Missing NISessionServer.dll when creating Install Package

[hairdog]

When trying to create an install package from my VB project with Microsoft Visual Studio, it tells me I'm missing "NISessionServer.dll". I searched my entire computer and it is nowhere to be found. Also, if I ignore this and make a package anyway...the program will not work after installing because it is missing this dll. What is this dll and where do I find it?

[mfukuchi]

Hello,
NISessionServer.dll is typically installed with TestStand. Do you have TestStand installed on your machine? If so, reinstallation would probably solve the problem.

[Elton Wells]

There is some documentation about NISessionServer.dll and creating installers in the "Distributing Programs Developed with Measurement Studio for Visual Basic" topic in the Measurement Studio reference. You can find this topic by looking under Visual Basic Help->Tutorials->Distributing and Installing Measurement Studio Applications in the Measurement Studio Reference table of contents. Specifically, this topic says:

"If you are distributing the IVI controls and you have TestStand installed on your development machine, you should include nisessionserver.dll. This file is located in the Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\SessionManager directory. If you do not have TestStand installed, ignore the prompt to include nisessionserver.dll."

I think t
hat the IVI controls are supposed to still work if the session manager is not installed on the machine. Does the application run correctly on your machine even though you don't have NISessionServer.dll on your machine?

- Elton

[hairdog]

...yes it still runs correctly. I found the answer in the help file thanks! I guess I just ignore it and all should be fine. Appreciate your response.