vi not loadable error code 8

[Rob IMP]

Hi,

I am running Win XP with LabView 2011. I just wrote a VI that apparently uses a lot of memory (although I am not sure why) - I did get "Out of memory" quite frequently. At some point I saved the VI and closed LabView and when I wanted to open the VI again it gave me the error message: "VI not loadable"  with error code 8 : Could not load VI resource.

The bad thing is many (10+) hours went into programming this VI and I can't get it to open any more. Same with the automatic backup which was made of this file. After researching the forum and web for a bit, I think it might be that the VI suddenly needs more memory than Win XP can supply (I do have 6GB of RAM on the computer, but from what I understand 32bit Win XP can only use 3GB).

How do I get the VI to open again? At least I'd like to see/browse the block diagram. Otherwise all of the program and hence my work would be lost.

I attach the error codes I got as well as the VI that I can't open any more. Maybe someone can open it on a 64bit PC with sufficient memory and find any error that prevents it from opening on my machine?

Please help!

Thanks a lot in advance,

Robert

[Rob IMP]

Hi,

I am running Win XP with LabView 2011. I just wrote a VI that apparently uses a lot of memory (although I am not sure why) - I did get "Out of memory" quite frequently. At some point I saved the VI and closed LabView and when I wanted to open the VI again it gave me the error message: "VI not loadable"  with error code 8 : Could not load VI resource.

The bad thing is many (10+) hours went into programming this VI and I can't get it to open any more. Same with the automatic backup which was made of this file. After researching the forum and web for a bit, I think it might be that the VI suddenly needs more memory than Win XP can supply (I do have 6GB of RAM on the computer, but from what I understand 32bit Win XP can only use 3GB).

How do I get the VI to open again? At least I'd like to see/browse the block diagram. Otherwise all of the program and hence my work would be lost.

I attach the error codes I got as well as the VI that I can't open any more. Maybe someone can open it on a 64bit PC with sufficient memory and find any error that prevents it from opening on my machine?

Please help!

Thanks a lot in advance,

Robert

[LoCa]

Hello,

i have try to open the VI with labview 64bit and Windows 7 64 bit but it doesn't work.
But i only get your second Error.

There are several reasons why this Error occurs and it's very difficult to advise something to you.

Maybe you can post your VI when you programm it again and i take a look for
some problematic areas in your VI.

Best regards,

Lorenz Casper

[Rob IMP]

Hi Lorenz,

thanks for your help. I have in the meantime reprogrammed the vi and have found one possible bug where a buffer (array) kept increasing with every evaluation. This might have caused it - not sure, but now it seems to work. But it is really weird that a vi can get lost this way. One would at least imagine to be able to look at the block diagram even if it is not possible to run the vi due to too much memory being consumed.

Well anyway. Thanks for your attempt though.

Cheers, Robert