Web Publishing

[anandraj]

Hello,

I was wondering if it was possible to publish a VI on the web WITHOUT using LabVIEW's Web Publishing Tool.

Thanks.

[tst]

You could use remote clients like VNC, but that would not be publishing of the VI.

There are some solutions which convert the VI into a Java app or allow using VNC to connect directly, but I don't think they were ever finalized. Try looking for LabVNC and AppletVIEW. There are probably some others.

Why don't you want to use the web publishing tool?

[anandraj]

Thanks for the info.

I would like to produce an executable VI that is independent from LabVIEW, then publish it to other clients. In other words, once the program is done, the server doesn't need to have LabVIEW running on it for the VI to be published.

The other way to do this would be to use Datasocket, but again, I would still need LabVIEW on the server to use this method.

[tst]

You can use both Datasocket and remote front panels from built applications.

For DS, you need to include DS support when you build the installer and you need to make sure that you start the DS server in your application (there is a VI for doing that in vi.lib\platform).

For RFPs, you need to create the htm file using the wizard and then use it with the exe. You will also need to have some settings in your application's INI file to enable the web server, which you can either copy from LV's INI file or configure through the options dialog.

3 points about doing this:

1. To do this through the internet you would need to have a valid internet IP address to connect to. This holds true for any solution.
2. There are licensing issues when using RFPs regarding the number of users. I would check that out.
3. If you want to let the users control the application and not just view it, they will need to install the LV RTE on their computers.

[anandraj]

Ok. Thanks a lot for the help! I will try them out soon.