VI Reference type does not match VI connector pane

Question

I am trying to use Open VI Reference in LabVIEW 8.  I am getting error 1031 "VI Reference type does not match VI connector pane."  I have a Type Specifier wired to the Type Sepcifier terminal, and I've gone in and selected Select VI Server Class / Browse, and selected the VIT that matches the input path. 
My path is correct.
I wired 0x10 (16) to the options terminal so that I would be prompted if LabVIEW couldn't find the necessary subVI files.
I restarted my computer to make sure the old type specifer was not in memory.
Any thoughts on why I still get error 1031?
Thanks,
Kathy

Answer 1

Hi Kathy,
I am still investigating this problem, but right now I do have a workaround for you.  If you open your template VI and drag its icon into the type specifier constant, and also drag it into the refnum indicator on the panel of your calling VI, the problem no longer occurs.  For some reason the "Browse" operation is behaving differently than dragging the VI icon.  I will continue investigating this and let you know what I find out.
Ben:  There is no way to automatically update the type specifiers.  I've seen people typedef their specifiers before, so they only have to change them in one place when the subVI connector pane changes.  We already have this suggestion on file to consider for a future LabVIEW version.
-D
Darren Nattinger, CLA
LabVIEW Artisan and Nugget Penman