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Running a LabView application from a network drive

Can I install a LabView application on a network drive to allow others to use that application without having to install it on their machine?

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Yes and No.

 

You can have the executable you created located on the network drive.  But each user will need to have the LabVIEW runtime enginer (and other run-times such as VISA) installed on their machine to be able to run the executable.

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Deploy it as a web service...
Jim
You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are. ~ Alice
For he does not know what will happen; So who can tell him when it will occur? Eccl. 8:7

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Thanks for the info, Ravens Fan and jcarmody...I've never done anything as a web service before. Is there anything special I need to know or are there some help files or something else that are pretty straight forward?  
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Web Services in LabVIEW

 

search is wonderful, isn't it?

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Please explain this "search" thing that you speak of...just kidding - thanks for the info.
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After reading about web services I'm afraid that is a little outside of my expertise plus I'm using 8.5 and I don't know if I can upgrade before I need to have this program ready. Looks like I'm back to installing the RTE for each user...ugh. 
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May I ask what you cannot figure out about publishing your VI?

Maybe we can help you out (thats kind of why we're here Smiley Wink )

Cory K
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Please look at the reply gievn by Ravens Fan. LabVIEW, even just Run-Time, is distributed with license and in order to run LabVIEW on a local machine, at least a license for installing the LabVIEW Run-Time is required. So the answer is that you can install it on a network drive but for other users to be able to use it on their local machines they must at least have the license for LabVIEW Run-Time. Hope this helps!

 

Ipshita C.

National Instruments
Applications Engineer
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Cory K, I guess my first question would be whether or not this could be done with LV 8.5 since what I have read seems to highlight this feature in LV 8.6 and I can't find very much information for previous versions. I tried to view some example code but they were version 8.6.
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