Best way to run a LabVIEW VI written for Windows in a MAC OSx environment

I have written a VI in LabVIEW 8.6 under Windows XP and compiled it into a .exe. Now I want to run this executable on a MAC OSx machine. What is the best way to do this without having to purchase a LabVIEW for MAC license or Windows VM software for the MAC?
Thank you,
cjl
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cjl,
Yes, that should run. Except.... Does your program use any hardware? Does it use any Windows-specific functions (from the Platform folder)? Does it rely on a particular video driver or soundcard? Does it rely on right click mouse actions? All of these kinds of things may or may not work because they are closely linked between the Windows OS and the underlying computer hardware. While the software itself will problaby execute, the programmay not work as expected if some of these dependencies are handled differently by the Apple hardware.
I have not used VM but running native under Bootcamp works pretty well, again allowing for the issues mentioned above.
Lynn

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