Chapter 2 New Features in LabVIEW 5.1
LabVIEW 5.1 Addendum 2-46
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file or a registry file. Install the file as part of your installation and
then run it afterwards to make the necessary modifications. The file
that you run must be one of the files that you install.
4. If you choose to run an executable after the installation completes, you
can use the Command line arguments to specify arguments passed to
the program. In addition to specifying standard arguments, you can
embed any of the following items in the command line argument
string:
%dest The application installation directory
chosen by the user
%src The directory that contains setup.exe
%group The installation program group name
%name The installation name
If any of these options are present at installation time, they are replaced
with the proper values before the arguments are passed to the
executable.
Run-Time Engine for the Application Builder for Windows
When you develop an executable program with LabVIEW for Windows
and ship it to another computer, you must also include the LabVIEW
Run-Time Engine. The computer on which the program runs must install
this component using the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine Installer before the
program executes.
If you distribute a program using Build Application, the Run-Time Engine
is installed automatically.
This enhancement greatly reduces the size of the executable program.
Note After the Run-Time Engine is properly installed on a machine, it can run any
executable program developed in LabVIEW. You only have to include the
Run-Time Engine with the first program sent to each computer.