Can you open LabVIEW programs in LabWindows and vice versa?

[JHttn]

Is it possible to create a program in LabVIEW and then open the source code in LabWindows for refinement?  Also, can you write some code in LabWindows and then open the front panel in LabVIEW?  Is there any connection between these two programs or are they only able to be used seperately?  Must I develop my program in one or the other?

[Wendy L]

Hello JHttn,

There are various ways to call CVI code in LabVIEW and to call LabVIEW code in CVI.  You can't edit a UIR file in LabVIEW or open a front panel in the CVI environment, but you can create a DLL in your preferred language that does these things, then call the functions in the DLL in the other environment.  Also, you can call and run LabVIEW VIs from CVI using ActiveX automation.  LabVIEW also provides a way to convert a CVI instrument driver into LabVIEW VIs.  The following document details the various ways to communicate between LabVIEW and CVI, including how to pass data between applications created in both environments, and how to port or call code created in one environment to the other environment.

Thanks.