installer requires SignalExpress 2.5....why?

[morngoose]

My application, which uses a serial port (VISA), works fine on my PC.

When I create a installer, and then install it on another PC it does not work, due to serial comms

Then, I create the installer again, this time adding the 3x NI-VISA items under "additional installers"

Problem I get then is the wizard asks for SIGNALEXPRESS 2.5, whcih is not installed on my PC (base package Labview)

Why is this...what am i doing wrong?

Goose

[KostasB]

Hi morngoose

According to the picture you sent, the installer will look in the E:\SignalExpress directory to install the visa drivers. You need to change that

to the actual directory where the visa drivers are on your computer. You can also download the runtime engine for free at:

http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/283/lang/en

KostasB

National Instruments Application Engineering

[morngoose]

Hi There,

Thanks for the email.

When clicking on Build for the installer, it eventually asks for Signal Express, needing a .id file (see attached screen)

Where is the Visa Drivers ?

Goose

[morngoose]

also see attached...where it asks for *.id files

[smercurio_fc]

As Kostas indicated, the installer is trying to pull in the VISA drivers from the E:\SignalExpress directory, which is exactly what your first picture shows. At some point SignalExpress must have been installed on your computer, and the VISA Drivers got installed from there (don't know why). So, now the computer thinks the VISA drivers come from E:\SignalExpress, rather than from the LabVIEW distribution.

My guess is that the easiest way to fix this is to uninstall the VISA drivers and reinstall them from the LabVIEW distribution CDs. You can change the National Instrument software that's installed by going to Add/Remove Programs, scroll down to "National Instrument Software", and clicking on the "Change" button.

Message Edited by smercurio_fc on 10-24-2007 12:10 PM