New application builder and NI location path

[pawel]

Hi All

LV 8 instroduced new application builder. It works fine I guess, but there is one things which bothers me.

Lets say that I created application called MyApp.exe with installer.

When the installer for MyApp is executed it is asking for location for the application, but also the location of the National Instruments software!!!

I do not want the custommer to see that because it is confusing. He should only select the destination for the application and that's it. Is there a way of avoiding the displying of this message?

thanks

Pawel

[ChrisJ]

Hi Pawel,

It sounds like you want to do a silent install of the Run-Time Engine after you have installed your executable. There is an article written for LabVIEW 7 that explains how to do this. The procedure should be very similar for LabVIEW 8. I hope this helps!

Regards,

Chris J

Installing a LabVIEW Executable and LabVIEW Run-Time Engine Quietly

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/643587ADF69756DF86256B4D00720DC6?OpenDocument

[pawel]

Hi Chris

Well.... not really quitely. I want all the fuinctionality which the normal installer gives but without this stupid control asking for the National Instrument location folder. Take a look on the enclosed picture. I do not want the lower control.

take care

Pawel

[ChrisJ]

Hi Pawel,

The only way to remove the installation path for National Instruments products is to not include the run-time engine in the installer in the traditional way. The workaround mentioned above adds the run-time engine as a support file and then runs a command line statement to install the run-time engine silently. I suppose you could modify the command line so that run-time engine installer had some user interface, instead of installing silently, but I'm not sure that would really make things any easier.

Installation of the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/188FE05BA8933F4486256BC300708527?OpenDocument 

Regards,
Chris J

[pawel]

Hi Chris

Thanks for this. I am not sure if I want to go too deep into installer. I smell problems.

Anyways, I just do not understand why it is there. In the previous versions it was not there and everybody was happy (including me). And now there is some new control (and strange licence agreement), which customers will be asking for. I hate such a stupid changes.

Also the application builder is much slower than in version 7.1, and you need to click two times to create installer rather than one :(.

take care

Pawel