How To Solve All Dll Missing Files
Suk Harian
I just did a Verify & Repair on a DEVONthink database, and it reported 3 missing files. I was able to find one indexed file which I had moved, and I replaced it with an index to the newly located file. However, Verify & Repair still reports 3 missing files. A couple of questions: (1) Is there a way to find which files are missing? (2) If ultimately I am unable to find which files are missing, is there a way to clear the error message?
After running Verify & Repair inspect the Log (Window > Log) for a list of missing files. The list can be saved for future reference. If there are Orphan files (Orphan group was created), they should be filed into your database.
I have read the comments and suggestions above and elsewhere and am not sure that I understand them completely. I am not particularly techie. Is there anywhere where it is set out clearly what I need to do to make sure that this never happens again. I save my emails monthly into DTPO by clicking on the Add to DEVONthink Pro Office option in Mailbox in Mail and then transfer them to the relevant folders after they have been copied over. Usually I will have my business database open and the files appear there and are dealt with. However my take on the suggestions above and elsewhere lead me to believe that if I had one of my other databases over and transferred the emails over to the business database before sorting them there I risk these becoming Missing Files. Is this correct please?
Hi, all. I am a little desperate. Almost a month ago, my Dropbox instance hung during a large sync. After the incident, a number of important files were missing from both my Dropbox Desktop and online.
It has been impossible to get functional support from the Dropbox team. I'm not sure whether my support requests are being answered by a bot, but every contact feels like starting over from zero. I can't use Dropbox (I don't want to make changes to it while something's broken), I don't have access to key files for my business, and the system throws a bug when I try to Rewind.
Also, what about your events page? The Events page at www.dropbox.com/events gives you an overview of all activity in your account including files events (adds/edits/deletes), as well as adding or removing shared folders.
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If errors occur, these should be fixed at the source instead of working around them. If we apply workarounds, that tends to mask the underlying cause, potentially blowing up at a later point with no clue as to why.
I see your point. But continuing to back up data without figuring out why the destination data is missing, seems like a fake service. You could potentially keep uploading for years, only to discover later that no data was really stored at the destination.
Since Duplicati does not know why the files are missing, it assumes there is a problem with the storage and halts. If we ignore the errors, we would potentially re-upload the same data many times over, and not know if it is stored or not.
On the other hand, Duplicati could have made my life so much easier by simply alerting me to the issue and then offering to resolve it by re-uploading the affected files since they still exist on my source computer.
Yes, if this issue continued to persist again and again, I would start to question the reliability of my remote backup destination and start looking for a alternative storage location, but I think this was just an isolated fluke and I would have liked an easier way to resolve this issue.
Mmmmmm! This is an issue that has puzzled me quite a bit as on a number of occasions I have created a new track forgetting to name the project. On one occasion I it had defaulted to the C drive. I was recording parts that did not appear in the Audio and Image folders. I then realised that I had no idea where the parts were so looked in the pool to discover their location. I think they were in a previous project. I backed up the new project, then deleted all unused files in the old project. However I kept getting missing files. Actually I have a number of projects with this issue where I have no idea hoe to get rid of the Missing Files dialog.
Also I forgot to mention that I could at no time find the Remove Missing Files menu option other than disabled. Had I had the chance, I would have tried that to see if it corrected the problem. But the command was always disabled.
Each PPL is built to a separate child folder within a common parent folder used for all re-usable PPLs. This was done so that non-LabVIEW type dependencies such as DLLs and executables required by the PPL don't all end up in one big directory.
When I build an executable that uses a PPL that links to another PPL (as above), it complains that files (functions, classes etc.) are missing. I thought LV was supposed to handle this when building an executable and adjust the paths accordingly or search the base/data directory for a matching PPL.
If I enable the option to exclude PPLs the executable will only work if the PPLs are in the exact same paths on both the build and deployed machines. I wanted the contents of executable build folder to be enough to make it portable (if you ignore the LV run-time).
Unfortunately, that has not been my experience. All relative paths must be maintained between the executable and any PPLs it calls. And any PPLs that other PPLs call must also maintain the relative path. Yes, it can quickly turn into a big giant mess. I am hoping NGX fixes this.
I'm quite relieved that you've also experienced this, so must be by (bad?) NI design. I was starting to think my machine had build issues or some weird configuration. Although, still not completely convinced that there isn't something still wrong with it as when I rebuilt and tested the cut-down PPL test I started at work on my home PC, it seems to work.
Also a bit peeved now that it looks like there is no simple fix. Lots of time spent migrating libraries over to PPL and relinking etc. only to fail at the last hurdle. In hindsight I should have started smaller and tested the build process fully without assuming it would all work as expected, but based on what I'd read, it looked like the perfect fit
And for the executable as well. Remember, it is the RELATIVE path that matters. So as long as you are consistent with the relative paths between your builds and the final application, you will be fine.
1. The trick to solve your problem is to create Destinations and link them to dependent PPLs in Source File Settings. With these settings, you can keep the file system hierarchy as in your design. You need to be aware of the nature of how LabVIEW is using relative paths.
2. Regardless of enable or disable the Exclude dependent packed libraries, LabVIEW will use relative paths for sure! The only difference is LabVIEW will copy the dependency PPLs to the destination if this checkbox is unchecked. In this case, DO NOT set the destination as where it is already located, otherwise LabVIEW will error when build saying the ppl can not be copied and overwrited.
3. It is a bug in LabVIEW that installer source from executable's build spec, it will bring in all PPLs. Those PPLs are locked in the installer's build spec and you can not remove them from distribution. These PPLs being installed to are also not in use if you have set them in other destinations. The way to solve this issue is to separate the project into 2 that one contains the executable build spec and one contains the installer build spec that uses compiled executable and PPLs. This way, LabVIEW won't be smart enough to process your already compiled executable and bring the PPLs along to . This solution should be used when you want to distribute you PPLs to other locations than next to the executable.
I often end up with missing files in assemblies and inventor looks like it freezes and shows not responding. It could churn away like that for a minute or two then show up missing one part or indeed just freeze like that and maybe an esc keep will jog the reference window into view or ctrl alt delete and kill inventor along with any unsaved work I was working on.
Is this the correct response that everyone else sees? I am using a network and single user project with libraries and content center outside the workspace. The assemblies are small I would think . The workspace includes rather a lot of AutoCAD projects spread across 10 something years. Could this be causing it to be super slow in recognizing the component link that is missing?
Interesting, yes all paths are defined. It sounds like there is a definite room for improvement here. Is there any testing method to check the file network efficiency when files are crossing a network and or during checking for missing files?
Thanks Curtis. This sounds like the symptoms that could cause the delays. I believe this setting is set to yes. I would say I use 80% unique file names and maybe not when it comes to frame generator assemblies, random test assemblies copies etc.
If I set to no and there was more than one file what would I see?