Where Are LabVIEW™ Error Code Files Located?

Issue Details

I am developing a LabVIEW application that uses custom error codes, and I understand how to create my own errors.txt file. However, I am unable to locate the built-in LabVIEW error code files on my system. I need to know where LabVIEW stores these files and which directories it searches for error code definitions.

Solution

There are several different places where LabVIEW looks for built-in error code files. These locations depend on whether you are working in the LabVIEW development environment, a LabVIEW-built executable, or a LabVIEW-built DLL (shared library). Additionally, all NI software products have a common location for storing error code files: <National Instruments>\Shared\Errors\<Language>, where <Language> is the language the error codes have been written for.

The following directories are other locations where LabVIEW searches for error code files.

• LabVIEW Development Environment:
  • <LabVIEW>\resource\errors
  • <LabVIEW>\resource\errors\<Language>
  • <Program Files>\National Instruments\Shared\Errors
  • <Program Files>\National Instruments\Shared\Errors\<Language>
  • <LabVIEW>\project\errors
  • <LabVIEW>\project\errors\<Language>
  • <LabVIEW>\user.lib\errors
  • <LabVIEW>\user.lib\errors\<Language>

• LabVIEW-Built Applications:
  • <Program Files>\National Instruments\Shared\LabVIEW Run-Time\<LabVIEW version>\errors
  • <Program Files>\National Instruments\Shared\LabVIEW Run-Time\<LabVIEW version>\errors\
  • <Program Files>\National Instruments\Shared\Errors
  • <Program Files>\National Instruments\Shared\Errors\<Language>
  • <Path to your application>\project\errors
  • <Path to your application>\project\errors\<Language>
  • <Path to your application>\user.lib\errors
  • <Path to your application>\user.lib\errors\<Language>

Additional Information

If you are creating a stand-alone application (EXE), refer to the Distributing Custom Error Codes in Text Files topic in the LabVIEW User Manual. The installer build includes all error code files from <LabVIEW>\project\errors and labview\user.lib\errors and installs them in the <Shared>\LabVIEW Run-Time\X.X\errors directory.