Library Not Found or Failed to Load When Importing DLL in LabVIEW

Issue Details

Error loading "C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2015\resource\lvanlys.dll".
A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.

Solution

• Right-click the Call Library Function Node (CLFN) used to call the DLL and ensure that the specified location of the DLL is correct.
  • Check if the CLFN uses absolute or relative paths.
  • ​If the file path is correct, load your DLL into a dependency checker program that will make sure that you are not missing any dependencies. 
    • There is an open source dependency checker on GitHub that can be useful for this, although it is not the only software that would work for checking dependencies.
  • To solve a missing dependency problem, you will need to place the dependency in the correct location or statically include the dependency when you build the DLL. The particular methods for doing this will depend on your programming language and particular application.
• If possible, contact the developer of the DLL and ask whether there are dependencies that require the installation of additional software. 
• Confirm the bitness of the DLL matches with the bitness of the LabVIEW version you are using. If you try to run a 32-bit DLL from LabVIEW 64-bit or vice-versa, you might encounter this error. 
• Ensure that your Windows account has permission to read the file. The external link Access Control Overview from Microsoft contains information about managing permissions.
• This issue can also occur after updating your Windows OS. Please make sure all of the dependencies of your DLL (e.g., FTD2xx.dll) are not removed after the Windows update.
• Make sure no other program like Source Code Control or anti-virus are blocking the DLL.

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