ISSUE: greyed-out library file in LabWindows/CVI

[mi7engr]

Hello,

I have been developing in LabWindows/CVI.

I did some code enhancements / improvements for an old project which uses the FT4222 library files:

ftd2xx.lib (64-bit)

LibFT4222-64.lib (64-bit)

I did not originate this old project which was started before I worked with this company.

Now, I have started a new LabWindows/CVI project from scratch where I also need to use those library files.

I did an explore directory for those files to find their location in the old project.

Without doing any installation, I simply copied over the whole folder to my own new project folder.

Then I added those "existing" library files to my project inside LabWindows/CVI.

Please see attached screenshot of the Library Files list on project explorer.  Notice how those particular library files are greyed-out?

This is not the case for the old project.

What have I missed or incorrectly done?

Please advise.

Thanks for the help.

MI

[ebalci · Accepted solution]

Maybe your current build configuration is for 32 bits and those are 64 bit LIB files? 

[mi7engr]

Hi Eren,

You are right.

My build configuration was set to 32-bit.  I switched to 64-bit and they are no longer greyed-out.

Many thanks for this help.

MI

[BC07]

ftd2xx.lib (64-bit) Where can I download this file.

[rolfk]

Always go to the source. Since it is an FTDI chip, you need the according drivers from FTDI of course.

https://ftdichip.com/drivers/d2xx-drivers/