Stand-alone executable will not call dll

[Sergiovivobe]

Hi

I am building a datalogger application which uses a dll library from ADAM 5000. I've made the application and it works fine when used in labview but when I make it an executable file it does not communicate with the external device. I cannot connect.

Do you know what am I doing wrong?

How could I fix it?

I'm attaching the VI as well as the executable file with the dll packed in a zip folder.

I appreciate any help

Thanks,

Sergio 

[plyons.gks]

I'm not on a computer I can open your vi with but Ive run into this issue before, I discovered that it was caused by my DLL not being in the right location relative to the exe- IIRC it was fixed for me when I told the app builder to take the dll and put it into a folder one level below the exe.

Where does your dll reside relative to the exe?

-pat

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@PatLyons wrote:

I discovered that it was caused by my DLL not being in the right location relative to the exe- IIRC it was fixed for me when I told the app builder to take the dll and put it into a folder one level below the exe.

-pat

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Are you perhaps thinking of https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019NFfSAM&l=en-US  ?

[plyons.gks]

I've screwed that up too with txt files and such, but I'm thinking more along the lines of where the 'call library function node is looking for the dll-

Maybe I'm not helping here, but I think my issue had to do with the name/path field being wrong in the "Configuring Library Name or Path"

from the help here, scroll down a bit:

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/configuring-the-call-library-function-node.html