path & file.exe

[ThaerAL-Hwaiti]

hi, i make  a program which calling " pictures" and view them in labview front panel but when i building this program to file.exe.....my program doesn't calling pictures ....i am attach program

how can i make my exe program calling "picture" ?????

[GerdW]

Hi,

you still haven't attached your VI...

[ThaerAL-Hwaiti]

this is file

[GerdW]

As I told you by PN the path of the VI changes in an executable. In the EXE you need one additional StripPath before adding the picture file name...

This is stated in the context help for the "VI path" constant!

Do you need to open and close the serial port in each iteration?

Do you need to get the VI path in each iteration and each case?

[ThaerAL-Hwaiti]

no i don't need to open and close the serial port in each iteration.

no i don't need to get the VI path in each iteration and each case.

just i want to put the picture in the folder which have EXE file and i want to call it from that file when we execute the EXE file 

[0utlaw · Accepted solution]

Hello thaeralhwaiti,

As Gerd indicated, the "Current VI's Path" primitive will return the path to the current VI.  If the VI is built into an executable, the path returned will also be inside the executable.  If you placed an indicator on the wire or built the executable for debugging (http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/8DA679805915DE40862572D5007B2F70 - can be useful when attempting to identify what's changed in a built exe!) you would see that the path is now <folder>/<executable name>.exe/RFID Read.vi not <folder>/RFID Read.vi.

If you want to get the folder the executable is in, you either need to use another strip path to get the folder the executable is in or use the Application Directory primitive instead.

More information on this behavior can be found with a quick internet search, this KnowledgeBase is probably what you were looking for:

KnowledgeBase: Why Does My Executable Not Work When Using the Current VI's Path Constant?

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/FD7DE8BC8FFC256C862565F4006BE363

Regards,

[ThaerAL-Hwaiti]

thank you GerdW 

thank you 0utlaw

my problem is solved and my program run as i want ....but when i run my program on a computer which don't have a labview program the message is attached show....how can i solve this problem 

[altenbach]

You need to install the free LabVIEW 2010 run time engine on the target computer.

[ThaerAL-Hwaiti]

thank you altenbach .....my problem is solved