Stand alone application for 9.0

[faraway]

I am a new user of LabVIEW 9.0 Professional Version (purchased in Feb. 2010) and have developed a VI that I want to run on a laptop.  I have followed the Building a Stand-Alone Application from the LabVIEW help menu and have transferred the .exe to the target PC.  When I attempt to run the application it gives a "requires a version 2009 LabVIEW Run-Time Engine" message.  I downloaded the LVRTE90std.exe and unzipped the files.  I still get the same error when I attempt to run the application.  Can you give a step-by-step instruction of how to create a working stand-alone application.

Thanks.

[Dennis_Knutson]

After unzipping, did you actually run the installer for the run-time? When you built the exe, why didn't you create an installer at that point? It would have included the run-time. In the project explorer, simply click on Build Specifications and select New>Installer. If you are using any sort of NI hardware, you will need to include the driver as well as the LabVIEW run-time.

Never a real good idea to simply copy files from one pc to another. Windows programs in general require you to do an Install.

[faraway]

Dennis,

Thanks for the quick reply.  You ask why I didn't create an installer at the time I built the .exe; please explain how an installer is created at the point of building the .exe?  I don't see that option in the LabVIEW help 'Building a Stand-Alone Application'.  I appreciate any details you can provide as I am just learning LabVIEW.

Thanks.

Roger

[Dennis_Knutson]

As I said, you right click on Build Specifications and select New>Installer.

In the help that I have, there are a couple of links to the 'Building an Installer' topic. See the note under 'Customizing Advanced Application Options' where it talks about the run-time.