installer includes drivers

[glstill]

Hi,

I developed an app that utilizes the pcmcia series 2 can card and the frame api.  When I make an installer for an executable is there a way to include the driver files for the CAN card so that after the installer is installed, the CAN card can be put into the system without requiring the CAN driver CD?  I have included the NI CAN 2.6 in the installer and it points to the data in the C:\National Instruments Downloads\NI-CAN\2.6 directory which was created from installing the CAN 2.6 drivers from the ni website.  

I recently upgraded to 2.6 and noticed that this directory was created.  Prior to that, I was using the 2.5.2 CD and i am not sure if the Downloads directory included the 2.5.2 files.  I do know that when I tried including the driver files before, it still required the person installing the file to have the 2.5.2 CD. Will this new installer include all of the necessary files?  Or is there something else I need to do?

Thanks,

Gary

[mr_]

There is an excellent DevZone online for creating installers, and distributing applications in general.  There are two sections to note: "Configuring the Build Specification" and "Building and Running the Installer."  After you have gone through the first section, following the steps of the "Building and Running the Installer" section should get you the desired functionality.  Step #4 of the second section indicates a good way to test your installer.  Make sure to copy all the contents to the machine you plan to install this application on.

Cheers!

National Instruments DevZone: Distributing Applications with the LabVIEW Application Builder