newly written tdm/tdms file not found

[SRamirez]

So I tried it again and I'm still getting the same result where I don't see an actual saved file in the folder.

[SRamirez]

The folder exists but the tdms file doesn't.  Isn't that what the create option is for though?

[crossrulz]

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@SRamirez wrote:

The folder exists but the tdms file doesn't.  Isn't that what the create option is for though?

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That's what create does.  It works for me.  Are you getting another kind of error?

[SRamirez]

No. there is no error.  I just can't find the file afterwards in my windows folder.

[crossrulz]

What folder are you trying to save to?  You might have chosen a folder that is protected by Windows.

[SRamirez]

It's a folder within My Documents.

[crossrulz]

Just for fun, try putting the file in C:\temp (make sure the folder exists) and see if the file shows up there.

[SRamirez]

I ended up getting error 7 when I did that.

[SRamirez]

So I tried just using c:\ and it worked!  I have a cRIO that I am using along side it.  I was reading the getting started with cRIO-logging data to disk article (http://www.ni.com/white-paper/11198/en) and it mentioned that I had to first get it from the cRIO so I tried it and sure enough it was there.  I'm guessing by setting c:\ as the file path the cRIO saves it within itself and then it can be saved to the computer.  I'm sure there has to be a direct path but this works for now.  Thanks for your help by the way.  I'm still not sure why it wasn't letting me save directly to a file on my computer though.  Any ideas?

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

You should have said this was running on a cRIO.  Now it all makes perfect sense.  A cRIO is a computer in itself.  It runs a Real-Time operating system.  Therefore any file paths you define will be on the cRIO.  What you can do is make a network shared folder on your PC and access the folder on the cRIO like you would with another PC on the network.