Question about LabVIEW Application Builder Installers

[DBISI]

Hey,

I am having a strange issue with my Application Builder. When I go to build my application, it says I need NI Visa 18.5.

I downloaded the Full Visa 18.5 Installer and ran it. I unzipped it on my desktop then ran the setup. Everything completed.

I was able to run my application builder.

Once I delete the folder on my desktop, the application builder stops working.

It seems to be referencing that folder. Why is it not referencing the install I just did? Is there a way to work around this?

I see a message box that I can click to minimize popups during build, but when I check it, LabVIEW complains about admin rights, even though I have admin rights.

Any advice? Thanks in advance.

[GerdW]

Hi DBISI,

it references the sources used for installation.

I usually copy the installation package for NI software on my harddrive. (Until now I get a new thumbdrive each 6 month, with about 30-40GiB of packages…)

[DBISI]

Thank you for the reply.

That's strange... I don't remember it being that way before.

I copied my installer to a local directory.  I just have to remember it's there.

But what does this message mean (see attached)? I have admin rights so I don't understand it.

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi DBISI,

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@DBISI wrote:

But what does this message mean (see attached)? I have admin rights so I don't understand it.

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I never had that before.

At work I still use LV2017, which does not use VIPM.

At home I use LV2020, installed via VIPM, but there are no issues creating executables.

With Win10 there's a difference between "having admin rights" and "runnning an app with elevated rights": you need to explicitely start the app with elevated rights!

[DBISI]

Ah, of course. Windows and it's goofy Admin rules...

There is no option to right click the project and open as an admin, so I had to do that with the LabVIEW application and go the long way around. That silenced the error.

Thank you very much.