Application Build Options Question

[Prideaux]

I have a a test program that performs a comprehensive test on our products, works great, has about 340 sub-vi's, running on a PXI chassis.  My question is regarding the build options (LV 7.1).  When is it better to build with a library versus just building an all inclusive .exe ?  I have tried both methods and found that the library method will cause the computer to crash after running about 4 hours.  The .exe on the other hand works fine, never crashes. 

Thanks in advance,

Shane.

[ChrisJ]

Hi Shane,

Well if everything works correctly in the code, then in theory you shouldn't ever get an error in one but not the other. Executables are great for distributing applications to other machines, especially those that don't have LabVIEW. DLLs are very good when you need to call your LabVIEW code from another programming environment. There are caveats to both, however, you can find a very good description of these in the LabVIEW help. I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Chris J