LV 8.2 Generic file I/O error

[Pablop]

I've been getting this error ever since installing 8.2.

I hope NI comes up with a patch or something, its kind of annoying to have to use Save As. Sometimes I have to pick a new name or it won't work. Then I have detrius scattered about and I hate that!

[hkreuter]

Hello,

i have the same problem since LabView 8.0 and now I use LabView 8.2 and the bug did not disappear. Sometime it helps when you close the block diagram and save the VI via the front panel.

Best regards,

Hans-Peter Kreuter

KAI GmbH

Villach, AUSTRIA

[Pablop]

My whining and complaining has convinced NI R&D to consider reopening the issue. I've been working with an applicaition engineer since last week.  The may finally figure this one out!

[GS]

I sure hope so. It's really annoying.

George

[Pablop]

The current open corrective action on this case is 42G7H7O5. However, now that I've moved my files from the company server over to my local hard drive (not a desirable long term solution), I am not experiencing the problem.

Just curious if others experienced this problem on local hard drives or only on saving to servers?

[Dwanny]

Our observation is that the "Generic file I/O error" has to do with saving the VI's on a network.

We have not seen this error when saving everything to a local harddrive.

Regards,

Paul

[pgaastra]

Is there still no resolution to this?

We have the same problem here.  It's only a problem when saving to a network drive.  If the VIs are on my C drive I have no problem.

I

[Pablop]

I just spoke with the application engineer today (on another subject) and the problem is an active R&D request. No soulution yet.

However, as I'm sure you have read above, saving to the local hard drive (rather than a server) seems to eliminate the problem. Not a solution, but a work around. I haven't had the problem since moving the files to my local hard drive.

Have you?

[pgaastra]

To Paul Johnson.

I haven't moved my files to my hard drive but I created a simple test vi with a sub vi.  With these located on my server I could get the Generic file I/O error for about half of the save attempts.  I copied the same vi's to my local C drive and repeated the experiment and could not get a single Generic file I/O error. 

One thing I notice:  On the network drive, when I do the save I get a little notification window saying it's saving.   It's there for such a short time I can't read it.  When I save on the C drive it's instant and I can't see if the window pops up at all.  Perhaps it's a timeout issue when it takes too long to save?

I am using LV8.2 Windows XP and our network whatever you call it is Microsoft, not Novell.  I think I didn't have the problem with LV8.0.X but I'm not sure.

Anyone know what percentage of the LV users have this problem?

[Pablop]

It does not appear to be wide spread. Maybe the majority of users save their work only to local hard drives?