Labview 2014 and 2017 version in a same machine

[AnandR]

Hi ,

My system is windows 7 64 bit OS.

is there any issue in during development if I install both Labview 2017 and Labview 2014 in a same machine.

I need these 2 version in my system, since if I have any block in using 2017, I should use 2014 on the fly and rectify it.

Regards,

Anand

[wiebe@CARYA]

LabVIEW is no problem. I'd prefer to install 2014 first, then 2017. At the moment I have 2013 and 2017. In the past, I had 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 installed.

LabVIEW is no problem but additional software could be. Distributing installers\executables can cause problems. An installer installs versions of software. If you then send an executable (not the installer) compiled with updated versions, it might not work. This also happens when one customer insists to have a 2014 development environment with the matching versions of software. You have 2017 (required for another customer) and 2014. 2017 might have upgraded required software...

[crossrulz]

LabVIEW will install side-by-side.  It is the drivers that could hurt you since you can only have one version of the drivers installed.  At least most of the 2017 drivers will be compatible with 2014, so it might not be a big deal for you here.

[arteitle]

If you have the professional development system, installing LV 2016 or 2017 alongside older versions updates the shared application builder with a newer version that no longer supports Microsoft Windows older than 7 SP1, so if you go back to LV 2015 or earlier and try to build an application installer for Windows XP, it's no longer possible. This came as an unpleasant surprise to some of us; you can find past discussion of it here and here.