Labview 7 for Linux on Redhat9,NI example Finder not working.

[may lee]

I have Labview7 for Linux on Redhat9, installed at /usr/local/lv71. "NI example Finder" is not working, the function of browser, search,submit,none is working. When I try to close it, the window looks dead, cannot close it. I will force to close it. What is the problem? Where are the examples?

Another question: the simple help text is working, but the details help is not working. I can open the help file by Mozilla. But I want the help could be linked, like what it is in Windows platform.

Thanks

[SVences]

Hello �

Are you using LabVIEW version 7.0 or 7.1?

In LabVIEW 7.0 for Linux you cannot use the example finder when logged in as a user. You have to either log in as root or go through File � Open (when logged as a user) and browse the directory structure that way to open the examples.

In LabVIEW 7.1, you can use the example finder logged either as root or as a user.

Hope this helps!

S Vences
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[may lee]

After I open Labview. I check from "help->about Labview". it shows 7.1. It is installed at /usr/local/lv71, so it should be lv71.
But strange, when I check /usr/local/lib, I found /usr/local/lib/LabVIEW-7.0 and /usr/local/lib/LabVIEW-7.1

Why is it like this? What does it mean?

[SVences]

Hello �

If you see both /usr/local/lib/LabVIEW-7.0 and usr/local/lib/LabVIEW-7.1 it is probably because you have both versions installed. This shouldn�t be a problem but it would be worth to try uninstalling 7.0 and see if that fixes the problem with the Example Finder.

S Vences
National Instruments

[may lee]

I don't know how to run Labview7.0
Because each time, I run labview at command environment, then it brings labview 7.1 automatically. I don't think I have labview7.0 Because on the CD I ordered from NI, it is Labview7 Express, version7.1
I just don't understand why I have that 7.0 folder. What does it mean?

[SVences]

Hello �

If whenever you type �labview� at the prompt, LabVIEW 7.1 is launched, it probably means that the paths are setup to launch 7.1 but it doesn�t necessarily mean that you do not have LabVIEW 7.0 installed.
If you only installed LabVIEW 7.1 in that computer, it is possible that somebody else had installed LabVIEW 7.0 before.

What I suggest doing is to run the UNINSTALL scripts for both, LabVIEW 7.0 and 7.1, and reinstall LabVIEW 7.1 as root, not as user.

Hope that helps!

S Vences
National Instruments

[Stéphane Acounis]

I am waking up an old thread because I faced the same problem today.
I upgraded from LV7.0 to LV7.1 and could not use the Example Finder, even after reinstalling Labview.
I finally managed to make it work when I discovered that there were some references to LV7.0 (especially in paths) in the "~/.labviewrc" file.
Changing all occurences of "lv70" to "lv71" is a good way to use Example Finder again (I used default paths while installing LV).
Hope this helps.