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Error -7 When Building an Executable in LabVIEW 8 with Sound and Vibration Toolkit VIs

Primary Software: LabVIEW Toolkits>>LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Toolset
Primary Software Version: 4.0
Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A
Secondary Software: N/A

Problem:
I have an application that uses some Sound and Vibration Toolkit (SVT) VIs and when I try to build it into an executable, I get error -7 and nothing is built. This only happens in LabVIEW 8, as I never saw it in previous versions. In the window describing the error one or more of the following messages can be seen:

  • Error 7 occurred at ABAPI Check Help FIles.vi -> ABAPI Dist Cmp Settingsto Disk Hier.vi -> ABAPI Get Settings From File.vi ->EBEP_Invoke_Build_Engine.vi -> EBUIP_Build_Invoke.vi ->EBUIP_Build_Invoke.vi.ProxyCaller.
  • The following files have links to help files that are invalid. Open the files and fix the help links.
  • LabVIEW: File not found. The file might have been moved or deleted, or the file path might be incorrectly formatted for the operating system. For example, use \ as path separators on Windows,: on Mac OS, and / on Linux.

What is causing this error and how can I build my executable?

Solution:
In LabVIEW 8, the application builder checks the help file paths of all the VIs in the executable to make sure that they are valid. In previous versions, this did not happen. Some of the SVT VIs have invalid help paths which causes this error. Since SVT and the Order Analysis Toolkit (OAT) share some VIs, you could also see this same behavior when building an executable with OAT.

In order to correct the problem, you can run the attached utility which will modify the help paths and allow you to build an executable.

This problem will be fixed in future versions of LabVIEW, SVT, and OAT. The following KnowledgeBase provides other solutions for addressing this issue.

Related Links:
KnowledgeBase 3UCCUUG2: Invalid Help Files Result in Build Errors When Building an Executable from a VI

Attachments:


SVUTIL_Fix Help Paths and Tags for Application Builder 8.0.vi

Report Date: 12/15/2005
Last Updated: 04/09/2008
Document ID: 3SEBJ4NQ

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