application builder error coder 21

[brockmaa]

I get this error code when trying to build an application and include the visa runtime install files

What can i do to fix this error

CDK_Item_OnDoProperties.vi.ProxyCaller >> CDK_Item_OnDoProperties.vi >> CDK_InstallerConfiguration_Editor.vi >> CDK_Build_Invoke.vi >> CDK_Engine_Main.vi >> CDK_Engine_Build.vi >> NI_MDF.lvlib:MDFBuildDist_Build.vi

Loading product deployment information
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Adding files to installer
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Done adding files
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Copying products from distributions
Copying distribution 'LabVIEW 2009, Media 1' from: \\dtads2\it_software$\Labview 2009\DVD 1 of 2\Distributions\LabVIEW\LabVIEW2009\ to: C:\Documents and Settings\brockmaa\Desktop\11164 Carnivore\builds\FVT1_4 test\My Installer\
Copying distribution 'National Instruments Device Drivers - February 2010' from: C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\ to: C:\Documents and Settings\brockmaa\Desktop\11164 Carnivore\builds\FVT1_4 test\My Installer\
Building deployment
Copying setup files
Setting merged database information
Setting product information
Setting developer part information
Starting final build
Validating...
 
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*** Error: An internal tool or library returned an error. (Error code -21)
Error Messages
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-VISA_Runtime' not found for part 'NIVISAruntime.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-VISA Runtime 4.6.2 {BEB32B6A-2984-40F3-B24E-DB29311A1DD2}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-VISA_Runtime' not found for part 'NIVISAruntime64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-VISA Runtime 4.6.2 {BEB32B6A-2984-40F3-B24E-DB29311A1DD2}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-VISA_Runtime' not found for part 'VisaSharedComponentsWrapper32.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-VISA Runtime 4.6.2 {BEB32B6A-2984-40F3-B24E-DB29311A1DD2}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-VISA_Runtime' not found for part 'VisaSharedComponentsWrapper64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-VISA Runtime 4.6.2 {BEB32B6A-2984-40F3-B24E-DB29311A1DD2}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\TDMS' not found for part 'tdms.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI TDM Streaming 2.0 {3DAA4182-08B7-45D9-8620-6B0E13018670}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\TDMS' not found for part 'tdms64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI TDM Streaming 2.0 {3DAA4182-08B7-45D9-8620-6B0E13018670}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\VC2008MSMs\VC2008MSMs' not found for part 'VC2008MSMs_x86.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI VC2008MSMs {4219AAB9-43BA-4085-8A42-78644B9F96D2}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\VC2008MSMs\VC2008MSMs' not found for part 'VC2008MSMs_x64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI VC2008MSMs {4219AAB9-43BA-4085-8A42-78644B9F96D2}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\VC2005MSMs\VC2005MSMs' not found for part 'VC2005MSMs_x86.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI VC2005MSMs {63E19B33-DD24-4EAB-9E77-6735C2171CE4}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\VC2005MSMs\VC2005MSMs' not found for part 'VC2005MSMs_x64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI VC2005MSMs {63E19B33-DD24-4EAB-9E77-6735C2171CE4}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-PAL' not found for part 'palSetup.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-PAL {79F90480-F2A2-463A-943C-29046520D6BC}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-PAL' not found for part 'palSetup64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-PAL {79F90480-F2A2-463A-943C-29046520D6BC}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-ORB' not found for part 'niorbi.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-ORB {F2D3406A-0A97-4EB9-9A09-F20A874C16F9}.xml'.
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-ORB' not found for part 'niorbi64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-ORB {F2D3406A-0A97-4EB9-9A09-F20A874C16F9}.xml'.

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*** Error Details:
Error in MDF API function: _MDFBuildDist_Build
Error List
.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-VISA_Runtime' not found for part 'NIVISAruntime.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-VISA Runtime 4.6.2 {BEB32B6A-2984-40F3-B24E-DB29311A1DD2}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-VISA_Runtime' not found for part 'NIVISAruntime64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-VISA Runtime 4.6.2 {BEB32B6A-2984-40F3-B24E-DB29311A1DD2}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-VISA_Runtime' not found for part 'VisaSharedComponentsWrapper32.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-VISA Runtime 4.6.2 {BEB32B6A-2984-40F3-B24E-DB29311A1DD2}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-VISA_Runtime' not found for part 'VisaSharedComponentsWrapper64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-VISA Runtime 4.6.2 {BEB32B6A-2984-40F3-B24E-DB29311A1DD2}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\TDMS' not found for part 'tdms.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI TDM Streaming 2.0 {3DAA4182-08B7-45D9-8620-6B0E13018670}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\TDMS' not found for part 'tdms64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI TDM Streaming 2.0 {3DAA4182-08B7-45D9-8620-6B0E13018670}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\VC2008MSMs\VC2008MSMs' not found for part 'VC2008MSMs_x86.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI VC2008MSMs {4219AAB9-43BA-4085-8A42-78644B9F96D2}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\VC2008MSMs\VC2008MSMs' not found for part 'VC2008MSMs_x64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI VC2008MSMs {4219AAB9-43BA-4085-8A42-78644B9F96D2}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\VC2005MSMs\VC2005MSMs' not found for part 'VC2005MSMs_x86.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI VC2005MSMs {63E19B33-DD24-4EAB-9E77-6735C2171CE4}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\VC2005MSMs\VC2005MSMs' not found for part 'VC2005MSMs_x64.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI VC2005MSMs {63E19B33-DD24-4EAB-9E77-6735C2171CE4}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

.\InputParser.cpp(365): InstallerError 120
Input directory 'C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI Device Drivers\Feb10\Products\NI-PAL' not found for part 'palSetup.msi' in product 'C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests\NI-PAL {79F90480-F2A2-463A-943C-29046520D6BC}.xml'.
While validating input parts.

and so on

[DylanC]

Hi brockmaa, 

It seems that the files it needs to include the VISA runtime are not being found on your system. Try re-installing the correct version of VISA you need from:

http://www.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/bot/no/ap/tech/lang/en/pg/1/sn/catnav:du,n8:3.25.123.1640,ssna...

and try to build the installer again and it should be able to find the correct files.

DylanC