Problems saving a DAQ task in Labview and running elsewhere

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Error -200552 occurred at DAQ Assistant
Possible Reason(s):
Specified string is not valid, because it contains an invalid character.
Position of Invalid Character: 4
Invalid String: Dev1/port0/line0
It looks as though the problem has to do with the '/' character, but I am not sure how to create an output line in LabView that does not include the '/' character. Is there anyway around this problem in either LabView or in MAX?
I have attached my LabView program. Thank you for your help and patience.
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Attachments:
saving_generation_task.vi ‏19 KB

Where is your program where you are trying to run the task? I don't understand what an existing task has to do with the DAQ Assistant. You would simply have to wire the task to a DAQmx Write.

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