can I open a vi created with labview 2009 on Labview ver 8.5 ?

[JohnR_MA]

I have a vi created with Labview 2009 and I want to open and run the vi on Labview 8.5.

It fails to open in 8.5

Can I save the vi from 2009 in a format that is compatable with 8.5 ?

[LV_Pro · Accepted solution]

If you click on the File pull down in the LabVIEW toolbar you should see a "Save for previous version". If your vi doesn't have any features that are LabVIEW2009 specific you should be able to save it to 8.5.

LabVIEW will generally open earlier versions, not the other way around. I say generally because there were some points that changed drastically, such that you need to use an intervening version to bring the vi up to a newer version.

Message Edited by LV_Pro on 02-12-2010 11:28 AM