Import LabVIEW Professional VIs into Community Edition?

[Aplonis]

I am a test engineer due soon to retire. Over the years, on my own time away from work, I have authored LabVIEW programs on my work laptop in support of my hobby in amateur radio. None of these require any hardware, but simply make use of the LabVIEW GUI for doing math. Mainly as stand-alone calculators for the design of antennas, transmission-line, attenuators, and the like. These calculators always I give away free, both as *.exe applications, plus also the source code. Long ago I obtained permission from work that I may do this.

Find them all on-line here: KY8D.net/free 

My question is this: once I retire, and no longer have a work-supplied laptop with LabVIEW installed, will the above VIs (already authored under the Full Professional license) run also under Community Edition? And if not, what changes need I to make so that I may continue to use them myself and also support them via Community Edition?

[rolfk · Accepted solution]

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@Aplonis wrote:

My question is this: once I retire, and no longer have a work-supplied laptop with LabVIEW installed, will the above VIs (already authored under the Full Professional license) run also under Community Edition?

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Yes!

[billko · Accepted solution]

Just open them up in LV Community edition the same exact way you would with LV Pro.  As long as LV Community Edition is the same version or later, of course.

And, as you were conscientious enough to clear with your work about conflict of interest, you'll be interested to know that, as long as you don't sell the stuff commercially (or academically), you should be able to distribute your stuff.  At least that is my interpretation of the restrictions.