Problem loading VI's on a different laptop

[Scott in New Mexico]

I've done some LabVIEW 6.1 development on a laptop
that was dropped and is no more. I had backed up my
work by copying my development directory to CD.
I've built another laptop but when I try and load
my top level VI I get this error:
A bad argument was passed to a manager function. An
error occurred loading vi (vi name) LabVIEW load error
code 33: could not load front panel data logging and
retrieval information.
I've searched this forum and tried various things.
It is a different brand of laptop but I made sure I
have all the latest drivers, same operating system,
same DAQ card, same directory structure (best I can
remember). I can create and run new VI's just fine
but I can't load my old ones. I'm new to LabVIEW so
I'm wondering if I did something wrong with the way
I first created and saved these VI's. I've asked my
boss to buy me LabVIEW 7 but for now I'm stuck using
this. Am I screwed?

Re: Problem loading VI's on a different laptop

[Brian Powell]

I'm not an expert on the front panel data logging, so I'm not exactly
sure what's the best solution.  It sounds like the VI has a reference
to the front panel datalogging file that you were using, and it's
unable to load this datalog file.  I'm surprised that this is a fatal
error.

You should first ensure that you actually have this datalog file.  It
probably either needs to be in the same place relative to the VI as on
the old system, or it might have to be installed in exactly the same
directory as the old system.  You might try both.

I suppose it could also be that the datalog file is present, but
somehow got corrupted.  You could also try removing the datalog file,
and see if the VI will load successfully without it.

Sorry I can't be of more help.  You may end up having to post your VIs
and datalog files.

Brian

Re: Problem loading VI's on a different laptop

[Scott in New Mexico]

I'll try this tomorrow but since I got it to work on
the IBM but not the Dell or Sager I don't think it is
this. Plus I'm pretty sure I never turned any logging
features on unless it is on by default. I enabled
debugging but not any logging. I can't access the
original laptop hard drive anymore so I don't know
what the path should be.

Thanks guys for the advice. I'll let you know if I
figure it out.

Re: Problem loading VI's on a different laptop

[Joe Guo]

I think the drop shifted the arguments to the wrong places :) .

Do all the old VIs experience the same problem?  When you check the
propery of the files, what do they show?  Can you upload one small vi
that we can try it out?  Maybe someone has the system than can open
your file.

-Joe