Getting rid of the RTE (Run time Engine)

[Guruthilak]

OK... i have been using LabVIEW from 2003 (i guess) and i started using 6i or a version less than that.

Ever since i see that the size of the installer is getting bigger and bigger due to RTE and now it takes aroud ~100MB. I suggest to get rid of this so that i can straight away run the executable in any PC/MAC without ever requiring to install the RTE. (may be even replacing the RTE with a .NET or other technology which gets installed automatically when windows OS is installed)

Guru

[kegghead]

I don't think you can "get rid of" the RTE. Every language has an engine or set of libraries which are required at run time, even C or C++. Chances are though you never need to install the common ones because something else already has (if not your OS).

Or are you suggesting the ability to statically link the required components of the RTE directly into your compiled executable? That's something I'd surely like to have as an option. Just keep in mind that means your executable goes up in size...

[Snamprogetti]

Getting rid of it is science fiction... But maybe they could provide a version that does not require installation: you just copy the required files to a visible path, just like DLLs. End users often don't have administrative privileges, especially in networks

[Darren]

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