Lab view program

[Hifsa]

Hi,

I want to transfer a program file made in Labview from one computer to the other. How I shall do that.

[crossrulz]

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@Hifsa wrote:

Hi,

I want to transfer a program file made in Labview from one computer to the other. How I shall do that.

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What is this file?  An executable?  A VI?  And why did you post in the TestStand board?

[cbutcher]

Do you want to do this programmatically? And using LabVIEW?

Presumably for either a VI or an exe, the simplest way is going to involve something like a USB stick or a network drive, but depending on details and reasons for wanting to do it, you might need other bits and pieces (like the LabVIEW runtime, etc). Presumably you're looking for more than just "copy and paste the file onto the other computer".

[Dani6122]

Thanks for your concern.

Actually, I am doing data acquisition from a hardware by a Labview program. It is on a university computer and everyone messes with it and each time when I try to run it gives me error. Now I want to transfer that labview program into my computer. I have installed Labview on my computer already. I tried to transfer the program from the folder via USB to my computer but it does not run and seems like I am missing something I don't know to get copied from the actual computer to make it run on my computer.

[cbutcher]

Saving and choosing to duplicate hierarchy might help you with this task.

Otherwise, you can open the files view in the project Explorer (by default it shows in Item View mode) and see where else you need files from.

It may be that some drivers or 3Rd party packages are being used - installing those on your own computer might be a simpler choice.

[RTSLVU]

Besides LabVIEW, you will also need to install any extra tool kits that you program uses like NI-DAQmx or whatever they are calling it now.

Also remember clicking the "broken arrow" and trying to run a broken program, LabVIEW will tell you what is missing and/or what VI's are not executable.  

[Alexander_Sobolev]

You will need to transfer not only vi (and its subVIs), but also actual hardware, make sure OS installs drivers, install used NI toolkits, and configure this hardware (set name or address in your program).

Then read errrors program gives you and fix them.

Question "how to trasfer the file from one pc to another" made me look like this

Use a flash drive!

[billko]

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@RTSLVU wrote:

Besides LabVIEW, you will also need to install any extra tool kits that you program uses like NI-DAQmx or whatever they are calling it now.

Also remember clicking the "broken arrow" and trying to run a broken program, LabVIEW will tell you what is missing and/or what VI's are not executable.  

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Caveat:  Sometimes clicking on the broken arrow fixes it and you run the program instead!  I forget what the circumstances are, but it's bitten me more than once.