converting .vi to an executable

[chrlum47]

Hello,

I'm a little new to LabVIEW and programming in general.

I've written my first LabVIEW program ( single VI-Lab View 2015) controlling instrumentation.

I now want to be able to run this single .vi as an executable.

After I do this -be able to run this program on an independent computer that only has national instruments max Explorer with the driver GPIB-USB-HS?

So if the answer to the previous question is yes, then could somebody give me the step-by-step procedure to convert my single VI to the executable?

Thank you

[aeastet]

You need to do this.

You will be prompted to make a project. Don't forget you will need the runtime engine to run this exe on a different computer. That is an additional program for NI Max.

[pjroland1121]

Note, the application builder is a separate purchase from just the core LabVIEW; follow this link if you don't have it installed.

https://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/select/labview-application-builder-module

Also, after you build an executable, i'd recommend you build an installer.  This will allow you to include the drivers with the executable.

[chrlum47]

thank you very much for the reply,

I'd like to ask one or two more basic questions because I'm still a little bit confused..

I was under the hopeful impression that I could convert a LabVIEW VI into an executable run only standalone program,

without purchasing the LabVIEW runtime engine?

Any clarification of this would be very helpful, thank you.

[mcduff]

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@chrlum47 wrote:

thank you very much for the reply,

I'd like to ask one or two more basic questions because I'm still a little bit confused..

I was under the hopeful impression that I could convert a LabVIEW VI into an executable run only standalone program,

without purchasing the LabVIEW runtime engine?

Any clarification of this would be very helpful, thank you.

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You need to purchase (or have) the Application Builder Addon to make an exe and installer. The LabVIEW Runtime Engine is free to distribute, but somewhat useless without a LabVIEW app.

mcduff

[chrlum47]

okay.. I get it now thank you very much for your help

[pjroland1121]

Your development machine already has the run-time engine installed, so if you build an installer from your exe, you can include both the run-time engine and the drivers you need (simplifies putting your app on new machines).  You can also include other things, like documentation to go with your app.

[chrlum47]

thank you

[chrlum47]

Once again thank you for your help,

Next line of questioning- so I'm able to create a run time version of my program and I am able to download and install the 2015 LabVIEW runtime engine. This is all going on on the same computer that I have the developmental version of LabVIEW.

What I haven't been able to clearly see  is how to do this on the run time only program with a computer that doesn't have the developmental version of LabVIEW on it?

On the second computer I have installed a couple versions of the runtime engine in order to match the executable version that I'm trying to run.

I

I get the error can't find the runtime engine when I tried to click on the executable.

So a little more detail on exactly how to run an executable from a computer that doesn't have LabVIEW developmental version.

Thank you

Chris

[pjroland1121]

as previously mentioned you should build an installer for your application.  In the "additional installers" section, make sure the run-time engine is selected.  If your deployment machine still gives you errors after you run the installer, there is a chance one of the other run-time engine has a corrupted file.  clean the computer of all NI software and re-run your installer.