[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Forum LabView > i agree that building a cross compiler wouldn't be so easy to > do and not a profitable option > But having to pay for a whole development system is really > expensive as > you already bought it for another platform > > why not just selling an application builder as vi are able to migrate > between platforms (ok with some exceptions, but i won't > digress on this point) this should be more ... fair
The problem really is that the application builder only is the linker if you compare it to a traditional compiler/linker environment. The compiler part is built into LabVIEW itself, as the compiled code is necessary independant if you execute your VI in LabVIEW or as executable. Eventhough NI has of course a PPC code generator for their Macintosh version of LabVIEW, making sure that that generator works correct if cross compiled for lets say the x86 target is a very difficult thing to do. The least problematic here would be probably between Windows and Linux as they use basically the same machine code generator. But crossing the CPU boarder is a very tough thing to do. Maybe in LabVIEW 9.0 as Super Professional Developer System ;-) Rolf Kalbermatter CIT Engineering Nederland BV tel: +31 (070) 415 9190 Treubstraat 7H fax: +31 (070) 415 9191 2288 EG Rijswijk http://www.citengineering.com Netherlands mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
