Using Instrument Drivers in LabVIEW Application

[trooper64]

Ok. What confuses me here though is I have runtime engines for NI-DAQmx and VISA installed on the other PC, and it still cannot run the program properly. Is there something else I need to download in addition to these two? (I have LabVIEW runtime engine as well)

[BertMcMahan]

It could be a versioning issue. Do the installer thing and see what it says you need. We can only guess on the forum here.

[trooper64]

Ok perfect, thanks! How do I make an installer from a VI? Or do I have to make an installer for the whole project

[crossrulz]

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@trooper64 wrote:

Ok perfect, thanks! How do I make an installer from a VI? Or do I have to make an installer for the whole project

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You make the installer in the project.  You can have it just install your executable.  Then go under the Additional Installers section and leave the autodetection on.

[BertMcMahan]

You make it the same way you make an exe. In the project, go to Build Specifications. Right click that, and you'll see "Create installer". Do this and point it to your exe. Go through the process until you see "Additional installers" and tell it to automatically select needed additional installers.

This works for everything NI-related. It doesn't pick up dll's or external requirements though.

[RTSLVU]

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@BertMcMahan wrote:

You make it the same way you make an exe. In the project, go to Build Specifications. Right click that, and you'll see "Create installer". Do this and point it to your exe. Go through the process until you see "Additional installers" and tell it to automatically select needed additional installers.

This works for everything NI-related. It doesn't pick up dll's or external requirements though.

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If you do need NI-MAX you must select it when creating your installer.

EDIT: I was confused NI-MAX can still be added to an installation but the "VISA Test Panel" that used to be part if NI-MAX is no longer included, you need to install the full VISA to get that now.

[BertMcMahan]

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@RTSLVU wrote:

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If you do need NI-MAX it will NOT be installed by any of the "runtime" engines installed by the "Additional installers" that an installer can include.

If you need NI-MAX you must install the FULL version of something like NI-VISA, not just the runtime.

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You CAN install MAX from the Additional Installers dialog. At the very least, these two will work:

I use the DAQmx one all the time and I'm certain it installs MAX. I'm 98% certain NI-VISA Configuration Support installs it as well.

[trooper64]

Thank you! So Labview can't find NI-DAQmx 18.6 although I've definitely installed it. I also tried re-installing it from NI's website and the installer doesn't execute because the program is already on my machine. Do you know what type of file it's looking for exactly?