Follow these steps to create an installer or repository, which
will contain the package you create and all dependent packages.
Access the Installers and Repositories pane.
Select New Installer or Repository, then select either:
New Package Installer to create a package installer which
allows a user to install packages without Package Manager installed by double-clicking
on the Install.exe file. This installer only has a single version
of a given package.
New Local Repository to create a repository which can be
consumed by Package Manager. A local repository requires the user installing the files
in the repository to already have Package Manager installed. NI Package Builder
currently can only create a new repository and not add to an existing
repository.
Select Add Packages to add packages to the repository or
installer.
For packages local to the solution, select the checkboxes for the packages to
include.
For external packages, select Show Additional Sources. NI
Package Builder can add external packages that have been installed to your PC, as
shown in Installed Packages, or downloaded to your PC as a
package installer, shown in Installer Products.
If this is a new solution, then select File » Save to save the solution. This is necessary because build outputs are placed in
subdirectories relative to the solution, by default.
Build the installer or repository. Use the Errors and Warnings pane to address errors
as needed.
If the installer or repository requires solution packages to be built for the
first time or built again, select Build Solution in the
application-wide toolbar.
If the installer or repository requires solution packages that have already been
successfully built with your most recent version of the files, then select
Build Installers and Repositories in the application-wide
toolbar to skip rebuilding the packages.