VIPM is a Better Way to Build LabVIEW Add-ons for the LabVIEW Tools Network
If you’re a LabVIEW Add-on developer, submitting your add-on to National Instruments’ LabVIEW Tools Network (LVTN) is a great way to make sure that thousands of LabVIEW users can find, download, and purchase it.
VIPM and “VI Package” files hide and automate many of the hardest parts of building a LabVIEW Add-on for the LVTN, so you can concentrate on making great tools. That’s why National Instruments recommends VIPM for building LabVIEW Add-ons for the LabVIEW Tools Network.
When you submit your LabVIEW Add-on to the LVTN as a VI Package…
- Your add-on will comply more easily with LVTN standards. Complying with all the standards of the LVTN is a tedious process; VIPM automates and eases many steps of this process, including palette generation, release notes, use of correct directory structures, etc. This reduces the likelihood that your VI Package will be rejected on review.
- Thousands of users will find your add-on and install it. Your VI Package will appear in the package list of every VIPM user when they connect to the LVTN, allowing them to easily find and install it. Specially formatted links on the LVTN website also allow VIPM to install add-ons directly from the web.
- VIPM automatically notifies your customers when you upgrade your add-on. VI Packages on the LVTN take advantage of VIPM’s update notification features without any action from you.
- Your add-on can integrate fully with NI’s Licensing and Activation Toolkit. VIPM Pro allows you to dynamically integrate NI’s licensing and activation features at build time, preserving the source code of your add-on. No other tool does this.
To learn more about the LabVIEW Tools Network and how to create LabVIEW add-ons, visit ni.com/labviewtools and the LabVIEW Add-on Dev Center.
