Running LabView Application from Network

[sarah 665]

I would like to be able to install a labview application on the network and have the users access it from their location (NOT install it onto their own computers!) Is there a way that I can place my application on a network drive along with installing labview run-time engine to that same drive and have it work from any computer?

[JeanPierre]

You may try to install the RTE on the network drive and the application executable in the same directory as the RTE (default: C:\Program Files\National Instruments\shared\LabVIEW Run-Time\6.0)

This is not a true RTE installation so it may not work for all configuration.

Jean-Pierre Drolet

[Aaron Marks]

To the best of my knowledge, you would have to have the run time engine installed on each of the client computers. There are several system files that I don't think will work properly accross a network connection.

[sarah 665]

After a lot of trial and error, I would now like to answer my own question. It is possible to have an application be run from a network drive without the individuals accessing it having to install lvrte to their own machines. This is how I did it. I went to the location of the labview run-time engine files on my computer (typically c:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\LabVIEW Run-Time) from there I copied all of the .dll's from the subfolders along with the entire 'Model' folder. I dumped all of these files into a folder on the Network along with my application and it worked fine.

[Reece_Electric]

Thanks for the info. This is what I was trying to do. Can I have multiple applications running from the same network folder or do I have to have a means to activate each?

[pRoFiT]

So this is a network location with the program and some runtime files? And by having the runtime dll's you can get away with not having them installed onto each pc? Will this work with things that require serial drivers or the DAQMX drivers? i guess DAQMX you would need to install since it is a big installer.

[Reece_Electric]

If are using DAQMX drivers these would have to be installed on the network.