How to "save with options" for development using a different version of LV

[JShaw]

Hello,

I have an application written in LV 6.0 on a different computer. I am upgrading the program on my computer also using LV 6.0 ( I also have LV 8.5).  When I try to open the file that I saved on original computer on my computer it tries to open it with verion 8.5, but I want to use 6.0. How can I modify the original program using the same and only version that is on original computer on my computer? Once modified I want to run on the original computer which only has version 6.0. Hope this is clear.

Thanks,

JS

[MikeS81]

Hi JShaw,

i think you can´t define with which version the vi will be opened. Afaik the latest opened version of labview will be startet if you double click on a vi. You have to observe with which version you open it.

Mike

Message Edited by MikeS81 on 06-05-2008 03:55 PM

[JShaw]

I'm new to using the "Save with Options" so it looks like when I use this it is not a recognized LV file. If I double click the new file I saved windows asks me which program to use and I only see my lastest version and cannot get to LV 6.0 to open it. Any ideas?

John 

[dan_u]

Be careful, once a VI is saved in 8.5 you can't save it back to 6.0. You'd have to go through several versions of LabVIEW to do that.

To make sure a VI is opened in 6.0, launch LV 6.0 first and then open the VI (by double-clicking on it in explorer or via file open in LV).

If LabVIEW is not running and you double-click a VI it will start the last LV version used.

Hope this helps,
Daniel

[smercurio_fc]

This same question was asked here: Can labview 6i and 8 be used together on a computer?