Is it better to uninstall a LabVIEW 7.0 before I install LabVIEW 8.20?

[TARPAC1]

I have LabVIEW 7.0 installed on my computer.  Is it better to uninstall this version and then install the new LabVIEW 8.20?  Or should it upgrade from 7.0 to 8.20?

[EdDickens]

You can actually have both versions installed at the same time. Each version of LabVIEW will be installed in its own directory under the National Instruments directory. This way you can support projects that have not upgraded to the new version.

LabVIEW 8.2 is not technically an "Upgrade" to an older version. It's just a new version.

Ed

[GerdW]

Hi,

you can easily install both LabView versions in parallel!
There can be problems when you want/have to use certain hardware drivers. MAYBE when upgrading them with LV8.20 they are no longer available in LV7.0...

[eek]

It's perfectly acceptable to have multiple versions of LabVIEW installed. What you'll want to make sure of is to install them in order of increasing version, i.e. install the latest release last. This is because during installation, LabVIEW software will detect the devices on your computer and automatically assign drivers to them. Thus, if you installed LV 7.0 after LV 8.2, it would automatically assign the device drivers associated with LV 7.0 over the more recent, updated drivers that were released with 8.2. This is simply something you might want to be aware of.