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Originally Posted by dqmot17
i think there is a way to make an app in say c++ that opens the labview app in a kind of virtualization with the framework inside of it...but i doubt anyone understands what i just said and it make life a lot harder....
just download the framework....
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What you described is pretty much what that download delivers. A LV executable is a small C++ app that bootstraps the LV execution engine and enqueues the various main routines you've selected. The execution engine as well as the controls and indicators and other support code are in the runtime DLL that is downloaded.
If you want more control, you can build more in C++, and build the LV stuff into a DLL instead, but the windowing stuff gets a bit tricky.
As for what to download and install, your choices are ...
Install the development tools -- they are essentially free for any FIRST related activities, which includes homework, programming in off season, etc.
Install the runtime support -- it will let you run apps, but then you need a development system to build them.
If someone is a complete software newbie, then perhaps the runtime is right for them, but just because someone isn't the team programmer doesn't mean they fit this category. LV, after all, was designed to be a programming tool for engineers and scientists, not just computer scientists. In years to come, hopefully the mechanical, electrical, and scouting teams will get as much use out of it as the programmers.
Greg McKaskle