Labview 8.2 close or crashes when opening up Test Exec. from labview 5.1

[G_Mike]

Why  would Labview 8.2 close or crashes when opening up Test Exec. from 5.1? Labview 8.2 begins to load the Test Executive VI, then, stops and closes labview altogether.  I remember getting it to load before but do not know what could be causing this?  I am tasked with updating the old code from Labview 5.1 to Labview 8.2.1; actually Labview 8.5, since it is the latest.

Thanks, Mike

[parthabe]

You cannot open VIs built upto 5.x dorectly in LV 8.x. You ve to convert them to an intermediate version like 6.x or 7.x to make them openable in LV 8.x.

See the below threads also.

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=280863#M280863

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/429E45271CFD683786256D87006B1EEF

[Dennis_Knutson]

Partha,

That's not quite correct. It is only LabVIEW 8.5 that does not allow you to open a 5.x VI. It should open in 8.2.1.

Mike,

It has been a very long time since I've looked at the test executive VIs. Can you open any of the subVIs? If the problem can be isolated to one of those it might help to figure out what is wrong.

[G_Mike]

Dennis,

Thanks for the response.  The odd thing is that I am able to open some of the subvi's.  And I've opened the test executive before.   Now, during the initial loading of the Test Executive, there are some drivers that are not executable by Labview 8.2.1 (i.e.  ni-daq cards.... for MIO and DIO boards).  Could that be it?  I would expect the program to load but not run.  I have gotten the program to load before, so I am confused by it not loading now.  Thanks for the tip on Labview 8.5 as I was ultimately going to that version, too! 

My ideal situation would be to load all drivers ( including Traditional Ni-daq and Ni-VXI 3.3.1, etc) and run this program using Labview 8.5 or 8.2.1 on an XP platform.  This original program was created in Labview 5.1 and Windows NT.  Any help and suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for your help,

Michael

[parthabe]

Thank you for correcting me, Sir!