Different versions of instrument drivers

[L Vate]

Hi

Are labVIEW drivers version specific?

if I have a non-NI instrument and the only driver available is for labVIEW version 8.2 for examble, can this driver operate with newer versions of labVIEW such as 8.6 , 2009 , and 2010.

[smercurio_fc · Accepted solution]

Yes, it will work. It just needs to be recompiled and resaved for the new version. Just open the VIs in the new version and resave them. Make sure you have a backup of the original.

[L Vate]

Thank you smercurio_fc f for your answer.

I will recompile them and save them in the new version, but the driver consists of numerous VI in the driver, should I open them all and recompile and save them one by one

I guess that I can use Tools»Advanced»Mass Compile command to compile all VIs in the driver folder, but do I have to separately compile the *.llb files in that folder or they will be compiled along with VIs in the first mass compile process for VIs.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Just doing the mass compile would answer your question.