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Do I need to convert my existing LabVIEW v4 vi's into v6 to continue developments, or will it work as it is?

I wish to continue developing LabVIEW applications. However, I have a large number of existing vi's created in v4. Can I programme in v6 and integrate my new vi's with my existing v4 vi's or do I need to convert all of them first to v6 (lots of testing!)?
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Sorry, but the first time you open them in LV 6.1 your old VIs will get converted to the new format. The good news is that for the most part basic functionality has changed very little so there should be a minimum of compatability problems. Still you will need to test them--how big that job is depends to a large extent on how modular and reusable the V4 code is.

The biggest problem I have had in the past with this type of project is to supress the urge to "cleanup" old code by taking advantage of the advanced capabilities of later versions.

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