LabView Runtime upgrades.

[jjackson1793]

Greetings,

I am new to the forum, so please pardon any lapses of correct procedure and/or etiquette. I am using LabView 2012 full development system w/Database connectivity Toolkit, running on a Window XP SP3 box. I have to make modifications to two applications that were developed with LabView 2010 by other development firms and that are running on two different production test systems.. The source code for neither application is on the machine currently, but I have them. My question is how to upgrade each machine (I believe with the LabView 2012 Runtime engine) so that I can compile each application and have it run on the target test systems. Any help would be appreciated.

Best Regards,

jjackson1793

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

The full development system does not include the application builder, which is needed to create a new executable.

The runtime engine needs to be installed on the target system in order to run the executable built with the application builder.

[nathand]

Not quite sure what you're asking? There's no special upgrade procedure. Make your changes in the development environment on your computer and build the application (in LabVIEW 2012, on your development computer). On the production machines, install the 2012 Run-Time Engine. You do not need to uninstall prior versions. Then install your application on the production machines. You may also need to install updated drivers for devices that your application uses, such as DAQmx for NI data acquisition or VISA for serial communication. You can have multiple versions of the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine installed. An application will automatically load the appropriate version. You can install the 2012 engine and continue to run your existing applications that were built in 2010 so long as you do not uninstall the 2010 run-time engine.