On the webpage listed below:
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361E-01/lvupgrade/upgrading_from_previous_version/
"You cannot open a VI saved in a version of LabVIEW prior to LabVIEW 6.0 without contacting an NI representative to obtain conversion software to upgrade your code to VI formats compatible with LabVIEW 8.5. When you open a VI last saved in LabVIEW 6.0 or later, LabVIEW 8.6 automatically converts and compiles the VI. You must save the VI in LabVIEW 8.6, or the conversion process, which uses extra memory resources, occurs every time you access the VI. Also, you might experience a large run-time degradation of performance for any VI that has unsaved changes, including a recompile."
Well we have LabVIEW 5.1.1 VI's running on an old NT 4.0 system that now needs to be upgraded to LabVIEW 2012. How do we get from where we are to there?
I read that:
Intermediate Version Needed for Conversion
To open a VI created before LabVIEW 6 in LabVIEW 8.5 or later, you must convert the VI to any LabVIEW version from 6 to 8.2. National Instruments recommends upgrading to LabVIEW 8.2.1 because it is the version of LabVIEW closest to the current version. Contact your local NI representative or NI Support to acquire a free evaluation version of LabVIEW 8.2.1.
So where can I get this free evaluation software to open my existing 5.1.1 VI and save it as a 8.2.1 file? Also, do I have to load each and every 8.2.1 module and toolkit that was used to build the 5.1.1 version in order to upgrade it to 8.2.1?
