installer size LV 2010

[battler.]

Guys,

Installer file size has been a problem since LV 2009.

I see that in LV 2010 (when builing installers) there are a range of run-time installers to include/exclude. 

Does this mean the run-time engine is now modular and the size of installers can be reduced if your application doesn't use certain functions?  More info?

If so, is there a way of LV deciding for me which RT module components I do need for my app?

Cheers,

Battler.

[battler.]

I suppose what I'm getting at; by unchecking any selections here can I reduce installer size? 

How do i know which ones I can uncheck?

[Dennis_Knutson]

Read the description off each. For example, if you are not creating a ww\eb service, you don't need the ones related to that. If you are using any analysis functions, you would obviously want the math kernel.

[battler.]

I can't be sure what I am using just based on the descriptions.  I am talking about an application containing many thousand VIs.

Is there a way I can find out?

Does it make a difference to the size?

What are the NI logos?

Is there a guide to this?

[Dennis_Knutson]

You can see that it makes some difference. Storage is cheap, though. How much time do want to spend worrying about a coouple of MB? You will also be testing the installer, I presume.

Search for NI-Logos.

[Bob_Preis]

The full-size Run-Time Engine will be negligible in size if your app contains several thousand VIs. This feature really targets customers who are more hard-drive-constrained, typically with smaller apps. In these use cases, safely de-selecting the soft depedencies on the Run-Time Engine becomes an easier task.

As of right now, we do not provide a way to automatically detect which redistributable products are required by your app(s) deployed by the LabVIEW Installer Builder, but it has been a highly desired feature, not so much for de-selecting soft dependencies of the RTE, but for including other products that are not selected by default.

[battler.]

The constraint here is download bandwidth.

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@Bob P wrote:

...it has been a highly desired feature, not so much for de-selecting soft dependencies of the RTE, but for including other products that are not selected by default.

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This is would be a handy feature when using the Report Generation toolkit.