difference between labview version-6,7.1,8,8.2 and 8.6

[janki]

I m labview fresher---I wanted to know the difference in main features between each version and want to have the idea of whole evolution.

[Dennis_Knutson]

If you go to the Main Support Page, you can select Product Manuals. Keep narrowing the search as you look for upgrade notes. The changes are documented in them.

[ga101]

Here are some of the advantages of 8.5 over 7.1

1. Project explorer
    a. ability to deploy to multiple targets from one session of LV. Manage desktop, industrial, mobile and embedded targets.
    b. Organize files including external code, specifications, and data files
    c. Store and manage deployment settings
    d. Source Control
2. Distributed Intelligence
3. Shared Variable
    a. No longer requires two loops on target, RT FIFOs or Complicated TCP programming
4. 3D Picture Control - to display graphics
5. Memory control tools - To perform in place operations, avoiding costly duplication of data in the memory
6. LabVIEW MathScript - ability to perform Mathscript operations from within LabVIEW.
7. Multithreading and multicore - Controlling which core your code runs on.
8. More inbuilt functions and added performance features.

[smercurio_fc]

Don't forget LVOOP.

[janki]

Thanks Dennis,

I got upgrade notes for all the versions but yet to read them all and make a document/table for my reference, once finished i will surely post it here.

and what is LVOOP-- is this object oriented programming?

how it goes with labview?

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

Well, and some toolkits are very different in different versions... For example, DSC Toolkit soo different between 6.1 and 8.6... Tags was replaced with Shared Variables... You can't believe how different it is.
Sorry for offtopic.

Andrey.