How to build complete LabVIEW toolkit ?

[EVS]

Hello!

I have developed a lot of VIs for my colleagues, customers and friends.

How can I develop a complete LabVIEW toolkit which has installer, wizard, LabVIEW menu integration and so on?

Best regards,

Jack

[Bob_Y.]

I would suggest looking at the openG stuff.  They have a Builder and Commander that are used for building and installing packages.  They are located here.  All open source so they are free.

Another thing to do would be to build a VI that does the installation.  The VI Analyzer and the Express VI Builder toolkit update both use VIs for installation.  You can get some hints from one of them (if you have them).

I'm sure that there are other ways as well.

Bob Young

[LV_Pro]

Probably your best bet is to look at what the folks in the OpenG group have done, really would be very tough to beat the installer, etc., that they have developed, not to mention an awful lot of work.     OpenG.org

P.M.

[LV_Pro]

faster typing Bob!

[Bob_Y.]

Thanks! 

[EVS]

Thanks all.

I know about OpenG but i'd like to develop a toolkit like GOOP toolkit. It seems to me toolkit development is not allowed for public use 🙂

Best regards,

Jack

[EVS]

to Bob

I have tried to investigate toolkits. As a rule block diagrams are password protected.

[Bob_Y.]

A while ago I talked to the person who wrote the Express VI Development Toolkit.  I asked about the native LabVIEW updater.  She said that it uses an LLB to store all of the VIs.  The VIs are copied into the proper locations using librarian VIs.   That is basically all that there is to it. 

You could easily so something similar, but I would urge you to use the OpenG resources as re-inventing the wheel is so overrated.  I do have to ask why you have an aversion to the OpenG tools for building and distributing packages.  It seems like a ready made solution to your problem.

Hope that this helps,

Bob Young

[EVS]

to Bob,

Ihank you for your attention. I have installed OpenG already :-). I will develop new OpenG toolkit.

Thanks again!

[rfolea]

Hi Bob,

I can't figure out how to create an account at OpenGL.

The login screen tells me I need to, but there is no place to do it ..

Can you help a blind man see?