TDMS DLL

Hello,
I am trying to read a TDMS file in a Visual Studio C++ 2005 program. I downloaded the DLL from http://ni.intellisurvey.com/run/2007codelicenseagree and attempted to run the example program: readfile.c
I got an error when attempting to open the file: -6211 described as "The storage could not be opened."
This happens with my files and others that I found on these forums.
The open call the test program uses is marked as obsolete in the header so I changed it to use the new open call DDC_OpenFileEx() but got the same results. I also tried varying the arguments by passing null, "TDMS", or "TDM" for the file type and/or passing 0 / 1 for the readOnly flag without success.
I believe I'm using the DLL properly as calls to DDC_GetLibraryErrorDescription() work.
I found that this problem has been reported on these forums before but didn't have a solution:
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=286903&query.id=86898#M286903
Any ideas?
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Hello Curt,
Thank you for posting on the NI Discussion Forums. Running the example out of the box, I had to change line 26:
static const char * FILE_PATH = ".\\sampleFile.tdm";
to point to a different path, because “sampleFile.tdm” was nowhere to be found in the download (at least not for me, unfortunately). After pointing to an existing TDM file on my machine, the example “readFile.c” ran without error for me.
I was able to replicate the error message that you receive “The storage could not be opened” by changing the Security Preferences of the file to deny read privileges to my username on my machine. These privileges can be changed by the machine’s administrator account by right-clicking on the file, and selecting Properties. In the file properties dialog window, select the Security tab to see the security preferences of a given file for specific users by selecting a user. Check to see if you are allowed reading access to the TDM file or not. If you are not allowed those privileges, log on as the administrator and allow those privileges for your account.
Another possible cause for this error could be that the file is in use by another program at the time you are trying to access it.
Chris_G
Sr Test Engineer
Medtronic, Inc.

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Hi there,
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