Problem adding NI-RFSG *.dll to install bundle

[Tom J]

I've successfully created install bundles for my application and installed and run them on other machines.
I've added modifications to the program to use a NI-RFSG board if it's installed.  It runs on my computer.
It needs the niRFSG .dll to run on other computers.

When I create the new installer, I now select NI-FGEN 2.4.1 from the "Additional Installer" category o fthe "Install Properties" dialog box that pops up before clicking on "BUILD".

Now a new dialog box pops up asking:

    LabVIEW cannot locate some components necessary to build the
    installer.  The components are from the following distribution(s):
       Distribution name:  NI_RFSG 1.2.1, Disk 1
       Last known distribution path D:\

I don't have such a disk.  I installed form the Nov. 2006 Developer Suite, which has a 3-disk set of Device Drivers (disk 2 of which contains a folder "NI_FGEN").  If I put in the disk1, the "NI Device Drivers" installer pops up.  If I put in disk 2, I can't get the installer builder to recognize any file or directory.  (It seems to be asking for a directory, but the browse dialog box will only accept a file?!)

When I cancel the build attempt, the dialog box gives "Details:"

    Visit the Request Support page at ni.com/ask to learn more about
    resolving this problem. Use the following information as a reference:

    CDK_Item_OnDblClick.vi.ProxyCaller >> CDK_Item_OnDblClick.vi >>
    CDK_InstallerConfiguration_Editor.vi >> CDK_Build_Invoke.vi >>
    CDK_Engine_Main.vi >> CDK_Engine_Build.vi >> CDK_Engine_PromptForMissingDist.vi

    Loading product deployment information
    Loading product deployment information
 
    **************
    *** Error: An internal error occurred for which the cause is unknown. (Error code -41)
    *** End Error Report
    **************

Thanks to anyone who can help.

Tom J
 

[GDEV]

Hi Tom,

since you have NI-RFSG on your system and NI-RSFG was not on the November Device Drivers CD, I assume that you did install NI-RFSG 1.2.1 from the NI-RFSG 1.2.1 CDs.

The version of NI-FGEN (2.4.1) is identical on the NI-RFSG 1.2.1 CDs and on the November 2006 Device Drivers CDs. The way the Distribution "bundle" function in LabVIEW works is that it keeps track of the distribution (CD) from which a driver was originally installed. For this reason you are asked for the NI-RFSG 1.2.1 CDs, since that was the distribution (CD) from which NI-FGEN 1.4.1 was originally installed.

Question:
You said you don't have the NI-RFSG 1.2.1 CDs any more. Do you have older NI-RFSG CDs (like version 1.2)?
NI-RFSG 1.2.1 should be available for download at http://www.ni.com/support.
If you can't download this large file and have an older version of NI-RFSG which works (is not to old) for your application than you could:
Uninstall NI-FGEN (and NI-RFSG)
Install NI-FGEN from the November Device Drivers CD
Install the version of NI-RFSG for which you have media.

Marian