Customizable Runtime Engine

[Pandiarajan]

Hi,

I am using LabVIEW 8.6 and I am interested to understand how to customize the LabVIEWRun time engine. Basically to shrink its size.

I just create a sample program and installer with and without Runtime Engine.

The VI and the projec is attached.

The Sizes are,

VI                                               ->      6.9 KB ( Just a UI with a loop)

EXE                                            ->  151.0 KB 

Installer without Runtime Engine    ->   10.4  MB  

Installer with Runtime Engine         ->   74.7  MB

I understand the Rutime engine includes the support for all the LabVIEW features (Web service, trace, tdms, etc).But while distributing the application developed in LabVIEW we may need the support for only the features the Application developed/configured for. Right?

Though transfering a 100 MB is not a problme now a days, I am just wondering, how it can be customized.

Thanks,

Pandiarajan R

Certified LabVIEW Architect

[Christian Mergl]

You will find the minimum size runtime engine here: ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/labview/windows/runtime/

for 8.6 it's about 30MB

[Coq_Rouge]

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Pandiarajan wrote:

I understand the Rutime engine includes the support for all the LabVIEW features (Web service, trace, tdms, etc).But while distributing the application developed in LabVIEW we may need the support for only the features the Application developed/configured for. Right?

Though transfering a 100 MB is not a problme now a days, I am just wondering, how it can be customized.

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Besides the options then you create the installer no. I think NI could have done it, but they do not dare. If the installer was more modular it would have resulted in a lot of extra support work for NI. As people hate to read read documentation. It is much more convenient to phone NI support and yell at them. So NI has taken the all or nothing approach. As a self defense. And I can not blame them. But I have to admit a modular RT setup would have been nice.

[Dennis_Knutson]

And as noted here, the minimum runtime engine is primarily for viewing remote panels. It may or may not work with your exe.