CVI Patch and nicont.dll problem??

[Doug987654321]

I recently downloaded and installed the patch for CVI version 7.1. Now when I startup CVI I receive a warning dialog box as follows:

"nicont.dll is registered but old version"

After pressing "OK" CVI continues to load and run OK with the following noted exception: When viewing help information for the CVI Library functions, the information appears as raw HTML code instead of formatted. This did not do this proir to the patch. Did the patch acidentally overlay nicont.dll with an older version?

CVI will not allow me to run install again, as it says I have a patched program in place. Do I have to completely remove CVI and clean install it again?

[Doug987654321]

Just discovered additional information... I was uninstalling an imaging analysis program called PowerPlay v5 from Microsys Technologies and noted a shared DLL by the name nicont.dll. Evidently this program--which I also had installed recently--was the culprit. Evidently Microsys has written a completely different DLL named "nicont.dll" which they install in the shared DLL Windows directory.

[jlaney]

Hello,

Well to get our DLL working properly again you should just reregister it.

It is found in [Program Files]\National Instruments\Shared

Run regsvr32 nicont.dll on the command line and it should reregister our control.

Anyways, you should still be able to run Repair on CVI from Add/Remove Programs and have it fix the issue as well (it will rewrite our registry keys).

Jeff
NI