Migrating applications developed in LV 6.1 in Win2k into Linux

[Serge67]

Hi,

I was wondering if I can migrate executable versions of the vis built in LV6.1 in Windows 2000 into Linux operating system? Has anyone tried that?

Thanks,
Serge

[Dennis_Knutson]

You cannot run an exe built for windows on Linux, Unix, or MAC. If you have LabVIEW for Linux with the app builder, you can take your program and rebuild it on the Linux system assuming you haven't used any windows specific functions in LabVIEW (i.e. ActiveX) or any other functions, toolsets, etc. that are not supported.

[rolfk]

Dennis Knutson wrote:

> You cannot run an exe built for windows on Linux, Unix, or MAC.

That is technically not entirely right. Using Wine http:/www.winehq.org,
you can execute Windows executables on a Linux system. I did test the
Full Development System of LabVIEW 6 under Wine a few years ago and got
it to work back then. An executable should be actually even easier.

Modern LabVIEW versions however including built applications have a
number of potential problems such as the many extensions such as
Bluetooth, .Net, Active X etc which might not necessarily be built into
LabVIEW in a way that LabVIEW can work or even load properly even if
those extensions are non-existent on the system.

Another issue are the InstallShield Installers LabVIEW uses.
InstallShield support under Wine is up to now quite limited but that is
going to change soon.

That all said, it is technically definitely a better idea to port a
LabVIEW app to Linux using LabVIEW for Linux.

Rolf Kalbermatter




If you have LabVIEW for Linux with the app builder, you can take your
program and rebuild it on the Linux system assuming you haven't used any
windows specific functions in LabVIEW (i.e. ActiveX) or any other
functions, toolsets, etc. that are not supported.