EXE programs - how to include config files

[fred engel]

I am compiling an EXE version of my labview instrument control program, and I want to include several config files in the compile so my exe program becomes transportable to another computer without having to also transport the config files referenced. I was hoping to reference then via  a path "relative to current VI's path", but this doesnt seem to work.

Can anyone suggest how this should be done - what path my program should refer to these files through.

Fred

[Jorge_Amaral]

Hello,

Let's divide this post in two:

1 - add the config files (like .txt, .ini)
I think that you can't do that only with the .exe. In order to have a portable application it's necessary to create an installer that will install at least the labview runtime. And here in the installer creation you can add your config files;

2 -call other files using current vi path.
Well, do you know that when you use that "current vi path" you have two different behaviors in executable and .vi. Let me give you an example:

  vi: path\name_of_vi.vi
  exe: path\name_of_vi.vi.name_exe
I'm not quite sure about the path in executable. But you have to take it off the last part.

But take a look in Darren's nugget for this topic:
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=164048#M164048

[GerdW]

Hi Fred,

you have to use one more level of 'get path' when the vi is in an executable or an llb-file! Using the vi in the development environment you have the path c:\mypath\my.vi but in the executable you get c:\mypath\my.exe\my.vi!
So check for executable and strip one more directory to get the correct path!

[innovationz]

thanks. I wil try those things