Execute LabVIEW Vi - saved in version 7.0 - in TestStand 2.0

[Raybie]

Hi,

I have a TestStand (ver.:2.0) sequence which executes LabVIEW Vis were saved in LabVIEW version 6.1.
I wanted to extend my application and a new Vi was written in LabVIEW version 7.0.
An error message was shown when I tried to run the sequence.(error code: -18002, for more info see attached picture).
How can I fix it?

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

you probably need to mass compile your VI directory to the latest version, include the ones in the Teststand folders.

Regards
Ray Farmer

[Raybie]

Hi,

I have no LabVIEW experiences, how I can compile them?
Could you explain me?

Regarsd,

Raybie

[Jochen]

Go to Tools -> Advanced -> Mass Compile and select the directory with your LabVIEW files for mass compilation. Please make sure that there is a backup copy of your vis before doing this.

Regards,

Jochen Klier
National Instruments Germany

[Raybie]

Sorry but this did not solve my problem moreover the situation is worse than before.
The error message were shown at all steps which were ok before the mass compile.

My original problem was that TestStand2.0 can not execute the Vi was modified and resaved in LabVIEW 7.0.
(see attached error message in the first topic). Other Vis which were saved in LabVIEW6.1 are work fine.
What I would like is that to make TestStand2.0 able to execute Vis were create in LabVIEW 7.0.
What I have for this is a TestStand2.0 development version and a LabVIEW 7.0 Evalution version.
The best would be to download LabVIEW 6.0 Evalution version (I did find it), but if is possible to setup TestStand2.0 to run Vis were written in LabVIEW 7.0, then it will also solve my problem.

[Raybie]

Sorry, I made a mistake in my previous comment. I did NOT find LabVIEW 6.0 Evaluation.

[Dennis_Knutson]

I have no problem running LabVIEW 6.1, 7.0, and 7.1 VIs from TestStand 2.0. Are you attempting this on a system with both 6.1 and 7.0 development installed? Make sure that LabVIEW 7.0 is the active version of LabVIEW. Close all versions of LabVIEW, start 7.0 and then close it. When TestStand starts LabVIEW up, it should then start 7.0 which is able to load 6.1 VIs.

[Raybie]

Only LabVIEW 7.0 evaluation is installed on the PC. The "TestStand LabVIEW runtime server" (ver.6.1) is used as LabVIEW prototype adapter in the current configuration. I change the prototype adapter to "LabVIEW" and LabVIEW 7.0 evaluation was started when I tried to edit the Vi from TestStand. It means that LabVIEW 7.0 evaluation is the active one, but when I try to execute the sequence I receive the same error message at the old and the new Vis then before.

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

I came across this article on the NI website.
link.

It might be that the evaluation version of LabVIEW 7.0 does't have the activex server capabilities, or it hasn't been enabled in the Option.

Regards
Ray Farmer