Launching VIPM

There are several ways to launch VIPM. Under Windows, you can navigate to it from your start menu: Start>>All Programs>>JKI>>VI Package Manager>>VI Package Manager. After you register a LabVIEW version with VIPM, you will be able to launch VIPM from within LabVIEW. You can locate a link to VIPM under the LabVIEW tools menu. Select Tools >> VI Package Manager. Once launched, the following splash window will appear:

Figure 11 - VIPM splash window

After successfully loading, VIPM will display the main application window where all VIPM tasks are performed.

Figure 12 - VIPM Main Window

The above screen shows VIPM on its first launch. The package list is empty because the LabVIEW version has not been selected or registered. Registering LabVIEW versions with VIPM is discussed in detail in the LabVIEW Version configuration section.