LabVIEW
Interesting... LV 2021 Community Edition only available as x64?
I would think it's not so surprising. All other platforms (MacOSX and Linux) are 64-bit only since several versions. The Community Edition has little legacy conditions like LabVIEW FPGA and realtime, and supporting the Lynx Toolkit only for one version makes things also easier.
@rolfk wrote:
I would think it's not so surprising. All other platforms (MacOSX and Linux) are 64-bit only since several versions. The Community Edition has little legacy conditions like LabVIEW FPGA and realtime, and supporting the Lynx Toolkit only for one version makes things also easier.
I agree that it would be easier to support, but the decision was surprising since the 2020 Community Edition was 32-bit only.
I think they messed up the installation links - again. The download page says 64-bit, but the name of the download suggests it's really x86 - and the download attempt fails because it can't find the page.
@billko wrote:
I think they messed up the installation links - again. The download page says 64-bit, but the name of the download suggests it's really x86 - and the download attempt fails because it can't find the page.
Very possible and probably more likely. The move to x64 doesn't make a lot of sense since the old Community Edition was only 32-bit. That would create a lot of upgrade problems from people using 3rd party software in their programs.
I just wonder why they can't seem to push new updates to a website without breaking a lot of things for a few days. I'm sure there are some very good web designers out there, but the unsexy work of testing that everything actually works is also part of the job description.
@rolfk wrote:
@billko wrote:
I think they messed up the installation links - again. The download page says 64-bit, but the name of the download suggests it's really x86 - and the download attempt fails because it can't find the page.
Very possible and probably more likely. The move to x64 doesn't make a lot of sense since the old Community Edition was only 32-bit. That would create a lot of upgrade problems from people using 3rd party software in their programs.
I just wonder why they can't seem to push new updates to a website without breaking a lot of things for a few days. I'm sure there are some very good web designers out there, but the unsexy work of testing that everything actually works is also part of the job description.
I agree. I'm tired of hearing "Okay, I think it's fixed, try it now." Or "Here's the direct link to the file."
@RTSLVU wrote:
Please say this is NOT SO!
The vast majority of LabVIEW tool kits are still 32 bit only!
It's not as bad as you might think.
@billko wrote:
I think they messed up the installation links - again. The download page says 64-bit, but the name of the download suggests it's really x86 - and the download attempt fails because it can't find the page.
yes thats annoying
but I appreciate the shift to 64 Bits
EDIT: The download links appears to work again
It seems that even though the software page says 64 bit (and doesn't let you change), clicking on "Download" bring you to a page where it tries to download the (assumed, because it has "x86" in the name) 32-bit version. But when the download commences, it brings you to a "page not found" dialog. Same with clicking the "if the downlad did not automatically start" link.
I think they messed up the link, probably the "64 bit" non-choice made it look in the wrong place so it could not find the Community Edition to download.
Edit:
Oops, you snooze, you lose. Thanks for the update!
