Writing a labview code on a CD

[Deepak Arora]

Hi

I am trying to write a LabView code on a CD that I need to ship to someone else.But somehow I am not able to transfer to all files and get some messages mentioning that few of the files can't be copied on that CD.I did try this with two different CDs and I had similar errors.Though I am able to get that whole folder on a flash drive , but not on a CD .

Does anyone faced similar problem ?

Thanks

Deepak

[redoo]

Have you tried zip the files and copy the package to CD?

[John Rich]

How large is the set of files that you're trying to save to CD?  The fact that you can save it all to a flash drive doesn't mean it will fit on a CD since there are flash drives which a several GB in size, whereas a CD can only hold about 650 MB. 

I suspect, though, that this is not the problem since it would take a rather large application to be 650 MB (even though some LabVIEW apps appear to be bloated).  If you could give more details about what errors you are getting it might be more beneficial.

[smercurio_fc]

Some CD drives come with software that allow you to use the CD directly from Explorer like a big floppy as opposed to using CD burning software. Is this what you have?

My guess is that the problem is in the file system format being used. CDs don't use the same type of file systems that hard disks (and flash drives) use. The file systems are Joliet, Romeo, and ISO-something. I don't remember the exact details (you can Google for it), but there are limitations on filename lengths, and total filepath lengths. Your best bet is to zip up the code and then write it to CD.

Another possibility: If you have a folder that has pictures in it, Windows Explorer will create a "Thumbs.db" file if you view the folder in Thumbnail view. This file can't usually be copied to CD. At least, I've had problems with it.