Multiple Instances of labVIEW and Target Connections

[R6]

I know I have seen someone else do this before, but I don't remember how it was done.

I would like to manage two different applications which will execute on two different targets.  For example, I want to start two instances of LabVIEW and connect one to an RT target and the other to a Windows target.  Then I can edit and run the two different applications at the same time without having to switch targets and open and close the apps over and over and over...

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

[Khalid]

LabVIEW 8 has this nice feature built-in. 

However, for 7.x, you can do this by making a copy of your LabVIEW.exe, call it something else, e.g., LabVIEW2.exe, and place it in the same folder as the original LabVIEW.exe.  You now can use this to start a second instance of LabVIEW. 

Hope this is what you were trying to accomplish.

-Khalid

[R6]

That sounds like what I'm trying to do.  Didn't know it was that simple.  Thanks!

[DavidT]

Hi,

You can also add the line 'allowmultipleinstances=True' to your LabView.ini file located in C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW7.1 to run  multiple instances of LV.