Associated changes to make when renaming an executable

[nanocyte]

I'd like to rename the executable (append a build number so that it can be searched by name). I found two spots that use the executable name and I think I have to update those too.

1. Rename the .ini file
2. Rename the section name in the ini file

Anywhere else? Can I skip any of the above?

[GerdW]

Hi nanocyte,

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@nanocyte wrote:

I'd like to rename the executable (append a build number so that it can be searched by name). I found two spots that use the executable name and I think I have to update those too.

1. Rename the .ini file
2. Rename the section name in the ini file

Anywhere else? Can I skip any of the above?

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These two locations are the ones to keep in mind. Anything else should only be inside your own code…

Well, you can even skip those two items, then your executable will use LabVIEW's default settings (and may even create a default exe.ini file again)…

[RTSLVU]

I would just rebuild the executable with the new name

[rolfk]

Unless you use a custom ini file with specific settings inside your project, that ini file will get automatically build by the application builder, using some of the settings from your project and/or LabVIEW preferences.

Inside your code are also many possibilities where you might make assumptions about the name but that would be bad programming practice.

Or are you talking about modifying the name automatically after the build, in a post-build step?

[nanocyte]

I was considering renaming (appending a build number before the .exe) the exe after the build.

I guess I could go the other way and rename the exe in the build spec and have the app check its own exe name 🤔

[rolfk]

At least on Windows you can also simply execute <LabVIEW>\vi.lib\Platform\fileVersionInfo.llb\FileVersionInfo.vi passing it the name to your own executable. The LabVIEW application builder generates a version resource from the Build Specification and adds it to the resulting EXE, DLL, PPL file. Unfortunately this only works for Windows.