unable to build installer in LV 8

[olivier66]

Hello,
I'm sorry but I think it's a little bit to big to be sent
I actually tryed it and that did'nt work unless I did'nt do it well  because I only included the dll file in my project and tryed to rebuild it
I don't know if it's enough
I have also tryed to reinstall the nidaq traditionnal 741 driver but still did'nt work
anyway I'm trying to make a ZIP or something else (library?)which can allow me to send you the whole project but that does'nt seems to work neither.
so at least here additional information about my problem (attached file) that is the dialog box that actually appears during the build and I don't know which target folder I should give because I  have tryed with the .id files directory in my labview CD and that didn't work
maybe my application builder is screwed up

thank you so much for your help

olivier

[olivier66]

Hello,
I'm sorry but I think it's a little bit to big to be sent
I actually tryed it and that did'nt work unless I did'nt do it well  because I only included the dll file in my project and tryed to rebuild it
I don't know if it's enough
I have also tryed to reinstall the nidaq traditionnal 741 driver but still did'nt work
anyway I'm trying to make a ZIP or something else (library?)which can allow me to send you the whole project but that does'nt seems to work neither.
so at least here additional information about my problem (attached file) that is the dialog box that actually appears during the build and I don't know which target folder I should give because I  have tryed with the .id files directory in my labview CD and that didn't work
maybe my application builder is screwed up

thank you so much for your help

olivier

[JLS]

Hello,

Were you trying to ZIP the files to try this on another machine perhaps?  You could try building a source distribution and taking that to the other machine.  Then you could attempt the build process on the other machine (if my suspicion on that matter is correct).  We haven't come to a final conclusion/resolution on this matter, so it would be nice to know more if possible.  Is there anyway you can break your project up so narrow down the cause?  I understand if that's too arduous a task, but I appreciate any new information which would allow us to explore this further!

Thank you,

JLS

Message Edited by JLS on 06-21-2006 01:17 PM

[Kennon_Cotton]

Olivier,

Based on the image you attached, the Installer Builder needs to copy some files from the November 2005 DriverCD in order to complete the build of your installer.  I assume you are including NI-DAQ in your installer or another driver from the Additional Installers tab of the Installer Builder dialog.  One of those drivers or one of their dependencies was last installed/updated from the November 2005 Driver CD and in order to include that driver as part of the installer you are building the Installer Builder needs to copy the driver's source.

I have to admit the dialog isn't as helpful as what it could be about letting you know what is going on.  At first glance appears like an error dialog, but it is really just a prompt.  We're working making the dialog better as well as reducing the need for that dialog.

Kennon

[olivier66]

HI
actually I have tryed to zip the files only in order to send you my project
I do have a new information which is : when I try to build without the nidaq driver 741 the build complete without any problem so I guess the national instrument driver CD should be where is located the .id file requested
Hope it will help
let me know
thank you again olivier

[olivier66]

Hi,
I have even tried to reinstall the driver, still doesn't work : same error.
according to this http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/c3666ba408f81e59862570d20056e692 I might have an issue with dependecies or maybe a version mismatch, but I don't know which one I really don't know what can i do for this issue.
this is making me crazy.
if that could help you answer me i'm using labview8 with a daq card AI16XE50 and tradiitonnal daqdriver 741f
thanks in advance.
olivier

[Kennon_Cotton]

Oliver,

By "getting the same error" do you mean you are getting the dialog prompting you for the Driver CD as you showed in this image?

This really isn't an error but is a prompt.  In order to build the installer LabVIEW needs some files that are located on the CD the installer was run from.  So you have to put the disk in the drive and depending on what you are including you might get prompted for the DriverCD disk 1 and 2 and the LabVIEW CD.

Ideally we would only have to prompt you once and then copy those files that are needed somewhere on your hard drive for future builds.  We aren't currently doing that in LabVIEW 8.0, so you have to put the CD in every time.  The only alternative is to uninstall the components you are trying to include (NI-DAQ, although you might have to uninstall more or everything) then copy the contents of the CDs to your hard drive (a permanent location, not just a temporary one) and then reinstall from that location.  That way LabVIEW will look at the location on your hard drive rather than your CD for the files it needs.  Copying 2 or 3 CDs to you hard drive will use some space that is why we don't do it automatically.

Kennon

[halo]

Is there already a solution for this behaviour. I have a similair thing.

[Prashanth]

Hi halo,

Could you please expand on the issue you are facing? What version of LabVIEW are you using and do you have any LabVIEW modules (RT, FPGA, DSC, etc)installed? Are you able to create an executable fine but not the installer? What drivers (versions) are you trying to include in the installer? Have you tried to incrementally remove the drivers included in your installer to see if the issue can be isolated? Are you conistently getting errors?

Have a great weekend!

Regards,
Prashanth

[halo]

I'm using Labview 8. I'm including NI-Hierarchical Wafevorm Storage, Labview runtime, Ni Visa Runtime. First time few times it' was working well but know the installer is always looking for additional files.  ASnd now i get folowing error code:

CDK_Build_Invoke.vi.ProxyCaller >> CDK_Build_Invoke.vi >> CDK_Engine_Main.vi >> CDK_Engine_Build.vi >> NI_MDF.lvlib:MDFDistCopyList_CopyItem.vi

Loading product deployment information
Loading product deployment information
Loading product deployment information
Loading product deployment information
Adding files to installer
Done adding files
Preparing to build deployment
Copying products from distributions
Copying distribution 'National Instruments Gerätetreiber - November 2005' from: F:\ to: X:\SmartView\SmartView\Installer\
 
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*** Error: Windows SDK function returned an error. (Error code -12)
*** End Error Report
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Done building deployment

In the details there is no additional error description