CVI settings

Hi all, we are updating internal network in my office creating a new dominion, so my PC user needs to be migrated on the new dominion; since it will actually become a new user, I would like not to loose al settings and customizations I have made to the CVI IDEs (more versions, currently from 6.0 up to 8.5) installed in my development machine and my laptop. With "settings" I am referring to:
- UIR editor preferences
- environment settings
- global include paths
- library menu custom elements
- syntax coloring and editor colors
- build settings
- what else I am forgetting???
I'm not interested in toolbar and font options since I am currently using the standard settings, but reassigning all other elements would be a long and boring task I would like to shorten as much as possible.
I have currently found only this tip by Mohan about colors in the source editor, and keyboard shortcuts can be saved and reloaded with native functions, but what about other settings?
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Hey Roberto -
In CVI 2009 there is a tool for importing and exporting your settings. If you do not have CVI 2009 on your development machine, but do have it available somewhere and can install the 2009 CVI RTE on your development machine, you can run the tool stand alone by copying the files <National Instruments>/shared/cvi/bin/ImpExpSettings.exe and <National Instruments>/shared/cvi/bin/CVISettings.xml to your desktop or some other known location.
Once the tool is running, just pick the version you want to copy the settings from, which settings you want to export, and a file location where the settings should be saved. You can then use the tool to import these settings back into your versions of CVI from the files you have created.
If you are unable to run the tool on your development machine, the easiest thing is most likely going to be for you to snoop around in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\National Instruments\CVI\<version> until you find the settings you want, and then import and export these keys. Be aware that if things like MRU paths don't match from one machine to the other, you may get errors in CVI.
Let me know if you have any questions,
NickB
National Instruments

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Error while exporting cvi settings

Hello all, I tried using Tools >> Import/Export Settings... facility to export the configuration of CVI to another machine, but I receive this error:
What can be the cause? Is there any way to correct it?
Using CVI 2009 SP1 on a fresh Win7Pro (64 bit) machine.
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Unfortunately the error comes out immediately after the menu selection: if there's an options panel, it doesn't show
Tomorrow I'll be out of office, but next wednesday I'll try to run the tool from the command line and see what happens. In the meanwhile if you have any further suggestion I'll be glad to hear it.
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URGENT ISSUE - CVI - Customer /Business Parnter load incorrect

We have loaded the Customer master in our Prod system and the CVI settings resulted in creation of Business Partners for the customers. However, the number range was different for BPs and Customer account group resulting in mis match of the Account numbers. This would seriously affect our processes since we want same number assignment.
Any suggestions on what can be done?
I was thinking of deleting the Business Parnters in BUPA_DEL and recreating the Business Parnters manually with correct number assignment.
However, i think the automatic sync of Customer - Business Partner will be lost.. is this true??
Any help is greatly appreciated

Hello Vicky
I would suggest that you archive your BPs.
This is the best you can do
Then update properly your customizing.
At this stage, you can make whatever simple change of the customers to restart the synchronisation with BP. This will re-create the BP with the new number range.
Alternatively you can start the load cockpit (transaction MDS_LOAD_COCKPIT) to do the same.
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The main key BP table is BUT000.
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In the past there was an other link table (BD001) but I suppose you do not use it.
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With all this, I think you are on the right way.
Good luck

Business partner as customer and vendor

Hi,
I am trying to process an variable interest rate instrument wherein we need to create a single BP for both customer and vendor.
The FI customer and FI vendor has the same number( external) in our system.
I have done the required CVI settings and system does automatically create the customer as BP or vendor as BP, DEPENDING upon which master data is set up first in FI.
I do not see both vendor and customer as integrated in BP under the same Co.code, though individually it works.
. Our requirement is to create one BP for both the Vendor and Customer.
Please let me know what i am missing here.
Thanks,
Vamsi

Hello,
What did you customize in the synchronization options?
Cross-Application Components > Master Data Synchronization > Synchronization Control > Synchronization Control > Activate Synchronization Options?
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Regards,
Jain

OS language settings break CVI code

I'm developing software that requires support for chinese language, I've followed the instructions to change this settings for LabVIEW 8.6 (http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/91A1863834F4B1A0862575670067D15C) and TestStand 4.1 (http://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-TestStand/Operator-interface-Chinese-language-support/m-p/375100) but I haven't been able to find information on how to do this in CVI 8.5.
When I enable the support for characters in Chinese on my XP machine and I open the CVI files they are shown like this:
What do I need to do to get this working?
Thanks!
<<-N->>
CLA - CTA

Hi Nick,
I created a simplified function in my driver just to show how it breaks, I'm attaching the source code and a VI I'm using to test this.
My machine settings are initially in English so I can compile the code. Within the attached project I created a function called tktds8k_SetDataStartNIExample function that runs regardless of wheter you have an instrument or not. Within this function all I'm doing in sending a command using:
sprintf(buffer,"DATATARt %d",0);
Using the _tktds8k ExampleNI.vi VI I run the function and take look at what is sent with NISpy, and this is what I see:
Then I change the language settings to Chinese and run the same VI and this is what I see:
In production test run I get errors along the lines of passing toom any arguments to a function.
Regarding the CVI editor, I was under the impression that Idea Exchange was a feature request portal and to me this is a very serious defect in the software... there no guarantee the IDE will work in a multibyte environment for which we are buying dozens of licenses as part of the NI Developer Suite. Would you agree with this?
<<-N->>
Attachments:
NIExampleCN-EN.zip ‏477 KB

How can I programmatically retrieve the CVI Target Version Settings (e.g. File Version, Copyright, etc) in my CVI application?

Is there any way that I can programmatically retrieve the CVI Target Version Settings (e.g. File Version, Copyright, etc) in my CVI application?
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The settings that I'd like to retrieve within my application are those that are set under Build | Target Settings... | Version Info...
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Message Edited by Darren Draper on 01-16-2006 02:03 AM

Well, "File access permission denied" claims for an authorization problem . I suggest you double check file attributes in the project directory: it could be that you have downloaded this example from a CD and the read-only attribute has not been cleared.
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IMAQ windows settings in CVI

HI,
I am creating IMAQ windows as child windows in my LW-CVI panel application. I would like to fix these IMAQ windows size and position at a particular location in my panel. I could not find any function like a "imaqSetWindowAttrribute()" that will let me do this.
I would also like to remove the task bar.
How can one chanche this type of settings in LabWindowsCVI?
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks,
JHH

Hello,
Here are a list of display functions for window management (from the IMAQ Vision for LabWindows/CVI function reference manual):
Are Scrollbars Visible imaqAreScrollbarsVisible
Bring Window To Top imaqBringWindowToTop
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Get Window Title imaqGetWindowTitle
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Set Window Palette
imaqSetWindowPalette
Set Window Size imaqSetWindowSize
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Set Window Title imaqSetWindowTitle
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Hope this helps!
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Error while Scheduling Precalculation settings

Hi All,
I have made workbook settings for Precalculation server.
What I did:
I have made a variable in query 2 on one of the characteristics and Given the Processing type as 'Replacement path' .NOw in the replacement path Tab, I hve given 'Query' as input in 'Replace with' option and mentioned the query name (query1) whose output I want to assign to this variable.
Am I going correctly?
After this is done,I did settings in the Broadcaster for precalculation.
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I am unable to find out where I am wrong?
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If somebody has the screenshots for the same, can send me on ompreet_nandra at hotmail.
Plz help........
Thanks
Preet

Unfortunately the error comes out immediately after the menu selection: if there's an options panel, it doesn't show
Tomorrow I'll be out of office, but next wednesday I'll try to run the tool from the command line and see what happens. In the meanwhile if you have any further suggestion I'll be glad to hear it.
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Using CVI libraries in Visual Studio C DLL

Hello,
I am attempting to enhance a legacy VS 2008 Visual C based DLL to use NI Shared Variable/Network Variable support. From what I have found in the documentation, it seems to imply that CVI libraries can be imported into an existing VS by using the libraries in the ext/msvc64 directory. I originally included just the cvinetv.lib file to my linker list. After reading more of the CVI programmer manual, it seemed to imply that cvirt.lib and cvisupp.lib were also needed. Under both circumstances, the linker throws a conflict between CVI libary and MSCVRT. Since this is a legacy project and not a CVI wizard generated situation, I'm wondering if there are more tweaks that need to be done my project settings. I also found a mention of needing to list "libc" under "Ignore Specific Library". Doing this made no difference either?
Any help would be greatly appreciated..especially if this approach is not a valid way to take advantage of shared network variables in a standalone DLL.
Thanks,
Chris.
Linker errors:
1>LIBCMT.lib(tidtable.obj) : error LNK2005: _encode_pointer already defined in MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR90.dll)
1>LIBCMT.lib(tidtable.obj) : error LNK2005: _encoded_null already defined in MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR90.dll)
1>LIBCMT.lib(tidtable.obj) : error LNK2005: _decode_pointer already defined in MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR90.dll)
1>LIBCMT.lib(crt0dat.obj) : error LNK2005: _amsg_exit already defined in MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR90.dll)
1>LIBCMT.lib(crt0dat.obj) : error LNK2005: _initterm_e already defined in MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR90.dll)
1>LIBCMT.lib(crtheap.obj) : error LNK2005: _malloc_crt already defined in MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR90.dll)
1>LIBCMT.lib(mlock.obj) : error LNK2005: _unlock already defined in MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR90.dll)
1>LIBCMT.lib(mlock.obj) : error LNK2005: _lock already defined in MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR90.dll)
1>LIBCMT.lib(winxfltr.obj) : error LNK2005: __CppXcptFilter already defined in MSVCRT.lib(MSVCR90.dll)
1>LIBCMT.lib(crt0init.obj) : error LNK2005: __xi_a already defined in MSVCRT.lib(cinitexe.obj)
1>LIBCMT.lib(crt0init.obj) : error LNK2005: __xi_z already defined in MSVCRT.lib(cinitexe.obj)
1>LIBCMT.lib(crt0init.obj) : error LNK2005: __xc_a already defined in MSVCRT.lib(cinitexe.obj)
1>LIBCMT.lib(crt0init.obj) : error LNK2005: __xc_z already defined in MSVCRT.lib(cinitexe.obj)
1> Creating library .\Debug/pil_dlld.lib and object .\Debug/pil_dlld.exp
1>LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'MSVCRT' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
1>LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'LIBCMT' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
1>LIBCMT.lib(crt0.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol main referenced in function __tmainCRTStartup

I wonder if it is possible to some forum admin to mark Christopher's last reply as the solution. I've tested what he suggested, since I was trying to do basically the same thing, and it worked like a charm. Also thanks to Edna-S for confirming the validity of the fix.
Wouldn't it be useful to update document 3TTHO2ZW to include Christopher's findings?
Best regards,
Robst - CLD
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Calling CVI DLL Function from Visual Studio

HI all ,
Iv'e created a DLL using CVI and i'm tring to call one of it's function from visual studio 6.0
I'm getting a general error , is there a specific prototype that i need to set my functions in ordrer to call them ?!
Kobi Kalif
Software Engineer

You will need to distribute the CVI RTE along with your DLL, since anything you write in CVI is going to use the RTE.
As far as calling the DLL functions, you can use the CVI defined macros
<return type> DLLEXPORT DLLSTDCALL <function name> (<param1 type> <param1> ...) {
to declare your functions in the DLL for access by a VS application.
for example
int DLLEXPORT DLLSTDCALL myfunction (int funparam1, double func param2) {
There are options for identifying which functions to export from your DLL, I use "functions marked for export" but there are other choices available. I also include a type library so when you type the name of a DLL funciton in VS6 you see a balloon popup with the function signature. This is a check box in the target settings. You have to create a ".fp" file (function panel file) to collect the function info for the library.
From VB6 you can access the DLL a couple of ways, but I usually add the DLL as a reference.

Help needed with CVI real time

Hi,
I am new to CVI real time and need help related to this. I will explain my scenario:
1. I have few configuration files (INI). Need to validate the files (range checking..etc) during start of the application.
2. When user clicks "START" in the user interface on the host machine, I need to generate outputs (analogs/discretes...) based on the settings in the config file and read some inputs from other instruments. ( I/O tasks like generating outputs/reading inputs i am planning to perform in RT side)
3. From the user interface, user can also change the config files. if user changes the files, again file validation needs to be performed. After changing the files, if user clicks START, need to take the newly enetered config files to perfom I/O tasks.
4. I am NOT using reflective memory for my application.
I am confused in the following area:
1. File validation during startup , do i have to perform on both host and RT side?????
2. if configuration files are changed in the host side by the user, how i have to send this latest file names to RT??? I think i should not send file names, i need to read from the file and its contents i need to pass to RT....Pls correct me , I am not sure about this....
3. If I have to send file contents to the RT, how I have to do that....means i have to use structures,..???
Please guide me. Any help would be highly appreciated.
Regards,
haari
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Hey haari,
1. File validation during startup , do I have to perform on both host and RT side?????
This depends on the full range of responsibility for the INI files. If they are all needed simply to change what the I/O tasks are for, then you would technically only need to validate the INI file contents on the RT side. You could, however, validate on both sides if you wanted to. However, I would probably set it up such that I send a validation command to the target, have the target run a component of the code that validates the INI contents based on how I instructed it, and then return a message that says whether or not it met the requirements I specified. However, if you are concerned with offloading that process to the user desktop (instead weighing down the RT controller performance), you could FTP the file off of the controller and perform the validation process on the host side.
2. if configuration files are changed in the host side by the user, how i have to send this latest file names to RT??? I think i should not send file names, i need to read from the file and its contents i need to pass to RT....Pls correct me , I am not sure about this....
You can send them to the target over FTP. This can be done programmatically, through MAX, command window, or a Web browser.
3. If I have to send file contents to the RT, how I have to do that....means i have to use structures,..???
This is basically addressed in answer to question two. You would not need another structure in your RT code to handle the FTP receive component as this is handled by the FTP Client/Server communication. However, in the event that you successfully FTP a file to the target, you should likely send a message from the host to the target so that the target can respond accordingly and reload the file, reestablish the I/O values, run an idle procedure, or do whatever you like.
Hope this helps. Have a great day!
Tim A.
National Instruments

Trying to link VC++ and CVI

I have a VC++ application that uses CVI components. It links fine when VC++ is in debug mode, but when I change to Release mode I get link errors.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE\mbstring.h(117) : error C2375: 'CVI__mbsbtype' : redefinition; different linkage
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\MeasurementStudio\CVI\include\mbsupp.h(73) : see declaration of 'CVI__mbsbtype'
I looked up the error on MSDN site and it means that a different linkage specified was being used such as static vs. extern.
VC++ uses the following -- CRTIMP int __cdecl _mbsbtype(const unsigned char *, size_t);
CVI uses the following -- int CVIANSI _mbsbtype(const unsigned char *, size_t);
I am including "toolbox.h" and <
afxwin.h> , ,
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Lorrie Smith
[email protected]

Hi Lorrie,
The VC++ compiler needs to know where the CVI include files are. I'm not sure if you have already done this, but when using CVI libraries, the project settings/C++ tab needs to have the following Additional Include Directories:
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\include,
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\instr,
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\toolslib,
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\toolslib\custctrl,
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\toolslib\custctrl\custsupp,
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\toolslib\localui,
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\toolslib\printing,
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\toolslib\reportgen,
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\tools
lib\toolbox
Also, in the Project Settings (Link >> Input tab) you should have the following library modules listed:
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\analysis.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\cvi_lvrt.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\cviauto.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\cvisupp.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\cviwmain.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\dataskt.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\easyio.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\fpcustom.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\gpib.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\nivxi.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\visa.lib"
"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\CVI\\extlib\cvirt.lib"
kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib advapi32.lib
Note that this is an exhaustive
list and you might want to delete some files if you're only using toolbox functions.
Let me know if that doesn't solve the link error.
Regards,
Azucena

Why does the new CVI adapter not put the contextCVI parameter?

Hi,
With good old 2.0 prototype you could not specify arguments and you always used the parameters tTestData and tTestError. Now, with the TS3.x the recommended prototype is the new one.
If I specify the standard prototype it puts some arguments which the sequence context is not one of them.
The question is why?
1) Don't you always need it? Is there a way to get the context from within the CVI code? Isn't the idea of the context argument is to be able to get/set information from the TS variables?
2) I read the manuals but didn't see exact instructions how to specify the context as an argument. Can anybody show me how to do it? Do I need to specify it by value or by reference?
3) Isn't there a check box to include the context in the same fashion as it was in TS2.x?
4) I specify the context parameter with every TS step. Is that the proper way? Can I modify the standard prototype so it will automatically be inserted along with the other argument?
Thanks
Rafi

Hello Rafi -
I think the Action steptype will always give you a seqContextCVI pointer, but I agree that the default templates for the other steps don't. Certainly you don't 'always' need it. Especially if all you're doing is talking to hardware, doing some calculation and returning a measurement value, but it's very nice to have for various chores in TestStand.
I think in TS 3.0 rather expect you to specify it manually.It's not too hard to do once you see the trick. I looked at the Action step's default arguements before I saw how it was done, but here's the simple breakdown.
(1) create new arguement, on the right-hand side of the screen name it whatever you like.
(2) The category is 'Object, the Type is 'CVI ActiveX Automation Handle' and the Pass is 'By Value'.
(3) on the left-hand side of the screen, assign it the value 'ThisContext' as usual, and you're all set.
If you build your functions manually in CVI you'll just include the parameter "CAObjHandle seqContextCVI" and use it just like you used to.
Other options might be... I know there's still a button on the Module tab of CVI steps to allow you to create a TS 2.0 style prototype with TestData and TestError...
Or, Yes, you can also modify the default template that comes with TestStand, but the software will likely complain at you for changing the settings on a NI steptype. If you want to explore this route, you need to add your seqContextCVI parameter in two places. Once to the actual template file at (TestStand Root dir)\CodeTemplates\User\NumericLimitCVI, and once to the type definition of the step you want to change. For example, use the Type Palette to find the Numeric Limit type and right click on it to alter it's properties. The tab you'll want to investigate is 'Code Templates'and then the template for CVI.
I hope this helps!
Cheers,
Elaine R.
www.bloomy.com
Cheers,
Elaine R.
www.bloomy.com

Distribution settings are not saved in a .cds file

I have successfully created a distribution for my CVI8.0 application, and deployed it with no problems. However, although the settings work, a .cds file never gets created - I checked in the directory. When I close CVI and start it up again, it complains that the .cds file is missing. My distribution settings are gone, and I have start all over again, from 'Manage Distributions > Add' etc.
I want to be able to save my distribution settings.
The only way I have found to make CVI create a .cds file on the disc, is to go through the process, then click 'remove'. Then I get a prompt 'Save changes to the distribution?', when I click yes, the file gets created. After that, I can add it back in again. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
Dave

Hi Dave,
In 8.0, the expected behavior is that any new/editted distribution is saved to disk (as a .cds file) when you OK the Manage Distributions dialog. It is also saved if you edit it from the Distributions>>Edit <name> menu item. I am unable to naively reproduce the problem you describe. Even looking at the source code, there is not an obvious scenario that might produce the behavior you describe.
If you could check a few things for me, it might help me figure out how this is happening.
1. Confirm that you have CVI 8.0 (not 8.0.1).
2. What is the path of the .cds file? Is there anything noteworthy about this path or the drive?
3. Try creating a distribution for one of our shipping samples (e.g. CVI80\samples\apps\finger.prj), and see if you have the same problem.
4. Make sure this happens even when you don't edit or build the new distribution. That is, hit the New button on the Manage Distributions dialog, OK the New Distribution dialog, OK the Edit Installer dialog, and OK the Manage Distributions dialog.
Also, please let me know your OS version and what other NI software, if any, you have installed.
Thanks.
Mert A.
National Instruments

How to get the "module" in the step settings pane

Hi,
I´m trying to rebuild an example for "Custom NI VeriStand Steps for NI TestStand". So far es I can see it I did the same things as in the examples. I draged a few stepst from the Insertion palette in the Main Sequence and now I want to specify the module but this button isn´t shown up in the Steps Settings pane.
I´m still a total beginner and have to work with Teststand for my bachelorwork. So please help me
Thanks

Which TestStand are you using?
Did you check the examples calling different VI or DLL?
First you select which language your module is built - ex CVI orLV or C++ .....
Then you add an action step type.
In the step settings of action step type you can call a module.
Hope this helps.

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