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Hello everyone,

 

I have a question concerning the LabView software.

 

I am currently using LabView 2014 to develop applications, which the user can acces by remote front panels (from executable applications).

 

Because of the concerns of the clients IT department, now i am looking for a way of providing acces to the applications without installing the run-time enviroment.

 

I found some documentation regarding this problem but there is only a mention of the internet explorer plugins (which is not enough to display the front panel correcly).

 

What is needed for running the remote front panel inside an internet explorer window ? 

 

Best wishes,

Andrei

 

 

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Andrei,

 

you are looking for WebServices.

This requires your application to work as a web service and you (or IT) has to create a web page which interacts with the web service.

 

In case you are not sure what a web service is:

Additions to web pages like local weather information or time services are usually web services which are queried by the web page.

 

Norbert

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Remote front panels require both the appropriate plugin for the browser you are using and also require the appropriate version of the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine.

 

You might want to have a look at the WebSockets link in my signature - we've had a lot of success at creating web-based remote panels for our software using WebSockets. There's a presentation and example here: https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-41778. Using my library allows you to create your own user interface using html/css/javascript and communicate with a LabVIEW application.

 

You should also check out LabSocket - it's a replacement for remote front panels based on WebSockets so it should save you having to create the user interface yourself as it uses the front panel of your VI.


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