LabVIEW 8.2 Application Builder Readme for Windows

August 2006

This file contains important last-minute information about the LabVIEW 8.2 Application Builder. Refer to the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes for more information about upgrade and compatibility issues, and a complete list of new features in the LabVIEW 8.2 Application Builder. You can access the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes document by selecting Help»Search the LabVIEW Help in LabVIEW and navigating to the Technical Support and Professional Services»LabVIEW Documentation Resources topic on the Contents tab of the LabVIEW Help. The LabVIEW Help also includes step-by-step instructions for creating and completing builds and caveats and recommendations to consider before you use the Application Builder.

The LabVIEW Application Builder is a LabVIEW add-on package you can use to create source distributions, stand-alone applications (EXEs), shared libraries (DLLs), installers, and zip files. You can distribute the builds without the LabVIEW development system. Refer to the National Instruments Software License Agreement located on the LabVIEW Professional Development System CD for the licensing requirements for distributing builds you create with Application Builder.

You must use Application Builder 8.2 with LabVIEW 8.2.

Refer to the National Instruments Web site for the latest information about the LabVIEW 8.2 Application Builder.

Supported Platforms
Installing and Activating Application Builder
Known Issues

Supported Platforms

Applications and shared libraries you create with the Application Builder have the same approximate requirements as the LabVIEW development system. Refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes for more information about the requirements for the LabVIEW development system. Memory requirements depend on the size of the application or shared library. Typically, applications and shared libraries require about the same amount of memory required to run VIs in the LabVIEW development system.

Installing and Activating Application Builder

The LabVIEW Professional Development System includes the Application Builder, which is activated automatically when you activate LabVIEW. If you have an activated version of the LabVIEW Base Package or Full Development System, select Help»Activate Application Builder to activate and use the Application Builder. The license takes effect when you restart LabVIEW.

You also can activate the Application Builder through the NI License Manager by selecting Start»Programs»National Instruments»NI License Manager.

Note: The Application Builder installs with LabVIEW. Therefore, when you activate the Application Builder in the LabVIEW Base Package or Full Development System, you do not have to complete a separate installation.

Known Issues


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