About Labview runtime License

[Hellen98]

I installed Labview Runtime in order to run an exe app made by Labview(made by a subscription user).

It shows that the Labview Runtime installed PC is linked with "NI LabVIEW 20** Deployable License".

I don't think it necessary to link with Deployable License because I just want to run the exe.

But, I checked from web and found that Deployable License is not free and NI policy requires one Deployable License per PC. 

Could you please tell me, if the Runtime package includes the Deployable License by default, and is there any problem to have this license without pay in my case?

Or could you please tell me how to delete this license?

[crossrulz]

The LabVIEW RunTime Engine is free. There are toolkits that may require a Deployment license to use them in an runtime environment.

[altenbach]

Tim is correct.

What does the software do? What toolkits and modules does it use? You probably should ask whoever made the executable.

Can you explain the meaning of "linked with"? What happens if you try to tun it? Can you show the exact message?

[Hellen98]

Thanks for the reply from you NI members.

I am an image processing team manager and recently checking if there is any illegal usage with software licenses.

Firstly, the exe is a tool to check the image quality of graininess and output a value which is a self-definition.

I will confirm with the person who created the exe software what toolkits he used next Monday.

Could you please kindly tell me how to check what kind of toolkits the software is using?

Is there any simple way to do that? The software may be created by the version of 2012 and I heard that he rebuilt the exe with the latest 2025 version. If possible, please give me the methods to check on both of the version: 2012 and 2025.

And for another question, The meaning of the word "Linked with",

It might not be a correct word. We have a system to check if there are any risks of having used any licenses without payments on our employee Notebook PCs. The checker shows that the PC installed only Labview runtime includes the Labview Deployment license. Not linked, but included in the runtime installed Note PC.That's what I wanted to say.

[altenbach]

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@Hellen98 wrote:

Firstly, the exe is a tool to check the image quality of graininess and output a value which is a self-definition.

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It is possible that the application also uses the vision runtime, which requires a license, I think. 

[Hellen98]

It is possible that the application also uses the vision runtime, which requires a license, I think. 

→ About vision runtime

    The author of the LabVIEW graininess tool confirmed that vision runtime or some data export function by excel format were not used in that tool.  He did not buy that module. 

    And, even any paid functions are installed, an activate code is still required to run or use. Is it correct understanding?

Say in other words, if an activate code was not required when run the exe, the function of labVIEW we are using  is free and legal, right? (Certainly, the exe is free, we have got the permission from the author of Exe)

[rolfk]

Your use of names is a bit confusing, so it may be either that you use the wrong names, which makes it hard to analyze the problem, or you are misunderstanding what you really need. Your problem may be actually that you are trying to install the LabVIEW Debug Deployment License.

This basically is a full LabVIEW development system meant to be used when you want to run VIs in source code on a computer without really editing them. This is for instance sometimes useful when you have a test station with lots of hardware attached that you can not simply reattach to your development computer or easily simulate for the development. By using a Debug Deployment license you basically install a full LabVIEW development system that lets you run the code and debug it in source code. It's specifically meant for debugging and NOT development, so don't use it instead of a development system but only in addition to a development system.

What you have is an executable that you got from someone and to make that work on your computer you need the LabVIEW Runtime Installer: https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/software-products/download.labview-runtime.html#569345

This is a pure runtime installation that allows to run a LabVIEW executable build for your target platform. You need to know which OS (likely Windows) and which application bitness (32-bit 0r 64-bit) and which LabVIEW version your executable was built with and download the according runtime installer from above link. If they did not use any toolkits that require their own license, you can then run your executable on that machine without any extra license requirements.