Importing CVI driver to LabVIEW 5.1

[Siddu 140]

Hi,

I want to import a CVI driver to LabVIEW 5.1. I am familiar with the process of converting CVI driver to LabVIEW 7 library but i do not find that tab in labVIEW 5.1

Can somebody help me out?

Regards,
Siddu

[Philip_Courtois]

Hi Siddu,

Since there isn't a direct way to "Import CVI Instrument Driver" to LabVIEW 5.1, you will have to build the code that calls the CVI driver yourself. You can either call the CVI code using a CIN Node or you can compile the driver to a DLL and call it from LabVIEW using a Call Library Function Node. I definitely prefer the latter approach. All you then have to do is create small 'wrapper'-VIs that call each function in the DLL. Remember to connect the front panel objects of the VI to the connector pane, so it can be called as a SubVI.

Search our Web site for information on how to create a DLL in CVI and use the following manual for information on how to call the DLL from LabVIEW:

Using External Code in LabVIEW

[Dennis_Knutson]

I no longer have 5.1 installed but according to chapter 25 of the G Programming Reference, it's File»Convert CVI FP File.

[Philip_Courtois]

Dennis, you're the man!

You're absolutely right - I missed that one...

Good luck Siddu!

[Siddu 140]

Dennis & Philip,

Thanks a lot. Actually i found it by myself. I was just confused at that moment looking at the older version of Labview which i never worked on before.

Regards,
Siddu