How to create an executable file?

[jony]

Hello.
I´ve built a program for data aquisition that is composed
by several Vi´s grouped in one library.
One of those Vi´s is ´kind´of an executable for it
runs when oppened and manages all other Vi´s.
I´ve now a Computer in Pc/104 form and have limited memory and
disk space,so I cannot install Labview full in this computer.
I need to create an executable file that runs with
only a Labview smallcore, not the whole program.
How do I do it?
It needs to take the minimum possible disk space!
Thank you.

Jony

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[Gorka Larrea]

The solution to your problem is to purchase the aplication
builder, a LabVIEW toolkit to create stand alone
executables.

Gorka Larrea
glarrea_1@hotmail.com


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[Deepak Arora]

Hi Gorka

I have LabView 7.1 full development module.Does it mean that with application builder I can create executable files that I can run on any computer without a trace of LabView as well as any hardware like image ,data acquisition and motion control cards ? and  for that sake any laptop or desktop ?

Thanks

Deepak

[Britoa]

You will need to have the runtime installed (as with any newer programming language), and it has to be on the same OS type (windows, linux, mac) that you created the executable for, unless you are using the embedded/realtime modules, then I have no clue.

[Britoa]

Bah, doublepost.

Message Edited by Britoa on 12-21-2007 02:50 PM

[mikeporter]

The other thing to be aware of is that there are a few things that can change in an executable. For example, if you have code that generates file paths relative to the location of a VI, these paths will change. You also need to be aware that some properties don't work in an executable. In addition, if you have external code (DLLs and such) you need to make provisions for getting them installed on the target. There are other things, but these are some of the big ones.

Mike...

[smm]

How can this issue be tackled then? Right now my code has a file path to call another code similar to functions.

 So what do I do to make an executable?

[MikeS81]

Hi smm,

you can use a property node to get if you program run as exe or as vi. Use a case structure to build different paths for both capabilities.

Mike

[Dennis_Knutson]

The difference between returned paths in an exe or in development mode have been discussed a large number of times. A very recent thread is http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=332585.

[smm]

the vis work on my computer. but the exe is gng to be run on a different computer.

What I want to accomplish is that only the main code shows up at start up of the exe. And when an appropriate choice is made, it should pull out the other part of the code from the file path