Open config.llb in LabVIEW 2011

[jyang72211]

I treid to open a main vi in a project that was created in LabVIEW 8.5 with LabVIEW 2011.  The functions below in the config.llb do not exist. 

vi.lib\utility\config.llb\Config Data Close Reference.vi

...\Config Data Registry Functions.ctl

.....\Config Data Registry.vi

Also, when I open the main vi, it would try to open as many vi as possible until my computer crash.  The program is big, but not that big.  I opend the project in xml like some of you told me, but I am not sure how would the project in xml format solve my problem. 

Should I just download LabVIEW 8.5 and try again?  Where can I download 8.5?  Thanks!

[PackersFan]

What happens if you just click Ignore All when the project is loading?

I think what some people have mentioned is that the project file is really just a big XML file listing all of the VIs in the project (along with a few other settings).  You could open the XML, remove the offending VIs, and then open the project in LabVIEW and it should not try to open the missing VIs anymore.

I do not believe that you can download LabVIEW 8.5 anymore.  You need to contact NI support.

[RavensFan]

After LabVIEW 8.6, the config files were rewritten using LVOOP.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Open-Config-Data-Compatibility-VI-8-6/m-p/1441938/highlight/true#M55...

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Open-Config-Data-compatibility/m-p/1478086/highlight/true#M559692

It sounds like the opening in a newer version should replace those with "compatibility" VI's.  Maybe it isn't working in your case.

Either way, you should just skip over the errors, and replace the missing subVI's with the new versions out of the palettes.

[PackersFan]

Correction: LabVIEW 8.5 is still available for download.