Labview

[Farzinsa]

Hi.

I have an installed and working LabVIEW 7.1 with the serial number, but I don't have the installation files. I need to upgrade the computer's OS to Windows 10, and reinstall LabVIEW 7.1. How can I get the installation files for that version?

Thanks.

Farzin

[altenbach]

This is the LabVIEW forum, so every single post is about LabVIEW. Please modify your subject to more clearly reflect your question.

LabVIEW 7.1 is not supported on Windows 10 so there are probably additional problems to solve. (Most likely you also need a set of compatible drivers and such)

[GerdW]

Hi Farzinsa,

call your local NI support and ask for help with your license number…

(Have you looked at the "About" window found in the help menu?)

[Farzinsa]

Thanks Gerdw,

I talked to NI support and they said to ask in the forum.

I have the serial number which is reported in the About window.

So what do you suggest to me to be able to run my LabVIEW 7.1 programs on Widnows10?

Thank you,

Farzin

[Gregory]

You can open your programs in a newer version of LabVIEW. Once you save them in the newer version, you will not be able to open with the older version anymore. See here for compatibility:

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/09/how-to-upgrade-or-revert-a-vi-to-a-di...

Also see here for compatibility with Windows 10. You will want to use at least LabVIEW 2015 SP1:

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/compatibility/15/national-instruments-product-compati...

Some other things to look out for is if your program uses older drivers which are not supported in newer LabVIEW versions. I had an old system with a PCI card from year ~2000 that only had 32-bit drivers. It actually does work on Windows 10 32-bit, but not 64-bit.

[johntrich1971]

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@Farzinsa wrote:

So what do you suggest to me to be able to run my LabVIEW 7.1 programs on Widnows10?

Did you not see altenbach's reply? 

@altenbach wrote:

LabVIEW 7.1 is not supported on Windows 10 so there are probably additional problems to solve. (Most likely you also need a set of compatible drivers and such)

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LabVIEW 7.1 was released in 2004. Lots of things have changed since then. You would do well to upgrade your programs to a current LabVIEW version. Since you've not told us anything about the programs it's hard to judge how difficult that will be. Data acquisition programs using traditional DAQ, for example, would not be supported in the newer version.

[Bob_Schor]

You appear to have access to software (and, presumably, a license number) released more than 15 years ago.  This software was developed for a much earlier version of Windows -- it will not run on Windows 10.  You should look for a 15-year-old PC, running a 15-year-old Windows system (Windows XP would certainly work, and Windows 7 might work).  You would probably be running a one-of-a-kind system, and could not get much support, even from the LabVIEW Forum, as LabVIEW has changed a lot since LabVIEW 7.1.

If you want to run LabVIEW on Windows 10, you should purchase a recent version of LabVIEW (the current version is LabVIEW 2020).  The Good News is that with the License # you would get with this purchase, you will be able to activate your software using NI's Licensing system.  [It is entirely possible that a 16-year-old License might not be capable of being activated -- it depends on whether it needs to contact NI Licensing servers ...].

Note this is pretty much what the earlier responders have been saying.

Bob Schor

[LLindenbauer]

When You have the installation files, but the installer won't let to install it on Win 10, You could try setting up a Virtual Machine running the proper Windows platform.

Check out these links: https://forums.ni.com/t5/ALARM/Getting-Started-with-Virtual-Machines/m-p/3566118#M405

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000PAiJSAW

[billko]

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@LLindenbauer wrote:

When You have the installation files, but the installer won't let to install it on Win 10, You could try setting up a Virtual Machine running the proper Windows platform.

Check out these links: https://forums.ni.com/t5/ALARM/Getting-Started-with-Virtual-Machines/m-p/3566118#M405

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000PAiJSAW

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Yes, but how does the user migrate his code to the real world?

[LLindenbauer]

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@billko wrote:

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Yes, but how does the user migrate his code to the real world?

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I would not be so sure if that is even what they want to do. If they need to open the code, change a few things and create an executable, a VM may be sufficient and easier to set up than finding old hardware. That option still hinges on the availability of the install files and product activation, though.

@Farzinsa: Can You tell us more about Your current setup? How are You currently running Your programs?