Why do I crash LV when I try and build an app that VISA runtime engine support

[Clueless1]

It starts the build process but about 1/2 way through it pops a Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library dialog saying

" Program... ogram Files\National Instruments\Labview\8.2\Labview.exe

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate in an unusual way

Please contact the application's support team for more informantion."


This happens when I go to the Build specifications/properties/additional installers and select VISA Runtime 4.0.



I finally just went and got the installer myself and install it seperatly from the installer.  Solved my problem, but I wasted too much time on this.!!!!


What I would like to know though is why cant the project explorer figure out that I need VISA runtime support and just make it part of the install?
So after I figured out that the VISA stuff was hosed (not easy to do with a .exe vi) I discovered the install additional engines stuff.  OK.  Too bad it crashes the LV app!

[Spex]

Hey Clueless,

This error has been attributed to various corruptions or other issues.  A simple Google Search reveals that this is a very generic error.  First, do you have plenty of Hard Drive space available on this PC for the resulting installer and intermediate files?  Do you have another computer that you could test the build installer process?   Can you build any other application installers that include VISA, or is this crash associated with a certain project? 

Did you have any issues or inconsistancies when you originally installed VISA?  Potentially, a repair or reinstall of VISA could resolve this issue.

Regards,

[Clueless1]

So are you saying this is not NI's fault?  Micro$oft seems to be blaming it on the application.

Or does generic mean it's too dang complicated to figure out??

[Spex]

Hi Clueless,

Generic simply means that the error message does not provide any relevent clues to what is going wrong behind the scenes in the build process.  The one clue we have it that it appears to be tied to building installers that include VISA.  Therefore, to figure it out, we need to do our own investigation.  That is why I asked so many questions in my previous post. 

Have you tried to perform a repair on your installation of VISA?

Regards,