open vi object reference - problem

[LarsM]

I have this vi:

The owner refnum is the vi itself, "Path" is a path to a lvproj project file.

However, when I try to run the vi I get a "The specified object was not found." error. 

[tst · Accepted solution]

This primitive returns a reference to an object inside a VI (like a control). A project is not inside a VI, so it doesn't make sense to use that function to get a reference to a project.

If you want to get a reference to a project by path, there's an Application class method called Project.Open. You can also use the Application class Project.Projects[] property to iterate over all the open projects.

[LarsM]

Thank you. A follow-up question:

Here's a half-constructed vi. I'm trying to find a method for compiling a build spec. Is there one?

[tst]

Have a look here - http://blog.jki.net/jki/can-you-build-your-application-in-one-click/

LV 2011 should have that VI or one similar to it in the app control palette.

[LarsM]

> LV 2011 should have that VI or one similar to it in the app control palette.

But I take it LV 2010 doesn't.

Anyhow, it worked fine, until I tried running it in a dll, then it didn't.

Oh well, thank you for your help. I got a bit wiser in any case. 

[MacNorth]

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LarsM wrote:

Anyhow, it worked fine, until I tried running it in a dll, then it didn't.

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I realize this is thread necromancy, but I also ran into this and I think it's a bug. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but at least there's a way to trigger the misbehavior. I hope it's fixed in LabVIEW 2014 or there is a work around.

LV RTE cannot open project files that have .lvlib references in Dependencies

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/LV-RTE-cannot-open-project-files-that-have-lvlib-references-in/td-p/...

[MacNorth]

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MacNorth wrote:

I realize this is thread necromancy, but I also ran into this and I think it's a bug. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but at least there's a way to trigger the misbehavior. I hope it's fixed in LabVIEW 2014 or there is a work around.

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I found a workaround: set the libdir key in the executable's ini file.

LV RTE cannot open project files that have .lvlib references in Dependencies

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/LV-RTE-cannot-open-project-files-that-have-lvlib-references-in/m-p/3...