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Yee gads! That used to be one of my favorite songs!

QUOTE (Cat @ Apr 9 2008, 09:35 AM) Bad Form! Replying to my own post... I finally figured out I can add my whole executable directory to the project and then the individual files are available to add to the installation. Hopefully this works... Cat

Hi all, I've just started using the Installer built into LV 8. It's a relief not to have to use the nuclear bomb of InstallShield against an installation that just requires a fly-swatter. I've gotten to the point where I need to create the Big Installation. I have multiple executables sitting in the same directory. There is also a support directory where all the files they share (mostly dlls) live. When I get to the "Source Files" part of the installation, it seems that it doesn't add individual files, but in fact adds the entire Build Specification for each executable. However, those different Build Specifications point to the same dll in the Support directory and when I tell the installer to add that Build Specification it comes back with an error "The following files already exist in the destination directory:..." Okay, fine, don't add what's already there, but why won't it add the other files that aren't there yet?? Am I missing some Installer nuance?? I would really like to not have to go back to using InstallShield... Cat

I'm developing an application on a Panasonic Toughbook as I type. It's headed for a submarine environment, and it doesn't get much "tougher" than that. I had the rep in here the other day and he tossed the thing on the floor a couple times and it still came up running. Plus it meets all sorts of water/heat mil-specs. And, it's one of the few laptops you can still get with a serial port.

QUOTE(orko @ Aug 15 2007, 03:42 PM) I was pretty darn surprised myself. Especially since I would have sworn I signed up for LAVA a year or so ago under it. QUOTE(NormKirchner @ Aug 15 2007, 04:15 PM) What is your favorite place to spend your time. Using LabVIEW for anything and everything other than instrument control. QUOTE(crelf @ Aug 15 2007, 04:23 PM) G'Day Cat - it's been a long time! Good to heat from you again Thanks! I just did a quick scan thru some of the articles in your blog. Looks like some really good info there. I'm definitely going to print them out and take them with me when I go on vacation next week. That's what vacation's for, afterall -- finally having time to catch up on technical reading...

Hi there. Some of you old timers may remember me from various LV newsgroups and mailing lists. I've had my head buried in coding for a couple years, but now that I'm down to a 40 hour work week, I figured it's about time to reconnect with the LV Community. This looks like a good place to start. Cat