small size runtime?

[Otman]

Is there a small size run-time for lv?

would like to distribute exe via email to end users. my programs are small in size, but with the runtime they quickly become big!!!

thanks

[Darren]

Hi Otman,

I don't know of a "small" run-time engine, but if your users have Internet connections (of reasonable speed), you could include a link to the NI website where they can download the runtime engine before using your EXE.  You could also mention in the e-mail that this step only needs to be performed once (if the users will be receiving multiple EXEs from you).  I think the link you'd want to provide is https://download.ni.com/support/labview/windows/runtime/8.0/LVRunTimeEng.exe .  There's actually two executables in that folder, I'm not sure what the difference between them is (other than their size).

Hope this helps,

-D

[altenbach]

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@Darren wrote:
... There's actually two executables in that folder, I'm not sure what the difference between them is (other than their size).

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The web portal to the LabVIEW 8.0 runtime engines has details on the difference between the two versions:

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QUOTE: There are two downloads that are available. You only need to install one of them. LVRunTimeEng.exe is a smaller download intended when viewing Remote Front Panels in Web pages. It does not contain the full run-time engine, but will allow some executables to run. For full support for executables use the LabVIEW_8.0_Runtime_Engine.exe. This version will support all executables built with LabVIEW as well as allow viewing of Remote Front Panels in web browsers

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[Otman]

thanks everyone that responded! you're help was greatly apprecaited.

I knew that theren't wasn't a workaround to this problem but I thought I'd give it a shot asking anyway.