Slow Startup Time of Large Stand-Alone Application Developed with LabVIEW

Updated Oct 15, 2020

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LabVIEW

Issue Details

I have a complex application in LabVIEW and after creating the executable for it, I've seen that It takes a while to startup. Any suggestions to improve the performance?

Solution

There are general suggestions to improve the performance of an executable created in LabVIEW:

In the build specification configuration don't use the option Enable Debugging.
You can also dynamically call the components of your application following the indications provided in Dynamically Loading and Calling VIs.
You can also configure your LabVIEW environment to speed up the execution time of the executable created, refer to Optimizing Execution Speed for Built Applications.
If needed you can create an About Dialog Box for you Stand-Alone Application.
You can also decide when to update your the front panel of your application as suggested in How to Force Update a LabVIEW Front Pane.

Additional Information

There other factor to consider like the architecture used, the resources available in your computer (Memory and CPU consumption) or external resources like files and databases.

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