Why Do Measurement Studio 3D Style UI Objects Not Display In My Installer Application?
Primary Software: Measurement Studio>>.NET Support
Primary Software Version: 8.0
Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A
Secondary Software: N/A
Problem: I deployed a Measurement Studio application but some 3D Style UI controls, such as LED or gauge, doesn't show on screen while other controls, such as graphs, show fine. The application runs fine on my own machine where I have installed the Measurement Studio environment. When I install the application on other machine, I still have that problem. How can i solve this issue?
Solution: The problem is that the
mesa.dll,which is needed for 3D styles UI objects, is missing.
MSI-Based Installers
To fix this problem, you need to make sure you include the NIMesaDLL.msm in your VS setup project. Refere to the Measurement Studio help topic Measurement Studio .NET Merge Modules, under the NationalInstruments.UI assembly. A list of all the merge modules that must be included into the setup project is showed.
To access Measurement Studio .NET Merge Modules
:
- Open Measurement Studio Documentation;
- Expand NI Measurement Studio Help;
- Expand Deploying Measurement Studio Applications;
- Expand Measurement Studio Merge Modules and Deployment Files;
- Select Measurement Studio .NET Merge Modules.
Non-MSI-Based Installers
If you are not using MSI to distribute you application and rather XCOPY, refer to the Measurement Studio .NET XCOPY Deployment Files help topic. This will list the individual components you will need to distribute. Among them you will find the DLL mesa.dll.
To access Measurement Studio .NET XCOPY Deployment Files:
- Open Measurement Studio Documentation;
- Expand NI Measurement Studio Help;
- Expand Deploying Measurement Studio Applications;
- Expand Measurement Studio Merge Modules and Deployment Files;
- Select Measurement Studio .NET XCOPY Deployment Files.
Related Links: KnowledgeBase 2W3G520Q: Distributing Measurement Studio ActiveX Applications
KnowledgeBase 341AEOW3: Distributing Measurement Studio Applications in Microsoft Visual Studio 2003/2005
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Report Date: 08/07/2008
Last Updated: 08/31/2008
Document ID: 4O63CA46
