8.5.1 and Win'XP SP3.


Message Edited by Joe Gerhardstein on 06-05-2008 08:12 AM

[Bob_Preis]

Please try setup.exe with arguments /log c:\foo\bar\install.log. Will give us more info to work with.

-Bob

[Joe_Gerhardstein]

Bob:

See the following thread:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=328519

I had come across this current thread while doing more searching, but before I found the solution to my problem.

[Bob_Preis]

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Joe Gerhardstein wrote:
Bob:

See the following thread:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=328519

I had come across this current thread while doing more searching, but before I found the solution to my problem.

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Thanks, I'll reply over there and consider this thread closed.

-Bob