06-30-2017 03:45 PM
I know you can add additional installers when you build an installer for your exe.
But is it possible to have a dialog to select installers? For example, would you like to install the TDM excel add-on, or would you like to install the Win10 GUI etc.
Thanks
Cheers,
mcduff
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06-30-2017 04:06 PM
So this isn't possible with NI's installers. But what I have done in the past is used Inno Setup (using ISTool as a helper) that can make a single installer, that then runs other installers, based on the user's selection. It works pretty well, but getting the individual installers from NI can be a pain, and knowing what dependencies are on what makes things more difficult. In the end I usually have multiple installers from NI, and I just run one or another based on user selection, but that of course creates lots of duplicate files, and makes the installer balloon since installers are essentially duplicated.
There isn't a good solution, but there are some solutions. Since your situation sounds more simple I bet you can get away with it where it runs your main full installer, and then optionally installs the TDMS add on.
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06-30-2017 04:09 PM
Thanks. That's what I thought, but figured it would not hurt to ask anyways.
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mcduff
06-30-2017 04:38 PM
Honestly the Inno Setup stuff isn't bad, and it is free, but there aren't any good LabVIEW focused examples or tutorials. I know of a few LabVIEW people that use it with great success, but the time invested in learning something new, and troubleshooting is non-trivial.
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