I realize that this is a general question so I'm hoping someone can just point me in the right direction.
I have been using LV8, but recently had to work on a cRIO application that was written in LV7. I was able to make the necessary changes and solve the problem but there were a few things that left me confused.
The LV7 application was as follows:
an FPGA program
a RT program
some windows .exe program that, when run, would download all the appropriate programs into the cRIO and run it.
In order to make changes to any of the programs, and have those changes "stick", I had to run the Application builder. Fortunately the previous developer left a profile that I could load, and everything worked, but before I found out about this, I struggled with getting the application builder to correctly assemble all the necessary files.
My question is, does there exist a tutorial on using the application builder? Does it include writing an application that will find the RT VI, the FPGA VI, and put them in correctly?
I am familiar with LV8 and I understand how to have the VIs loaded automatically (stored on the cRIO). I'm just not familiar with LV7.
Just looking for pointers and tips on using the application builder I guess.
Thanks
Jeff
