views:

438

answers:

2

I am trying to compile a labview CIN using visual studio 2003.

I have followed the tutorial located here to the letter, but am getting the following error:

Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from "Performing Custom Build Step"

Does anyone know what is causing this? I tried this link found at an expert's exchange question but it does not seem relevant.

Is there an easier way to build a CIN using visual studio?

A: 

Please post the entire error. It appears that the custom build step defined in your link does not work.

On the Custom Build Step»General page, type "$(CINTOOLS_DIR)\lvsbutil" "$(TargetName)" -d "$(ProjectDir)$(OutDir)" in the Command Line field and type $(OutDir)$(TargetName).lsb in the Outputs field.

Try pasting that into a command line and running it. I suspect you have not got the env variables set or they are not pointing to the right places.

Tim
Thanks for your help. Turns out it was an issue with the version of lsvbutil.exe I had.
alex77
+1  A: 

Ok, solved it.

Turns out it's an issue with the lsvbutil.exe bundled with labview 8.5. Workaround is to replace with the version from 8.2

See http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0029165B53320B2886257369005826A1

alex77