Labview V4.02 --> V5.1

[J. Karl Meinhardt]

Hello out there,

I have created an application in Labview V4.02 and when I try to load it
into V5.1 it tells me that
my V4.02 .vi is not a .vi. It seems bizarre that the program will not
even recognize its own files,
can anyone tell me how to overcome this problem?

Thanx,
Karl

[robert laprad]

"J. Karl Meinhardt" wrote:

> my V4.02 .vi is not a .vi. It seems bizarre that the program will not...

Karl, that's happened to me when i forgot to add the '.vi' extension.
LV doesn't add it automatically, if you rename a file, etc.

[J. Karl Meinhardt]

Hello Robert,

Have you loaded LV4.02 .vis into LV5.1.1? The .vi I tried to load does have
the .vi extension.
Thanks for the reply.

Karl

robert laprad wrote:

> "J. Karl Meinhardt" wrote:
>
> > my V4.02 .vi is not a .vi. It seems bizarre that the program will not...
>
> Karl, that's happened to me when i forgot to add the '.vi' extension.
> LV doesn't add it automatically, if you rename a file, etc.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Does this happen with all of your VIs or just one? Do the VIs you're trying
to convert have a diagram? A diagram is required in order to do the conversion.
I can load into LabVIEW 5.1 any of my old ones going back to VIs created
by version 3.1. If you attach one of the VIs (a small one) to a posting,
maybe someone can determine what's wrong.

Dennis
"J. Karl Meinhardt" wrote:
>Hello Robert,>>Have you loaded LV4.02 .vis into LV5.1.1? The .vi I tried
to load does have>the .vi extension.>Thanks for the reply.>>Karl>>robert
laprad wrote:>>> "J. Karl Meinhardt" wrote:>>>> > my V4.02 .vi is not a .vi.
It seems bizarre that the program will not...>>>> Karl, that's happened
to me when i forgot to add the '.vi' extension.>> LV d
oesn't add it automatically,
if you rename a file, etc.>

[J. Karl Meinhardt]

Hello Dennis,

I have only tried two vis. Actually they were created on a computer back at the
University
I worked in Wisconsin. The vis were email attached and sent to me here in CA, I have
since
sent them back attached to email and they load fine on the old version.

One difference however is that the program worked with a specific card and dll files
which came
with it. Maybe when labview cannot find the dll file it will refuse to load the
program and they do
not have an error message for that specific problem.

Thanx,
Karl

Dennis Knutson wrote:

> Does this happen with all of your VIs or just one? Do the VIs you're trying
> to convert have a diagram? A diagram is required in order to do the conversion.
> I can load into LabVIEW
5.1 any of my old ones going back to VIs created
> by version 3.1. If you attach one of the VIs (a small one) to a posting,
> maybe someone can determine what's wrong.
>
> Dennis
> "J. Karl Meinhardt" wrote:
> >Hello Robert,>>Have you loaded LV4.02 .vis into LV5.1.1? The .vi I tried
> to load does have>the .vi extension.>Thanks for the reply.>>Karl>>robert
> laprad wrote:>>> "J. Karl Meinhardt" wrote:>>>> > my V4.02 .vi is not a .vi.
> It seems bizarre that the program will not...>>>> Karl, that's happened
> to me when i forgot to add the '.vi' extension.>> LV doesn't add it automatically,
> if you rename a file, etc.>