Tips on transferring LV executable that uses Field Point Serial to another PC

I have been trying to transfer an LabVIEW compiled executable from one PC to another
The executable references 2 field point serial banks.
After hours of frustration I think I have it pinned it down to the fact that (at least for me) It is not possible unless LabVIEW is invoked on the target machine.
Only if I start LV 2010 and configure a field point control on it then LabVIEW can refer to the Bank. After that I can have it refer to the correct IAK file and the executable will work.
However IF I try to transfer from another machine without starting LabVIEW on the target machine it simply will not work for me.
It seems that I have to load a FIeld point control on a block diagram of a new machine then configure it to get dialogs to come up specifying
how to select the proper configuration. I do not see any of this help in MAX
Id much rather have a way of setting up in MAX than having my EXE work right away. Instead my workaround is to
start LabVIEW and configure a field point control to get it set up proiperly.
This means I may have to install yet another version of LabVIEw to get the exe to work again and its getting tiresome.
I use INI files for the serial port settings. Its the field point software that has me going in circles.
If anyone have any experience or tips for transferring an executable that uses fieldpoint serial (FP-1000) from one PC to another PC
without having to invoke LabVIEW to configureit I would be interested in hearing from you. Thanks
PS Target machine has LV2010 MAV ver 4.70f4
Executable compiled in LV 2010
Source Machine has LV 2010 SP1 MAX ver 4.7.6
Executable compiled in LV 2010 SP1
My next move is to upgrade the target to 2010 SP1 and try again but it has already taken me days to transfer this one program
and I still cant figure out how to do it so I might just wait and see if there is any interest in helping me first.
Thanks again!

I have been to these KnowledgeBase links and what is so frustrating about it is that I have have not seen anything that was not already done
automatically when I created the executable on the source machine and transferred the executable to the target machine.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/734179A2A6779C4286256C4C0069C5F4
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/2DC46E07FAA0A5EF86256F35006E9AE5
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0E9001A8C84CD89486256DE80073F198
MY FP version is 6.07 on both machines.
The dll is where its supposed to be on the target machine in a Data subfolder under the main application (exe) folder
The IAK file is created in MAX with the designations identical to what is the source machine.
The EXE is now partially working (somehow) but I am trying to find out the exact procedure for next time so I can write it down for future reference..
EVen though the target application now 'sees' the Field point banks the utility I added into the exe to allow user to configure a front panel Field Point control
(should it be required) does not work. Instead when I try to browse configure the control in the executable I now get this error dialog.
This must be the root of all my troubles.
I am now attempting to resolve this by installing LV2010 SP1 and DCD_NOV10 on the target machine so that it matches the source machine.
(If I am going to re-install Fieldpoint I might as well install the whole Device Driver CD)
I hope this solves this issue once and for all.
Your knowledge base insists that if the field point versions are the same on both machines and if the DLL is where it is supposed to be and if the IAK file is loaded and saved
this should work. It did not and still does not fully work. If I can find the exact reason I will report it in this thread.
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ni-FP-error.GIF ‏16 KB

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