Use a Package document (.lvdist) to build an application into a package or package installer.
The Package document contains the build configuration and metadata for your package, such as version, maintainer, and display
name.
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Click
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The Package document opens in the project.
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Drag the files you want to distribute from the
Project Files tab to the
Files section.
You can include applications and other support files.
The Package document automatically calculates the package dependencies that your application requires.
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Optional:
Click
Select Hardware Configuration to select the hardware configuration settings your application requires.
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Review the contents of the
Package Dependencies section, which displays package dependencies your application requires.
You can include additional dependencies by clicking
Dependencies and selecting packages under
Add Dependencies.
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In the
Information section, confirm that the Package document filled the text boxes with information you want.
The Package document automatically gathers information from the project and your NI User Account to complete the
Information section. The values in the text boxes become metadata in the package. NI Package Manager reads the metadata of packages to
sort them and display information about them to users.
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On the
Document tab, choose the target on which to build the package contents in
Build target.
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Select the package output type from
Output type.
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In
Output directory, specify the location to save the package output.
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Optional:
In the
Hardware configuration section of the
Document tab, select the behavior settings you want to apply to the package output.
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Click .
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Click
Build.
The Build Queue tab shows the status of the
build process.
Click
Locate directory in Windows Explorer to locate the package or package installer in the output directory. You can distribute your software content using NI Package
Manager or other distribution channels.