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LabVIEW
Can I run a labview 7 program using a newer version of Labview (14)?
Hi Wrusso,
is this "program" an executable (created with LV7) or is it a VI running in the LV7 IDE?
If it is an exe: Do you have an installer (setup routine) to install it on your new computer?
If it is a VI: did you try to load it with your new LabVIEW version? (Don't forget to create a backup first!)
All (or most of it) should open just fine in LabVIEW 2015. Does it use any special drivers or toolkits?
@PalanivelThiruvenkadam wrote:
Hope major changes happened after LV 7 till LV 2015 so it's better to convert your code to latest version.
NI Discussion forum itself has a separate place holder to convert one version of code into some other version.
You can share your code and get converted code back.
In this case, that will not help much. Almost all we do is just mass compile it. The OP can do that now.
The major issue I would expect is if any DAQ was involved. Before LabVIEW 8, most DAQ applications were written with what is now called Traditional DAQ. Traditional DAQ is not supplorted at all on Windows 7. Unfortunately, there is not simple way to convert Traditional DAQ to use DAQmx. An understanding of the VIs is needed and some rework will be necessary.
@crossrulz wrote:
Traditional DAQ is not supplorted at all on Windows 7.
Actually, it IS supported on WIndows Vista/7/8 but it requires a 32bit OS. It will not run on any 64bit OS.
(I recently had IT make me a 32bit Windows 7 PC so I can more easily load and convert the old code with traditional DAQ)
