Executable doesn't work

[NIquist]

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@GabiTillmann wrote:

The easiest way to have all drivers that are needed installed, is to create in addition to the exe an installer.

That should include everything that is needed.

It will usually include also MAX which makes it huge (not suitable for a CD),

And of course, if you have names of the interface hardcoded in your vi. they must also exist in the new installation.

Gabi

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Actually, it won't include anything that is needed unless you tell it what you want included on the Additional Installers tab.  Neither the EXE nor the Installer can tell you what is required.  You just have to know based on what you put in your VIs.  Of course you can select EVERY additional installer if you don't mind a massive installer size.   See my IE post on this subject here:  http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/LabVIEW-App-Builder-Should-Determine-and-Minimize-Dist...

[GabbyG]

I am not sure, but I think it is one of the "goodies" in LV2013.

But you may be right....

Gabi

[crossrulz]

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@GabiTillmann wrote:

I am not sure, but I think it is one of the "goodies" in LV2013.

But you may be right....

Gabi

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It is.  See here and scroll down to Application Builder Enhancements.

[s.turino84]

Hi guys. I have Installed the VISA and it didn't work so I also saw that if I renamed the usb address in MAX I should rename it also on the new pc. Now it works properly.

One more question does exist a way to have an exe that install also the max and the visa? I mean all in 1 file to execute/install.

Thank you 

[Norbert_B · Accepted solution]

On the development machine, you can define another build script to create an INSTALLER.

You can add drivers and MAX configuration into the installer as such that the target machine will get all required components and settings.

Norbert

[s.turino84]

mmm so I should create first the .exe and then the installer?

[NIquist]

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@s.turino84 wrote:

mmm so I should create first the .exe and then the installer?

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Yes of course.  There would be nothing to install without the EXE file.

Thanks for the heads up on the Installer enhancments Gabi and Crossrulz.  I'm glad I was wrong this time. 

I'm off to upgrade...

[s.turino84]

well i've followed a video but when i build the installer it stacks on (this could take several minutes)...
mmm is it normal that more than 10minutes are passed?

I checked the LVRTE+MAX+VISA5.2 and also import the MAX configuration. 

[s.turino84]

mmm finished... 428 MB... probably I did a mistake because I checked the W7 installer ... probably is a good idea set the XP version.

[Norbert_B]

Depending on the checkboxes you check in the "additional installers" tab, you can get an installer with several GB of size.

This will of course take its time, 10 minutes sounds resonable, esp. if your harddrive is slow and fragmented.

I think you will get an installer in time that you can perform some tests on a target machine.

Norbert