Can a VI deployed on RT be opened in IDE?

[Snamprogetti]

Can a VI that has been deployed on a RT target in .vi format be retrieved and somehow opened in Labview?

Or the source code is lost forever, just like when you deploy in .exe format?

I don't want to retrieve it, but just make sure it can't be done by others...

[Chuck_81 · Accepted solution]

Hi Snamprogetti,

I guess that when you say "a VI that has been deployed on a RT target in .vi format" you're referring to the deployment process available in the LabVIEW project: if so, the VI code is not copied "as is" (with a .vi file saved on the RT target) but only the generated code is transferred to the target and run by LV RT.

Anyway, all the code (i.e. VIs) you deploy on a RT target can be configured not to have block diagram or even the front panel. You can do it when configuring the RTEXE build specification into the LabVIEW project.

Let me know if I understood your question,

Best regards,

Fabio

[Snamprogetti]

Yes you understood. So, if i remove block diagram / front panel in the build, there's no way to recover the original source code?

[Chuck_81]

You're right,

a VI without block diagram won't allow anybody to retrive its source code. The only thing you could do is to watch its front panel with controls and indicators.

Best regards,

Fabio