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write to digital line -- converting from 6.x to 8.5

Greetings everyone. 

I have be charged with learning Labview ASAP, and my first task is to rework a very very large .vi from Labview 6.  However, I'll also need to upgrade the labview software to 8.5 for that workstation, and I have 8.5 to use while reworking the program.

My problem is this:
The original code from LV 6 calls the "Write to Digital Line.vi" which aparently went away in the transition from LV 6 to 7.  I get errors everytime I try to load the program under LV 8.5 because LV 8.5 cannot find the "Write to Digital Line.vi", and I'm pretty sure the program is not working correctly because of this.

My Question:
Could anyone please point me in the right direction to figure out how to either replace that .vi or get 8.5 to work with it (simply importing the Write to Digital Line.vi from 6.x into 8.5, via the 1easyio.llb file, gives me many ".dll not found" errors)?

I did find a web link which suggested something about a "Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy)" work around for LV 7, but I've found nothing pertaining to LV 8.x with regards to this issue and I don't have a Traditional NI-DAQ module available to me (I did a network install from a site liscense which didn't have that as an option).  I could be off on this being a possible solution for LV 7 as I'm still trying to get the hang of the program.

This is my first task with Labview and I'd appreciate any help offered.

Thank you very much in advance.  🙂
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One thing you might try is installing the Traditional NI-DAQ support for LabVIEW 8.5 from the download available on NI.com.

http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/570/lang/en


This VI is included in the Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) driver and therefore will still work in LabVIEW 8.5.  I found it in my block diagram function palette under Measurement I/O>>Traditional DAQ>>Digital I/O>>Write to Digital Line.vi

Most likely, installing the driver will have your application up and running since the VI still exists, it just hasn't been installed on your computer with LabVIEW 8.5 support.



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Thank you very much, Bob.

This did, indeed, solve my version problem.  ...now on to figuring out the wonderful world of Labview!  🙂
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