Publishing a Web Service through an Installer (Windows)

Parent Topic: Publishing Web Services

You can publish a Web service to the Application Web Server through a Windows installer. The Web service starts/stops running after you finish the installation/removal process.

Note  For more information about concepts in this topic, refer to the�Web services introduction�and�tutorial. LabVIEW Web services are available only in the LabVIEW Full Development System and the LabVIEW Professional Development System.

Complete the following steps to publish a Web service through a Windows installer:

1. Include the Web service in an installer:
   1. Right-click Build Specifications in the�Project Explorer�window and select�New»Installer to launch the�Installer Properties�dialog box.
   2. On the�Web Services�page, place a checkmark in the checkbox for the Web service you want to include.
2. Build the installer that contains the Web service:
   1. Click Build and the Build Status dialog box appears.
   2. When LabVIEW completes building the installer, click Explore to open the destination directory where LabVIEW saves the installer files.
3. Run the installer on the target computer so that the Web service starts running on the target computer:
   1. Double-click the installer (.exe) in the destination directory to install the application, and the installed application publishes the Web service to the web server on the local computer.
   2. Close the�LabVIEW project. Published Web services run on the LabVIEW Runtime and do not depend on the LabVIEW Development System.