You can track builds in LabVIEW to help manage multiple versions of an application. Tracking builds is useful if you need to distribute multiple versions of a build.

For example, you may want to distinguish between major and minor build versions when distributing to your end users.

  1. Navigate to the Version Information page of the properties dialog box for your build specification.
  2. Use the Version fields.
    • Automatically track versions: Place a checkmark in Auto increment or Auto increment product version.
    • Manually track versions: Uncheck Auto increment or Auto increment product version and edit the fields.
    Note If you rebuild a given specification, LabVIEW overwrites the existing files from the previous build that are part of the current build. However, if you enable the Auto increment or Auto increment product version and you use the [VersionNumber] or [ProductVersion] tags in the appropriate build destination fields, LabVIEW creates a new directory that includes the version number instead of overwriting the previous build on disk. For more information on these tags, see the Destinations dialog for your build specification.
  3. Optional: Assign an internal name for the build or provide a description visible to your end users.

    For example, you may want to fill in the Description field to provide your users with a description of any major changes to your application.