Publish as EXE - Introduction

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Available starting R3 Beta 2

Publishing your simulation as an executable is a new bundled feature that “compiles” your simulation—including all scripts and resource files—into a single .EXE package. The compiled package will work as a fully functional Vizard development environment with the notable difference being that it can run on any machine now without installing Vizard first. There is a restriction, though; “compiled” simulations cannot be edited or modified (i.e., scripts or resource files changed) without recompiling on a licensed Vizard development machine.

Accessing and using this feature is easy as it’s built into the Vizard development environment. Under the file menu, you’ll now find “Publish as EXE…”. A Wizard will walk you through the necessary steps. The compiler has two steps; the first requires that you run your script so that all dependencies (across your project files, Vizard modules, Python, etc) can be identified. Second, it compresses everything together into a single EXE that can be distributed royalty-free.

Other limitations:

• Published EXEs are unable to generate AVI recordings by the user pressing F12.
• Published EXEs from Trial/Lite editions will self-exit after 2 minute (Beta 2 can be activated as a full Development edition and so it’s published EXEs will not have this restriction)
• Published EXEs cannot server as members in a cluster.