Why are LabVIEW 8 projects so big (installer dir contais about 70MB) after the build.

[M_Kunze]

Dear wire workers

I got my LV 8 and played around with it.

The new project is a great enhancement but one thing realy is nearly amazing.

In LV 5 a app buid of a comparable project was 5MB.

In LV 7.1.1 about 10MB and in LV 8 about 70MB.

For what?

I just user nearly the same functionalities.

One thing that separates the 7.1.1 projects from the 8 is that you can not longer

chose witch part of the runtime you want to use. The only Option in the settings

is full. So I have to take all or nothing.

That makes it nearly impossible to post my app. to the customer by e-mail.

Is anyone out there with a hint to avoid such a big installer?

With kind regards

[altenbach]

Don't include the runtime with each installer. The customer should be instructed to install the runtime engine once speperately. (e.g. downloaded directly from NI)

[EdDickens]

The Run Time engine is indeed larger with LV 8. I expect it will grow with every new release to accomidate the new features, and there's a lot of those with 8.

The application builder is actually more configurable with 8. Look at the "Additional Installer", section of the builder and make sure nothing is selected that doesn't need to be. It looks like 60-70 meg is going to be the minimum size if you include the RTE with the application. Remember, you only need to do this once as Altenbach said. Make multiple build settings if you want. One with the installer and RTE, one with just the installer, I even make one that doesn't include an installer, just the executable.

For one project I'm working on, I get total sizes of:

• App installer + RTE = 67MB
• App installer = 9MB
• Just .exe = 2MB

Make sure to explore all the settings to all teh good from the builder you can.

Ed

Message Edited by Ed Dickens on 11-13-2005 09:04 PM

[M_Kunze]

Thats not what I wanted to hear 😞
The problem is to tell a technican in Africa to donload 70MB with a GPRS modem
while 10MB are a nearly unsolvable problem for him.

This realy doesn't make me happy. I wish to have a RTE that can be configured
to the project needs.

With kind regards

    Martin

[EdDickens]

The best sollution in this case would probably be to send the customer a CD. Mail is still pretty cheap, and he'd always have it on hand for re-installs.

Many of us would like a more configuable RTE. If NI could devise a way for the installer to scan your application and just include the RTE bits that are needed, it would help. Of course I'm sure that's easier said than done.

Ed

[altenbach]

Now that LabVIEW 8.0 is out, we can add another point to my old table that monitors application builder size versus LabVIEW version. 😉

For the last couple of versions, it grew by about  ~sqrt(2) with each release (or doubled every second version == Moore'sAltenbach's Law ;)) , but it seems NI has picked up the pace a bit with LabVIEW 8.0 :o.

[M_Kunze]

Hi Altenbach....

This is realy cool. You are having a list and I have the problem....
It seams that there is a smaler RTE available at NI. It's just for
remote panels but I will try it because I dont have the need of
most of the new features.

Kind regards

     Martin