Hello, On a previous thread there was information suggesting that NI has no further development plans for LabWindows, https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabWindows-CVI/What-is-the-plan-for-Labwindows-CVI-and-Linux-RT/m-p/4243849/highlight/true#M90270 Since if correct this is a pretty big deal (at least for me), I wanted to create a top level post to give NI a chance to confirm or refute this information. I have been a long time LabWindows user (> 20 years) and sincerely hope this is not the case. If this really truly is the end of the road, please make this widely known so we may all start planning for next steps (i.e. what development platform to shift over to for future development). Also, if this is really true, please detail how this will work in terms of support for future driver releases (i.e. DAQMX, Vision Acquisition, etc). Will LabWindows still be supported via future versions of these packages, or is there an end date after which it will no longer be supported for new versions. I really hope this is not the case as I find LabWindows to be incredibly useful, but want to know to be sure. Thanks, alex

LabWindows/CVI

Is LabWindows 2020 the final version that NI will release?

For information :

Since version f3 was released
We agreed to be put in contact, but we never made contact
e-mail received in October 2022

Hi Patrick,

Finally, our R&D replied to our question.

Below is the current statement of the product which we have not yet messaged publicly, but are working with key customers like this to discuss the best path forward for maintaining existing systems and considerations for new projects.

LabWindows/CVI is a mature, feature-complete product where we are not currently planning any major releases. We will continue to support existing test systems built with LabWindows/CVI 2020 version through the Mainstream Support timeframe (9/2025) and beyond that, we are open to long-term service contracts on this version. (see https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/software-product-life-cycle-policies.html)

We have tested LabWindows/CVI 2020 f2 on Windows 11 and we expect no functional execution issues, we only observed minor UI degradation. I can provide more details if needed.

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