If the deployment includes a VI that a project library references, the deployment must include a copy of the project library, which might include files the test system does not require. However, including such non-dependent project library files in the deployment can increase the time required to create the deployment and the disk space the deployment requires. Therefore, the TestStand Deployment Utility creates partial project libraries that include only the VIs the test system requires to reduce the time required to create deployments, the size of deployment installers, and the size of installed deployments on test station computers.

NI does not recommend using partial project libraries to deploy VIs that were previously deployed, including VIs from vi.lib, instr.lib, or user.lib.