using vision VIs from earlier VDM version

[DrMike]

I need to support some applications that have LV2010 with the Vision Development Module 2010 while my development PC has VDM 2012.  The VDM developers are frequently making new versions of the IMAQ functions AND  for some reason changing the name of the function.  For example this new VDM version has an IMAQ Extract 2 instead of IMAQ Extract.  Why change the name of this function?  It causes head aches for those like me who support multiple LV and VDM versions because as far as I can tell, NI hasn't left the old IMAQ Extract in a compatibility folder in case it is needed. 

In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have let the VDM 2012 installer upgrade LV 2010 (I think that it may have been an option to disable that, I am not sure), but at this point, other than doing a bunch of un-installing and installing, is there some easy way for me to bring back some VDM 2010 functions like IMAQ Extract to my LV2010 installation?

[The_Hunt · Accepted solution]

Hello DrMike, 

Thank you for using our forums. I can certainly understand the frustration with these changes, especially when having to support and use multiple versions. 

The good news is that you can in fact locate and use these previous functions. They are simply hidden from the functions palette, but can easily be accessed and used by going into the Vision library and accessing the .llb libraries. Please refer to this KnowledgeBase article for more info on locating the functions. 

Your desired function will be located in C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW xx\vi.lib\vision\Image Manipulation.llb

Where xx is your LabVIEW version number

[DrMike]

Thanks, that is exactly what I was hoping for!