How can I set a build specificaiton's target filename and destination directory programmatically?

[dthor]

Oh no! There's a bug in "Make Tag Data" that was included in my .zip folder attached a few posts back. Here's the fixed version.

[HermanYang]

I want to set the desitination directory with specified path instead of using default one assigned by LV. I saw you had same question. After read through, I still don't know how to do it. Do I need to write another sub.vi like "LVserver for rename & build.vi" which was in the solution? Your help will be appreciated.

[James_W]

Given that programattic build actions have appeared since this post with pre-build and post build VIs,

I suspect that you can probably change it using a pre-build VI to change the specification.

(If not you are going to have to hack the LVROJ = XML file) programmatically and that will be version specific.)

The files uploaded here sould alllow you to do what you are trying to do, but bear in mind that there have been 5 releases of LabVIEW since we played with this last, so things might have moved! you may need to experiment as this is not something most people try to do.

(Alternatively use the Post Build VI to move the generated files after build to your desired folder!)

[snehamadhu99]

How can I create EXE programmatically using Application Builder?

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

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@snehamadhu99 wrote:

How can I create EXE programmatically using Application Builder?

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You can use BuildTargetBuildSpecification.vi (located in <LabVIEW>\vi.lib\AppBuilder\ folder).

Here simple example: Build Application Programmatically using LabVIEW to get started.

[James_W]

This doesn't work if you call it in a pre-buildVI from the CMD Line however.
There is a beautiful tool that does this from the CMD line (if you are interested in automation for CI and release purposes) that is part of the GCLI toolkit that I use for doing this.