LabView version 7

[DarkAristocrat60274]

Hi,

we run a machine and the software for it uses LabView 7 SP1 on a Windows XP OS.

The PC for the machine died and we managed to get a new one with Windows XP. Unfortunately we do not have a disc set from the machine supplier since it was delivered pre-installed and in running condition.

The specific software for the machine can be transfered without installation routines, but it requires LabView in version 7 SP1.

On the NI download site for Labview, only newer versions are available and the software from our machine will not correspond with them.

Is there any source where we can get the version 7?

[wiebe@CARYA]

Solved: Old Labview versions - NI Community

Guess the answer is no.

Contact NI Support. I'm sure if you have licenses you can get it.

Alternatively, make NI (or NI partner)

• build a LV7 executable\installer (effort would depend entirely on the code) and\or
• upgrade (if possible, old hardware might not be supported in newer LV versions)

[MaSta]

"LabVIEW" means the IDE, not the runtime. So if a software needs the IDE to run, it's uncompiled code. Who would do that? Waste an entire LabVIEW licence for one software. And no, exactly then any newer version than 7 could run the code.

[wiebe@CARYA]

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@MaSta wrote:

"LabVIEW" means the IDE, not the runtime. So if a software needs the IDE to run, it's uncompiled code. Who would do that? Waste an entire LabVIEW licence for one software. And no, exactly then any newer version than 7 could run the code.

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That used to be quite common before LV8.

LV7 doesn't really require a license (probably why you can't download it), and building executables was a hassle before projects existed. So often the source code was running in production...

I agree it's a bad idea.