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Can an Install package checks for existing runtime install?

I am preparing to deploy an updated version of a utility used to read data files generated by several LV driven test systems.  This will be deployed to some users that already had installed a previous (first) version and some users that have never installed it.  The previous installers will have the LV runtime already installed but the others won't.

 

Is there a way to have the install package check to see if the runtime is installed so it doesn't waste time installing it again? (Vers 2011) 

 

Likewise, is there a way to check the version of the runtime (main version and patched versions) to know whether to update it?

 

Trying to make this a semi-professional install package.

 

Thanks

 

Doug

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It should already do this, assuming you need the same version of the RTE.


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Hey Doug,

 

The LabVIEW installer is already smart enough to check that for you. If you make an installer, that includes the RTE, and you run said installer on a computer that already has the RTE then the installer simply skips it.

 

--Ryan S.

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Guess I should have checked it out before posting. Trying to multitask, usually not a good idea.

 

Thanks

Doug

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