opening LabView version 5.1 VIs in LabView Version 8.5

[kcneuman]

We are trying to open VIs saved in LabView version 5.1 with LabView version 8.5 and we are getting error code 10.  The error message states that version 5.1 is too old to be opened in version 8.5, yet on the knowledge base files seem to indicate that it should be okay.  Can you tell us how we can open these older files in LabView 8.5?

Thank you,

Keir Neuman

[Dennis_Knutson]

You can't. The earliest that 8.5 can open is version 6 VIs. See http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=271171. If you have any version of LabVIEW between 6.0 and 8.2, you can open them with that, save them and then open them with 8.5.

[parthabe]

Do as Dennis has suggested.

But DO keep a backup copy of the VIs in LV 5.1 somewhere safe, regarding backwards compatibility.