LabVIEW closes when I right click mouse on front panel or block diagram

[alias100]

I have a major problem with LabVIEW 8.0.  I recently installed it on my HP workstation xw4100 PC.  The PC has an Intel pentium4, 3.2 GHz, 2GB RAM, running windows XP Pro. 

The problem is that when I right click on the front panel or the block diagram the program will shut down.  The computer is still operational, but LabVIEW closes up.  If I bring controls to the front panel or functions to the block diagram via the menu, then the program seems to work.

Has anyone else seen this type of problem?  I am used to using the right mouse button and would like it to work the way I think it is supposed to.  Any ideas would be appreciated.  Thanks.

[Benoit]

Thats realy stange. Try to reinstall everything.

But if you purchase your LabView, you have a 1 years of free support from NI. I suggest you to call them.

Benoit

[alias100]

I uninstalled and reinstalled three times.  I am working with NI and following their suggestions, but they have not figured it out yet either.  That is why I wrote this on the discussion forum.  I am hoping that someone else found this problem and has a way to fix it that NI may have missed.  Thanks.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Do other applications behave normally when right-click is used?

[alias100]

Hello,

Yes, the right click seems to bring up the appropriate menus and perform like it should in other applications.  Thanks.

[Ben]

The only things that should come into play when right clciking should be tool selection or just in time advice.

I believe these two switches in the LabVIEW.ini file should shut those down.

requireAutoTool=False
AdviceEnabled=False

Does an earlier version of LV work?

Please let us know what the final solution is.

Ben

[alias100]

Hello,

I could not find a Labview.ini in LabVIEW 8.0.  Not only in the system that does not work, but also in a computer I have that is working.  Should I have this .ini file for LabVIEW 8.0?

To update those interested, I installed LabVIEW 8.0 and associated drivers (MXI-4, PXI, 4472,6541, 1409, 6713, 2532, 4060, 6221 and GPIB) to another PC.  It appears to be working so far.  I say so far, because it worked fine at first on the system that is giving me a problem now.  I still would like to figure out what  the problem is on the newer HP workstation.  I may have to start from a clean slate and reformat the computer.  Thanks. 

[JLS]

Hello,

You should have LabVIEW.ini under C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0 (or equivalent LabVIEW 8.0 folder).  I am not sure what happened, but you may try reformatting as you noted if that's not completely detrimental to other installations you have.

Best Regards,

JLS

[alias100]

Hello,

You are correct.  It was right where you said it should be.  For some reason doing a search does not find it.   Anyway, here it is. Thanks.

[LabVIEW]
IsFirstLaunch=False
menuSetup="default"
saveFloaterLocations=True
SaveChanges_ApplyToAll=True
paletteStyle="NamedIcons"
ProbeDefaultCache="C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\AnalogWaveformProbe.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\ConditionalErrorProbe.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\CtrlRefProbe.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\DDTProbe.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\DigitalWaveformProbe.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\PictureCtrlDefault.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\PixmapCtrlDefault.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\RendezvousRef.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\SemaphoreRef.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\StorageRefnumProbe.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\StringNotifierRef.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\StringQueueRef.vi;C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.0\vi.lib\_probes\default\VIRefProbe.vi"
RecentFiles.pathList="C:\Andy\LabVIEW 8\NiDMM_start.vi;C:\Andy\LabVIEW 8\HP 3478A_VISA.vi"

[alias100]

Hello,

I added the two lines below to the LabVIEW.ini file, but that did not help.  Thanks.

requireAutoTool=False
AdviceEnabled=False

Message Edited by alias100 on 01-19-2006 05:37 PM