can you put the labview runtime engine in a vi?

[lfoitek]

hello,
can you put the labview runtime engine in a vi when you build an application or do you need to install it separately on each computer that is going to run a labview application?  thank you

[Joe_H]

When building an installer for your EXE you have the option to include the run-time engine. Which version of LV are you using

[altenbach]

Back in LabVIEW 4.0 no runtime engine was needed because everything was included in the single executable. This had the disadvantage that even the simplest standalone program was several MB large.

WIth the size of todays runtime engine, each program would probably be a few hundred MB :o, so it is a good thing that the runtime engine is seperate. Just install it once on each machine. 😉

[lfoitek]

I am using version 8.0.1.  Thanks

[Joe_H]

In LV 8 when you are in the project you can build an EXE and you can build a seperate installer. When you are in the installer build you have the option to select additional installers, check the runtime installer or any additionaol installer that you need.

[lfoitek]

Can someone explain the process.  In the vi front panel I go to Tools and then Build Executable but after that I can't find an option to install the runtime engine.  Thanks

[Dennis_Knutson]

In your project explorer window, right click on the build specifications and select New>Installer. The rte is listed in the Additonal Installers category along with any others that the app may require.

[DavidJCrawford]

I found the tutorials in labview help pretty good

Example: Building a Stand-Alone Application 

Example: Building an Installer (Windows) 

This certainly got me started working with the project explorer to build and deploy your application.

Hope this helps

David

[lfoitek]

Thank you for the support I think I got it from here.