Difference between Runtime version and Developer version of LabVIEW.

[vaibhavinegi]

What is Version  of LabVIEW called Runtime engine?

Is it only for viewing VIs built in LabVIEW developer version?

Can't we develope or edit VIs in RTE version of LabVIEW?

[Jacobson-ni · Accepted solution]

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@vaibhavinegi wrote:

What is Version  of LabVIEW called Runtime engine?

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There is a seperate Runtime version for every release of LabVIEW.  You can open up NI MAX and expand software to see what is installed in your computer.

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Is it only for viewing VIs built in LabVIEW developer version?

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Without the development environment, you cannot edit LabVIEW VIs.  The Runtime Engine is responsible for actually running the code so you can build LabVIEW programs into executables and run them on other machines without the development environment.

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Can't we develope or edit VIs in RTE version of LabVIEW?

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No

[shridharkanchagar]

Can you please brief on wat other machines in below statement refers to.

" The Runtime Engine is responsible for actually running the code so you can build LabVIEW programs into executables and run them on "other machines" without the development environment "

[crossrulz]

Different computer.

[Mythilt]

It is similar to the Java and CLI(.net) runtime engines.  Each version of LabVIEW has its own runtime engine which contains libraries of common shared components (such as Array, String, and Mathematical functions) as well as an OS specific Just in Time compiler that actually runs the VI.

The Runtime engine is used to execute the LabVIEW built executables, just as the Java Runtime Engine is used to execute Java programs.

To view/edit LabVIEW programs requires the Development environment, which is separate from the Runtime engine.

[Ben]

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@Mythilt wrote:

... as well as an OS specific Just in Time compiler that actually runs the VI.

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I suppose I am drifting off into the nit-picking arena but ...

The LV application builder spits out machine code which is executable. The Run Time Engine provides the environment that is needed but does not compile anything.

Now that I have set the record straight I will stop with the hair-splitting.

Ben

[Mythilt]

I will be honest, I wasn't sure if you needed to compile specifically for Linux/Mac machines or if LabVIEW used intermediate code to be system agnostic. Having never had to use LabVIEW on Linux/Mac, I just know that certain functions are not available on non-windows machines.