Building and Distributing Applications

Use Build Specifications in the Project Explorer window to distribute VIs to other users or computers. By using build specifications to distribute your VIs, you can configure builds to meet the needs of your end users. The Build Specification interface is a set of dialog boxes that allow you to customize your build specification type. Each dialog box has pages unique to each build specification type. For example, when building a stand-alone application, the Application Properties dialog box allows you to select which VIs launch at startup and which VIs are always included.

You can configure build specifications depending on your distribution needs:

• Stand-alone application
• Installer (Windows)
• .NET Interop Assembly (Windows)
• Shared library
• Source distribution
• Web service (RESTful) (Windows)
• Zip file

Note  To build a stand-alone application, installer, .NET interop assembly, shared library, or zip file, you must have the Application Builder installed. The LabVIEW Professional Development System includes the Application Builder. If you use the LabVIEW Base Package or Full Development System, you can purchase the Application Builder separately by visiting the National Instruments Web site.