how to make an exe file of a VI?

[preet]

i want to make an exe file of a VI.
i tried it from the Build Application menu.
but i couldnot do so.
please suggest me the complete activity to make an exe file.
do i need labview runtime to run this exe file on the system?
please answer me.

[Nadav_Chernin]

For creating exe file of a VI you need open any another VI (new for example) and now try it from Build Application (choose exe file).
You must have runtime engine also.

[Dennis_Knutson]

If you were to clock on the "Help" button of the application builder, you'll get the procedure to build an app. You cannot have open any VI that will be included in the built app.

[Asad_Tirmizi]

Best way is to close all the Lab View Windows and open up a new VI. Go to the build application tab. Include all the VI's that u need to build into a exe file application. Be sure to close specially those VI's that u need to add up into the exe file. The first part was a precaution i normally use in order to avoid complications which may arise if there are any callbacks or sub VI's involved.

Have a good time.

[GerdW]

Hi Asad,

you noticed that this thread is over 7 (seven) years old? And it has been answered at that time?

[parthabe]

Good catch!   LOL !!!

Till the time I finished reading your (last) reply in this thread, my mind was thinking of asking the OP which LV version is used, since building an exe from a VI (or the App Builder) has been changed dramatically over the years in the latest LV versions.

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parthabe wrote:

.... building an exe from a VI (or the App Builder) has been changed dramatically over the years ...

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Most notably 8.0 and forward, which makes you make a project file.

[parthabe]

But from LV 8.5, I think they brought back the Build Application (EXE) feature submenu in the Tools menu.

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parthabe wrote:
But from LV 8.5, I think they brought back the Build Application (EXE) feature submenu in the Tools menu.

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The dialog boxes changed a bit over the 8.x's

Message Edited by Broken Arrow on 10-20-2009 07:54 AM

[parthabe]

Which dialog boxes do you mean?

What I meant was we can build an EXE from within a VI itself, like in the previous versions of LV. It ll prompt us to close the VI(top level & all the open related SubVIs), from which we want to build the EXE.