November 2018
The NI Vision Development Module Runtime is required for all deployment systems running Vision Development Module applications, including real-time and Windows targets.
Refer to the NI Vision website at ni.com/vision for the latest information about the NI Vision Development Module.
Deployment refers to developing an application so that it can be distributed, or deployed, on a different computer than the one on which the application was developed. The NI Vision Development Module provides everything you need to deploy custom NI Vision applications to target computers:
The NI Vision Development Module installer contains the runtime installer for NI Vision. The runtime installer is installed at <Vision>\Runtime, where <Vision> is the location to which the NI Vision Development Module is installed. Visit ni.com to download software upgrades for NI Vision and the NI Vision Runtime installers.
You must purchase an NI Vision Runtime License (part number 778044-03) for each target machine onto which you want to install your custom NI Vision application, even if you install the NI Vision Runtime directly from the NI Vision Development Module media. The NI Vision Development Module media ships with one runtime license. Contact a National Instruments sales representative or visit ni.com to purchase additional runtime licenses.
Note: Additional NI Vision Runtime Licenses do not include the NI Vision Development Module media. To install additional licenses, use the original NI Vision Development Module media and the serial number provided by National Instruments.
You can call the NI Vision Runtime installer from the application installer. If you create the application installer with the LabVIEW Application Builder or with LabWindows/CVI, you can direct the installer to call the NI Vision Runtime installer.
LabVIEW 2011 or later: A LabVIEW-built executable or DLL containing licensed NI Vision functionality can run on a system with an activated NI Vision Runtime license and an unactivated or expired license of NI Vision Development Module.
All text-based languages, and LabVIEW 2010 or earlier: A text-based or LabVIEW-built executable or DLL containing licensed NI Vision functionality returns error -1074396157: Unlicensed copy of NI Vision if NI Vision Development Module is installed and is unactivated or expired, even if NI Vision Runtime is activated. You must activate or uninstall NI Vision Development Module to run your program.
Refer to the LabVIEW Help for more information about the LabVIEW Application Builder. Refer to the NI LabWindows/CVI Help for more information about building and distributing LabWindows/CVI applications.
You can also direct a custom application installer to call the NI Vision Runtime installer. This may be useful if you are creating an installer for applications created in other development environments. Refer to the documentation that came with the installer software to learn how to call executables from the custom installer. If you are using a custom installer, call the NI Vision Runtime installer at the end of the installation procedure because the installer may require the system to be restarted.
To call the NI Vision Runtime installer silently (non-interactively), you must add /q /AcceptLicenses yes as command line arguments to the runtime installer. For example, enter <Vision>\Run-Time Engine\vision<version>rte.exe /q /AcceptLicenses yes, where <Vision> is the location to which NI Vision is installed, and <version> is the version number of the NI Vision Runtime installed. Refer to the Automating the Installation of NI Products section for more information on how to change the level of interactivity of the installer or whether it automatically initiates a system restart.
The NI Vision Runtime installer does not install LabVIEW VIs. If you use the LabVIEW Application Builder to create an application (EXE) or dynamic link library (DLL), the Application Builder automatically includes the VIs used by the application. If you distribute a VI, you must include all subVIs that comprise the top-level VI. You must include the appropriate LabVIEW Runtime as part of the installation.
Refer to the LabVIEW Help for more information about viewing the hierarchy of VIs and for more information about using the LabVIEW Runtime.
In addition to including the NI Vision Runtime with the installer, you must include the appropriate LabWindows/CVI Runtime. Refer to the NI LabWindows/CVI Help for more information about creating an executable, creating a dynamic link library, and distributing applications.
The development computer must meet the following system requirements to run the NI Vision Development Module Runtime:
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | 233 MHz Pentium or equivalent | Pentium 4/M or equivalent |
| Memory | 256 MB RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| Display | 1,024 × 768 resolution video adapter with a 16-bit display | 1,024 × 768 resolution video adapter with a 24- or 32-bit display |
| Free Hard Disk Space | 3.2 GB | |
| Operating System |
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Note: In 2016 NI Vision Runtime dropped support for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and installations of Windows 7 without any service packs. NI Vision Runtime 2018 SP1 will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI Vision Runtime 2018 SP1 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI Vision Runtime 2018 SP1, you cannot use any installers built on this computer with any version of LabVIEW, LabWindows™/CVI™, NI TestStand™, or Measurement Studio on an unsupported OS.
For more information about the changes to our OS support for 2016, refer to KB 79UC78LS, Why Does my LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Measurement Studio, or TestStand Built Installer Fail on Windows XP/Vista and Server 2003?.
Note: Support for Windows 32-bit operating systems may require disabling physical address extension (PAE). To learn how this might affect your system and what actions you might need to take, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code PAESupport.
1 NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.1. Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 require Microsoft updates to support these items. Refer to Microsoft KB2919442 and KB2919355 for more information about how to install these updates.
2 NI software is signed with a SHA-256 certificate. Windows 7 SP1, Windows Embedded Standard 7 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 require Microsoft updates to support SHA-256. Refer to Microsoft KB3033929 for more information about how to install this security update.
3Only supported as pre-installed on NI hardware.
Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from NI.
Refer to the National Instruments Website for an up-to-date list of all bug fixes in this release.
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the National Instruments Web site for an up-to-date list of known issues in the NI Vision Development Module.
You can automate the installation of most NI products using command-line arguments to suppress some or all of the installer user interface and dialog boxes. However, starting with the August 2012 releases (products using NI Installers version 3.1 or later), you may need to perform additional steps before or during a silent installation of NI software.
If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.0, the .NET installer may run before any NI software installs and may require a reboot before the installation of NI software begins. To avoid a .NET reboot, install .NET 4.0 separately before you install NI software.
For more information, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:
Microsoft Windows 10 is the latest version of the Windows operating system and features significant changes compared to previous versions. Windows 10 introduces several new capabilities and also combines features from both Windows 7 and Windows 8. For more information about NI support for Windows 10, visit ni.com/windows10.
When you install NI software on Microsoft Windows 8.1, you will notice a few additional tiles in the Apps view, including shortcuts to NI application software products such as NI LabVIEW, Measurement & Automation Explorer (NI MAX), and NI Launcher. For more information about NI support for Windows 8.1, visit ni.com/windows8.
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