General questions...

[Bob Sublett]

I have recently come into a group that has adopted LabView as their primary
development environment. My background is in C++ using MSVC++. I am
educating myself on the possibility of using LabWindows/CVI as my
development tool. I am concerned about someone else, a LabView developer,
being able to maintain my projects that are written in LabWindows/C++.
Is this a valid concern?
Are there any tools that could convert between them?
Is LabWindows/CVI just a set of libraries for use in a Windows environment?
Could you point me to a place on your web site that explains LabWindows/CVI
in detail?

Thanks,

Bob

[Jeremiah Cox]

First let me state that LabWindows/CVI is an ANSI C compiler and does not support C++. Also, there are no tools currently available that can convert LabWindows/CVI code to LabVIEW code, and vice-versa. However, CVI code can be built into DLLs which can be called within LabVIEW and LabVIEW code can be built into DLLs that are callable from CVI. LabWindows is a 32-bit C compiler that includes many helpful libraries. However, many of these libraries are available on multiple platforms (Win32, Solaris, and HP-UX).

A good online resource for CVI information is:
http://www.ni.com/support/cvisupp.htm

Jeremiah Cox
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
http://www.ni.com/ask