LabVIEW Installation for TestStand Deployment

[pulidotech]

I have TestStand and I'm using the Base Deployment Engine License.  I have LabVIEW VIs in the sequence, but I have the TestStand adapter set to LabVIEW run-time.  Do I need to have LabVIEW installed?  A number of the VIs utilize VIs in vi.lib and I want to make sure everything is there.  Also, even though it's set to run-time, I still see the Evaluation watermark when showing a LabVIEW VI front panel; I'd prefer that to not show since it'd be in run-time.  Any help would be great.

[Norbert_B · Accepted solution]

When switching from development to deployment, you have to prepare the code.

LV code always requires the LV runtime engine (RTE) installed for execution.

The LV RTE doesn't know about vi.lib hence you have to prepare the code as (at least) source distribution. You can use the TS Deployment Utility to create such deployment package.

I have no experience with the LV Eval, but i think that there are two possible reasons:

a) Your VIs still execute in the development environment

b) VIs created with the eval version have their watermark imprint and always show it unless recompiled with an activated developer license

[pulidotech]

That makes sense.  Thanks for the info.