Executable with included Runtime-Engine Labview 6.0

[Thomas Junge]

Hi newsgroup,

i read the website and the helpfile for the application builder, and
have come to the conclusion, that with Labview 6.0 it´s not
possible to build an exe-file with the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine
included (like in Labview 5.1), what means that on a computer
with no Labview installed you need to install the
LabVIEW Run-Time Engine first, before the built exe is
really executable.

Is there any possibility to include the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine
in the exe-file with Labview 6.0 ??

greetings, Thomas

[Zvezdana S.]

Thomas,
You can still include the run-time engine with your LabVIEW 6.0 executables.
In the 6.0 application builder, go to the Installer Settings tab, and check to create installer. Then select the Advanced button and make sure that the Install LabVIEW Run-Time engine check-box is selected. This will install the run-time engine when you distribute your application.

Zvezdana S.
National Instruments

[Underflow]

I made this note to myself a while back. NI may have since fixed the problem, or it may have been unique to my situation, but it's worth checking:

"Problem description: After upgrading from LabVIEW 6.0 to LabVIEW 6.0.2, the files used to create an installer for the LV runtime engine through the application builder are still from version 6.0. This may also cause problems if a client computer already has the LVRTE 6.0 installed.

Solution: On development machines, manually replace the LVRTE files used to build the installer. On client computers, uninstall the LVRTE 6.0 and replace it with the LVRTE 6.0.2.


http://digital.ni.com/softlib.nsf/websearch/D5F11A64A905DB27862569EC005E31E2?opendocument&node=132070_US.

Obtain and unzip the 602R
TE.zip file in a temporary directory. Then take the files that result (InstMsi.exe, InstMsiW.exe, lvrt.msi, lvrteinstall.exe, lvrteinstall.ini) and copy them over the files in C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6 AppLibs\installs. Remember to delete the temporary directory."