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Chapter 7

Creating and Distributing Standalone Executables and DLLs

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LabWindows/CVI Programmer Reference Manual

To use the System V software packaging utility 

pkgmk

 to distribute executable programs 

under Solaris 2, complete the following steps.

1.

If your program loads .

uir

 files with 

LoadPanel

 or loads external modules with 

LoadExternalModule

, use caution when you specify the filenames in calls to these 

functions. If you use a relative path, the path is relative to the directory that contains 
the executable. Refer to the 

 section later in this chapter for more information.

2.

Create a directory to contain your executable program and associated files. Structure the 
directory exactly as you want it to appear after installation. Test your program by running 
it from that directory.

3.

From the directory that contains your executable program and associated files, execute 
the 

makepkg

 shell script in the 

misc/bin

 directory of the LabWindows/CVI installation 

directory to create a distribution package. The script requires the following information 
to build the package:

•

Abbreviated package name that can have up to nine characters in the form 

XYZmyapp

•

Text name for the package

•

Default installation base directory on the user’s machine

•

Directory to place the build package

The script requests the following information, which is optional:

•

Company or vendor name for the package

•

Name and path to a copyright notice file for the package

•

Relative path and executable name to create as a symbolic link

4.

The 

makepkg

 script creates the following files and directory structure. In the following 

paths, 

pkgname

 stands for the name of your application package.

pkgname/install/copyright

pkgname/install/postinstall

pkgname/install/preremove

pkgname/pkginfo

pkgname/pkgmap

pkgname/reloc/pkgname/contents of application directory

You can now place the 

pkgname

 directory and its contents onto your distribution media.

5.

To run your executable, you must have the LabWindows/CVI Run-time Engine. You can 
build the package for the LabWindows/CVI Run-time Engine by executing 

makecvirte 

located in the 

misc/bin

 directory of the LabWindows/CVI installation directory. The 

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