Necessary DLLS for developing a .net NI DAQ control

[ScottinTexas]

To distribute the final program that uses a NI thermocouple (TC-01) do I have to install NI-DAQmx on each machine that is going to run my program?

[rleonard3]

Hi ScottinTexas,

If your program uses any functions from the DAQmx API then you will need to install the DAQmx runtime engine on each machine in order to run your program. 

[edjones93]

You can use the Measurement Studio Installer Builder to build an installer which can install the necessary Runtime Engine along with your programs for distribution:

http://www.ni.com/white-paper/52669/en/

[ScottinTexas]

I don't want to build an installer. Can't I just copy the necessary files to the target machine? Or is there a standalone runtime engine installer I can use on each machine running the software?

[edjones93]

Either way you'll be running an installer, my suggestion means you'll only need one installer which will include your software and it's dependencies.

To your end users it will also look and feel like professional software. I don't understand why you would not want to just build the installer as per my original suggestion?

[ScottinTexas]

My leadership likes to avoid installers. I don't know why. It is just best to copy the necessary files from a jump drive onto the lab computer. I have the standalone runtime engine installer on my jump drive now. As soon as it gets a digital signature so I can run it on our computers, I will install it on the target computer, then see if my program will run. I will build an installer as you suggested. On a relatively quiet Friday when my boss is here, I will pitch it and see if I can get it signed and try it out. Probably next version of this program I wrote. We'll see.

[ScottinTexas]

Well. Hit a wall. I don't have the installer builder program.