Automate opening an existing project in the proper release of CVI

[RobertoBozzolo]

At present, when you double-click on a .cws or .prj file the most recent version of the CVI IDE is launched with the selected .prj or .cws file loaded.

However, both project and workspace files include the release of CVI they are developed on, so it would be possible to search in the system whether that release is installed and open it instead of the most recent one. This is crucial when you need to modify a program already deployed to a customer but do not want / is not possible to update the target machine configuration installing a newer Run-Time module than the one already installed.

At present you have no control over this event, but consider also that in case you make modifications to the UIR files also, it may become difficult to revert to the original IDE format; for this reason when I need to update an old program I need firstly to open the project file in notepad to see which CVI release to use for this.

If automating the launch in the correct release is not possible, at least issue a warning stating the difference in the IDE release used with respect to the original one.

[CVI-User]

Yes, that would be nice. I'd like to have this, too.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabWindows-CVI-Idea-Exchange/Launch-proper-CVI-version-upon-double-clicking-...

[RobertoBozzolo]

Sorry CVI_User, didn't noticed that you had already posted this very same idea, and I had kodoed it too! 

Come on NI: it's four years that idea is under consideration!