How can I compile a Labview CIN in Visual Studio?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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 commandline field and type $(OutDir)$(TargetName).lsb in the output field.

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