nipaul.dll problems with NiDAQ 6.9.3

[RobCMU]

NiDAQ still won�t run on mine or several other WinXP machines that I support. The programs fail when loading nipalu.dll. I�ve tried NiDAQ 6.1, 6.9.2 and 6.9.3 with no success. Some programs supplied by National Instruments also fail at this point.

My program drives the DAQCard-1200 and calls:
AI_Read()
DIG_Out_Port()
Init_DA_Brds()
DIG_Prt_Config()

Are there any 3rd party libraries I can use with Visual C++ to replace NiDAQ? We need to send the programs out soon.

[Jeremiah Cox]

Greetings Rob,
If you have NI-DAQ 6.9.2 or 6.9.3, then you should have NI-PAL 1.5.6f0 (or higher). The tool attached below should allow us to correct the behavior that you are observing. Most commonly, the commandline "palbase.exe -s 44000000" followed by a reboot will do the trick. If this does not resolve the issue, then I would recommend contacting our email support at http://www.ni.com/ask. I am confident that we will have your software running smoothly within an email or two.

Sincerely,
Jeremiah
Product Support Engineer
National Instruments

[RobCMU]

I tried palbase and it said:

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Error: nipalu.dll library not found.

I rebooted and nothing improved.
I ran palbase again in my system32 folder, where nipalu.dll is located and received the same message.

I filled out the www.ni.com/ask screen to get more help as you suggested.

Please let me know what else to try.

[Jeremiah Cox]

UPDATE: See the following National Instruments KnowledgeBase for additional information:

KnowledgeBase 2Q1HG8A6: "Unusual Error Messages Loading, Executing, or Debugging Application When Us...