Update application using installer

[becktho]

Is anybody out there who can answer my question?

I'm using LV8.0 now and always build executables which I distribute using an installer. Now what happens if the version of LV changes? For instance to the mysterious 8.20 or maybe 9.0? If I have to revise an application - can I do the modifications with LV X.YY, create the executable, create the installer and the just run the installer on the target? Would this update my application?

Are there special conditions to make this possible?

Thomas

[devchander]

My observation,

I have modified applications built on LabVIEW 6.1/7.0, using LabVIEW 8.0, built exe/installers without any issues

Of course, I had to install appropriate/ latest LabVIEW Run Time on the PC's where I ran these exe's ( Windows )

At times, I had to relink some functions while opening an application in a Higher version of labVIEW( For EX: report generation functions)

"run the installer on the target?"

do you have an RT target in mind??

[becktho]

Hi dev

I think you've missed my point. I switched from LV7.0 to 8.0 without problems. Now I just assume that the LV project will remain in future LV versions. I'm wondering if a running system (LV8.0, where the app is installed using an installer) can be updated with a LV9.0 app by building an installer and run it on the target system (no RT-targets - just normal computers). So this would mean on the target to update the RTE and the application as well as necessary drivers.

When I switched from LV7.0 to LV8.0, I always removed the old version completely and installed the new one. I did not try if I just could update it by running the LV8.0 installer.