Is there any reason why backwards compatibility couldn't be added to the LabVIEW datalog access VIs?
Why does a LabVIEW 8.x (or 7, or 6, or 5, or 4, or 3) datalog file NEED to be converted to LabVIEW 2009 datalog format.
Shouldn't it be optional?
I have around 8 terabytes of data in LabVIEW 7 and 8 formats. Switching to version 2009 will be very painful (as was the switch to other versions), in that it requires me to convert each datalog file.
- yes I know about SilentDatalogConvert, yes I could write a simple program to churn through all my data files. That much data would take weeks or months of continuous chugging - seems silly.
I'd even settle for backwards compatibility with caveats - read-only for example.
The Cluster type of my datalog file hasn't changed in 15 years. Maybe a cluster type check first to determine if the format really requires an update, but even then allow access without conversion
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