How to build application.exe

I am not a big expert of LabVIEW...
....now that I made my program with LabVIEW, I wish to create a program.exe,
an application that can run without the LabVIEW program.
Is it possible?
How do I it?
Thanks

You can create stand-alone executables with the "Application Builder". But the "Application Builder" is a component of "LabVIEW Professional Development System" only.
If you use "LabVIEW Full Development System" or "LabVIEW Base Package" this feature is not available.
In the second case you can buy "Application Builder" as an add-on. For information visit ni.com/catalog and enter "lvappbuilder".
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