how to export a labview programm

[truckfighter]

Hello community,

how do I export a Labviewprogramm that I wrote from one Comuter to another. I need to include some VI`s I used on computer 1 to be included in the exportet program becaus I don't have them on computer 2.

thanks in advance,

Florian

[mikeporter]

Did you build the application in a project? If so, its as simple as selecting Save for Previous Version... from the project file menu. In the resulting dialog box, select the current version of LV (so it doesn't actually back save it) and press Save. In the last dialog box navigate to the directory where you want the copy and select Current Folder.

Mike...

PS: if the code isn't in a project, it should be. Create a project for it and then follow the above steps.

[altenbach]

The "save for previous" trick does not require a project. Simply do it from the toplevel VI. (This works without problems as long as LabVIEW can figure out all dependencies. Of course if you have dynamically called VIs, you need to copy them seperately.)

If you have a project and a license for the application builder, you can also build a source distribution.

(If the missing VIs are from a driver, toolkit, or module, I would recommend to install them on the second machine from scratch)

[ShotSimon]

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mikeporter wrote:

PS: if the code isn't in a project, it should be. Create a project for it and then follow the above steps.

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Shouldn't he only create a project if he is targeting building an application or has lots of files that he needs to organize?

I would use "Save As" -> "Duplicate Files to New Hierarchy to New Location" and choose a new location.  You can now zip the contents of this folder which contains all the vi's and sub-vi's.

But maybe this is the old way of doing things.

-SS

[ShotSimon]

truckfighter,

Are you talking about porting a built LabVIEW application or porting a bunch of LabVIEW vi's from one computer to another?

Regards,

-SS

[mikeporter]

No, you should be thinking of the project file as a place to organize all the files associated with a project. Plus working in projects can help to identify and resolve conflicts - and a bunch of other neat stuff too, like renaming files.

Mike...