LabView 8.6 Imaq Image.ctl error when trying to probe wire.

[aeastet]

I just installed 8.6 from 8.0. Now when I try and probe a wire I get a dialog that wants me to find the IMAQ Image.ctl file. If I cancel out of the window about three time it will finally set the probe. I do not have vision or IMAQ on this computer. Has any one had this problem? Is this another one of the times I get to uninstall and reinstall LabVIEW?

[Chris_VH]

aeastet,

Does this happen for all of your wires that you try probing, or just one particular data type? Does the dialog look similar to the dialog that appears when you load a vi that can find the associated files, or does it appear as something different?

I might reccomend installing vision acquisition software (only install the IMAQ driver, not IMAQ-dx) and see if this fixes the problem, as LabVIEW will be able to find that ctl. This would be a much faster solution than a complete wipe/reinstall of LabVIEW.

[aeastet]

Does this happen for all of your wires that you try probing, or just one particular data type?

It does happen for all of the wires types.  

Does the dialog look similar to the dialog that appears when you load a vi that can find the associated files, or does it appear as something different?

If I right click I get a dialog that looks very similar to the dialog that pops up when the associated files are missing.

I might reccomend installing vision acquisition software (only install the IMAQ driver, not IMAQ-dx) and see if this fixes the problem

Is this avaliable if I do not have a license for vision 8.6?

[Chris_VH]

Yes, the Vision Acquisition Software is available to those that do not have a license, as long as you only use IMAQ. IMAQdx requires the license.

You can find the software here

Again, this should not be necessary, but it seems to be a faster solution than a complete reinstall.

[Chris_VH]

I guess one more question I have is:

 Does this happen on a brand new vi with something very simple like a numeric control to an indicator? Or are you doing this on a pre-existing vi that contains many subVIs, one of which could contain a vision vi buried very deep?