.tlb File Is Generated Upon Upgrading LabVIEW

Updated Jan 28, 2026

Reported In

Software

  • LabVIEW

Issue Details

After upgrading from LabVIEW 2020 to LabVIEW 2025 Q3, .tlb file was generated in the LabVIEW application even though it did not appear when using LabVIEW 2020.

Solution

The .tlb file was generated might be due below factors 

If does not want the .tlb file to be generated, you need to find out what is the behavior that caused above factors to happen, such as when changing the exe name of the folder file name from double-byte characters to single-byte characters in Application Builder, Enable ActiveX Server was automatically enabled hence the .tlb file was generated.

Additional Information

.tlb (type libraries) files are binary files that contain all of the type information needed to utilize the procedures and classes in a .DLL.