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Can you use a LabView Instrument driver in LabWindows CVI?

I have a LabView Instrument Driver, but I need it in LabWindows CVI. Is there a tool that converts it to CVI, or can I recompile the LabView Driver into a DLL and use it in LabWindows CVI.
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Hello,

If the driver is an IVI driver, there is VERY likely a CVI version of it at ni.com/idnet (Click Search Drivers to find it). If you build a driver in the standard manner in CVI, you can automatically convert it to a LabVIEW driver (which basically preserves the fp tree, builds a dll, and uses call library nodes in LabVIEW to access the functions in the dll). You can certainly build a dll in LabVIEW and use it in CVI. I would try this on a simple set of the driver VIs, get it working, and then go through the process on the whole driver.

Repost if you have any other questions!

Thank you,

JLS
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JLS
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