LabVIEW 8 run time

[newbieDLD]

Am upgrading from 7.0 to 8. Is Run Time compiled with the .exe during the build? Does Run Time install with the .exe on the target machine? Are there any hoops to jump through during the build, or target installations?
Instructions for 8 Run Time seem to be slim.

newbieDLD

[smercurio_fc]

The run-time engine isn't really compiled with your built application since it's a separate program. You can, however, include the installer as part of your build so that when you deploy your application you will also distribute the run-time engine with it. From the LabVIEW documentation:

If you use the Application Builder to build an installer for an application or shared library, you can add the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine to the installer build. From the Additional Installers page of the Installer Properties dialog box, place a checkmark in the NI LabVIEW Run-Time Engine checkbox in the National Instruments Installers to Include listbox.

Generally, the run-time engine is a separate install, and the installer for it is included on the LabVIEW CD, or you can download it from NI: http://digital.ni.com/softlib.nsf/websearch/1F1EBEA6D03A67E6862570A400531F97?opendocument&node=13206...

-Saverio

[Joe_H]

I do not find it easier in 8 than it was in 7 but I do like the control I have over it. All you have to do is when you are creating the installer just add the additional installers. Whatever you want to add. One thing i did find annoying is that it kept wanting to point to the wrong directory for the additional installer. It kept wanting to point to the e: drive which is the last place I installed the drivers from. I solved this by copying the contents of the cd to my hard disk and done the install from their.

[newbieDLD]

Thanks for the info, guys. Have just recently discovered that target pcs for LabVIEW .exe projects have the same OS requirements as the LabVIEW  version creating the .exe. Since a Windows 98 machine is the 'new' model in our lab, my transition to 8 is several years off. IS guys won't replace a working pc. NI should communicated this aspect more clearly.