Imaq vision builder AI 1.0 not creating LV program

I am using Imaq vision builder AI 1.0 to create Labview program through the option "Migrate inspection to Labview...." but it doesn't finds any files starting with IVB.....and the labview code is generated with these missing vi. Can any body suggest why this is happening.
Regards,
Mondeep

Hi,
The following knowledgbase article contains a patch that will allow Vision Builder AI 1.0 to generate code for LabVIEW 7.0.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/ 3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/ 8ed7d85db6667a3a86256d79006f9331?OpenDoc ument
Note:
The latest version is 2.0
Greetz,
Jonas Van Otterdijk
CIT

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