packed library version compatibility issue

[jmountney]

Why can't LabVIEW open VIs from a packed library created with an earlier version of LabVIEW?

[Sam_Sharp · Accepted solution]

A packed project library essentially contains only compiled code so, like an executable, it has to be run with the same major version of the run-time engine that it was built in.

You might want to look at creating a LabVIEW DLL from your code, you should be able to call that in a newer version of LabVIEW providing you have the correct version of the runtime engine installed? (I've never tried it but that's my understanding anyway)

[mantoles]

Similar question here and I have the solution explorer and can open the class library -which was used to build the pack library. 

Can I build a labVIEW packed library using the "solution explorer" and roll forward to version 2024 from 2016?   I know labVIEW 2017 forward allows me to open a packed library with a future version of labVIEW.