What revision of LV was used to generate project?

[wb2nvy]

We have created many installers and executable files in the past years under various revisions of Labview. How can I look at a .lvproj file and determine what revision it was built under?

[Norbert_B]

The lvproj-file is in fact an xml file. The first two tags should be something like this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<Project Type="Project" LVVersion="9008000">

hope this helps,

Norbert

[wb2nvy]

Thanks for the quick response Norbert, but I have no idea what you're talking about. What are tags, and how do I read them?

[MikeS81]

Hi wb2nvy,

Project is the tag and "LVVersion" contains the info you want.

Mike

[FHM]

you have to install notepad++ and after that just right cklick to the .lvproj and open it with notepad++.

Now you can see what Norbert explained.

[wb2nvy]

FHM -thanks. That's just what I needed to know. I did that and found this:

<Project Type="Project" LVVersion="9008000">

I don't know how to interpret LVVersion. I expected to find something like Labview 8.5 or 8.6 or 2009.

[MikeS81]

Hi wb2nvy,

it's nearly the same as you'll get if you use the "GetVIVersion" Method. I think it's 09008000, where

0.9.0.0 is the version

and

8000 something like a checksum.

8.5.1

would have something like

08518002 (i am not really sure if the 8002 is correct, but the first part is).

Mike

[Norbert_B]

9008000 is LV 2009. If you open another lvproj-file from e.g. LV 8.6.1, you will see another versionnumber like 8608001.

Norbert

[wb2nvy]

Thank you both. That's just what I needed to know.

[smercurio_fc]

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wb2nvy wrote:

FHM -thanks. That's just what I needed to know. I did that and found this:

<Project Type="Project" LVVersion="9008000">

I don't know how to interpret LVVersion. I expected to find something like Labview 8.5 or 8.6 or 2009.

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