Loading images with file:// on Linux and Windows

Question

Hi,
i've found (maybe) a bug. In my application i load some files from the temp dir. In Linux from /tmp, in Windows from C:\Temp.
If i use
file://<TempDir><file>(results in)
file:///tmp/myfile
and
file://C:\Temp\myfileit works in Linux but not in Windows.
If i use
file:/<TempDir><file>(results in)
file://tmp/myfile
and
file:/C:\Temp\myfileit works in Windows but not in Linux..
Is there a "clean" solution without manually check which operating system is used (e.g. some config to set)?
Thanks in advance
Edited by: toxiccrack on Sep 25, 2009 1:41 AM

Answer 1

Thank you Tunde for looking at my issues!
The file size is not an issue here. We tested with empty files or files with smaller than 1KB sizes. They all showed problem. The frequency of file transfer shouldn't be a problem either. Through some user interaction on front panel, a couple of files will be transferred. That's basically how often the file transfer occurs.
Interestingly enough, I replaced the copy.vi with a subvi I created using DOS command with System Exec.vi and the issue of copying files went away. My co-worker tested on both XP machine and Windows 7 machine. The DOS command worked fine thru Lavview's System Exec.vi. I think I can take that as a work-around if we can't figured out why copy.vi wouldn't work. Still, it would be nice to know why it doesn't work.
Now I'm still facing some issues with the usage of Check If File or Folder exist.vi. Sometimes it can detect the existing files and sometimes it doesn't.
Thanks very much!