duplicate path

[Jpop]

what's does duplicate path error mean?

[TCPlomp]

you've wanted to copy a file into itself

[Jpop]

when does that occur? can someone check my program on when it does that? how do i avoid this from happening

because in this program i try to create a new folder from the input data of the user

Message Edited by Jpop on 08-07-2006 09:11 AM

[Jpop]

and what is the difference from the above file that i created to this file here?

[jasonhill]

Odd.  I do not get the error you describe.   What version of LabVIEW are you using?  On which operating system?  What values of first and last name are you using?

[Jpop]

i am using labview version 8 (but is a trial version) on winXP.

the values of the first name and last name are just strings.

i dont know why create folder1.vi keeps getting the duplicate path error at the create folder function. while the create folder.vi runs just fine.

sorry i've uploaded the wrong file previously on create folder1.vi. can u check what's wrong with this one? thanks

[Dennis_Knutson]

The one I posted does generate an error if you try to create a path that already exists. To avoid it, you can use the File/Directory Info and if it returns error 7, the folder does not exist and it's okay to create it. If there is no error, the folder does exist and you would skip the New Directory function.

[Jpop]

i have now tried adding the file/directory info and it returns the error7. and after pressing continue (file/path directory info is wired to create folder), i get an error 10: duplicate path.

what do i do next?

[Dennis_Knutson]

I don't know what you did since I don't have LV8. Did you put the new folder inside a case statement? As I said, if you get error 7, you have to skip the folder creation.

[Jpop]

the whole process is in a while loop, i still haven't added any case statements. are there any other functions that you can suggest to use, other than the open folder to use in these cases? because i need to make a folder with its inputs.