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Making a small executable

Making a small executable

‎05-21-2008 07:48 AM - edited ‎05-21-2008 07:49 AM

So, I may have accidentally posted this question in the wrong forum. (Ooops) They were nice enough to re-driect me over here. So, here goes:

I've finally finished my project in LabWindows CVI (8.5). Now I need to package it all up and make an installer/executable. I thought that I knew what I was doing, but when i created the .exe it would only run on my PC and not any of the other PCs I put it on.

I did some digging on the forums and it seems as though I need to have whatever PC this program is going on to have the CVI rte. I'm not sure how to do this and some people claim that the rte is fairly large. I'd like to keep my programs installation as small as possible.

Can someone please walk me through the menus of how to make the smallest .exe that will run on a foreign PC (one that may not have CVI).

Thanks.


Message Edited by Gwain on 05-21-2008 07:49 AM
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Re: Making a small executable

‎05-21-2008 08:08 AM

HI Gwain,

Follow the Distributing Applications with the LabWindows/CVI 8.x Distribution Kit tutorial which takes you through creating an installer in CVI. When you get to the Drivers & Components tab of the Edit Installer dialog, just make sure the LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine item is checked.

Best Regards,

Jonathan N.
National Instruments
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