VISA alias to TCP/IP without MAX

Hi
Is there a way to create the VISA alias for TCP/IP device (scope) without using Max?
The VISA is used to talk to TCP/IP oscilloscope.
I need to distribute hte vi executable to other PCs and I would like to avoid installing MAX just for the sake of creating the VISA alias.
Is there any trick to "cast" TCP/IP address to VISA?
thanks
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Here's a snippet of the VI I made for one project. It worked well for all of the instruments I had in that rack that used Ethernet.
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