02-06-2014 07:55 AM
Does the LabVIEW application builder need to be installed for TS deployment of a project containing LabVIEW VI's?
02-06-2014 10:10 AM
For deploying a TS system, you must firstly create an installer. A tool exists in TS to create such an installer : TestStand Deployment Utility. LabVIEW Run-Time Engine will be automatically included into your installer, and it will be installed when you launch the setup.
You should take a look at this document (chapter 14) :
http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/373435d.pdf
02-06-2014 12:58 PM
LabVIEW Application Builder is only necessary if you are deploying LabVIEW files, even then you can use the flag "Include without Processing Item or Dependencies" in all your LabVIEW files to create an image and optionally an installer without requiring LabVIEW (or app builder) at all; however, using this flag is not recommended becuase if you use it you would have to include all the files and their dependencies in your deployment manually (either by including the root directory of your test system or by adding all the files to your workspace) and you would have to make sure that they are not broken and can be called from the run-time engines you are including in your installer.
02-06-2014 03:06 PM
Thanks for taking the time to reply. 🙂 I was having a hard time verifying this in the documentation.