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When you build an installer, you might need to include installers for devices or other National Instruments products in the installer build. For example, if you build an installer for a stand-alone application or shared library that uses the Storage VIs, you must include the NI USI installer.

Caution  When you add a National Instruments product installer to the installer build, you are adding only the components of the installer that you installed on the computer you are using. When users run the installer you built, the installer might remove components of the product from the user computer that are not part of the installer. To minimize the risk of removing product components on user computers, ensure you have a complete and up-to-date installation of the product on the computer you are using, including all optional components, before you add the product installer to the build.

Use the Additional Installers page of the Installer Properties dialog box to add installers for National Instruments products that you installed on the computer you are using. The National Instruments Installers to Include listbox might include but is not limited to the following installers:

• NI LabVIEW Run-Time Engine—Include this installer with applications and shared libraries. Includes NI Reports, which provides support for generating LabVIEW reports in applications and shared libraries, and 3D graph support.
• NI USI—Include this installer if the application or shared library uses the Storage VIs.
• Enhanced DSC Deployment Support—Include this installer if the application or shared library uses LabVIEW DSC Module features, including security, alarming, and logging.
• LabVIEW Deployable License—Include this installer if the application or shared library requires remote panel licenses.
• NI LabWindows™/CVI™ Run-Time Engine—Include this installer with shared libraries (DLLs) built in LabWindows/CVI or if the application or shared library uses Port I/O VIs.
• NI DataSocket—Include this installer if the application or shared library uses DataSocket. Includes the DataSocket Server, DataSocket Server Manager, and OPC Demo Server.
• NI MXS—Include this installer if the application or shared library includes shared variables.