Express VI steps are broken in the Teststand Runtime System

[Tims]

Hi All

I am having an issue that test sequence that use the Express VI's are broken when they are run from the operator interface in a runtime system.

I was aware that the express vi's are embedded in the sequence file itself, but there must be something else missing and if I knew what it needs i can include it on the system.

The express vi i am trying to use is for the NI-DMM.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Tim

BTW
I am not using the teststand distribution tool to distribute these sequences, I am packaging the sequences and the VI's seperately.

[AndrewMc]

Hey Tim,

In order to properly distribute LabVIEW VIs to a target and be able to run in the Runtime Engine, you will either need to use the deployment utility or potentially the LabVIEW Source Distribution feature.

Note that you can run your VIs through the deployment utility without using the installer feature; that is, if for no other reason, use the deployment utility just to prepare your VIs.  To do this, note the Image location on the first tab of the Deployment Utility.  Then deploy the VIs from the Image directory, rather than your initial VIs (as unmodified development system VIs cannot be run directly with the Runtime Engine).

Hope this helps!

[Rick_Francis]

Tim,

>I am having an issue that test sequence that use the Express VI's are broken when they are run from the operator interface in a runtime system.
>I was aware that the express vi's are embedded in the sequence file itself, but there must be something else missing and if I knew what it needs i can include it on >the system.

The deployment utility extracts the VIs from the sequence then packages them and modifies the sequence to point to a VI that is not embedded.   The embedded copy is kept to allow for future reconffiguration.  This was not a trivial procedure, if you can use the deployment utility your life will be far easier.

-Rick Francis