Why do I get Load Error code 8 from Labview

[schudon]

I am supporting an older version of LabView since we have not decided to update our factory installations yet. I also have inhereted this software from another engineer. I cannot open the source code using LabView 5.1 (I get Load Error Code 😎 I was able to open it in 6i and save with options to 5.0 however I still get the same error code 8 when I subsequently re-load with 5.1

[Zvezdana S.]

Error 8 when loading VIs indicates that the VIs were saved in a newer version of LabVIEW than the one you are using.

If you load a VI that was created in an earlier version, LabVIEW recompiles that VI to the newer version. Before you close that VI, LabVIEW prompts you to save it. If you do not save the VI, you still can load it in the earlier version of LabVIEW. Consider making a permanent backup of VIs that have been saved in earlier versions of LabVIEW before loading them in a newer version. If you save the VI after it has been recompiled to the newer LabVIEW version, you cannot load the VI in earlier versions of LabVIEW. If you try to do so, you might receive the following error:

LabVIEW load error code 8: Could not load VI resource.

Zvezdana S.
Nation
al Instruments

[seonchang]

So what is the solution for this if i will want to open the Vi ? Please advice. 

[GerdW]

Hi seonchang,

as has been said 18 years ago: either use a more recent version of LabVIEW to load the VI - or try with an older version of that VI from your backup or SCC system (in case the current version of the VI is corrupted)…

[Kyle97330]

Error 8 can also mean that you lack security permissions to open the file.  Check to see if you have the appropriate read/write permissions to the path and file you're opening.

[Daddy-O]

Does LabVIEW need the permission for the access? Or just the Windows user? (I am fighting this right now)