- #HOW TO INSTALL LABVIEW USING YOUR EXISTING MULTISIM ACCOUNT UPGRADE#
- #HOW TO INSTALL LABVIEW USING YOUR EXISTING MULTISIM ACCOUNT FULL#
This means the vi.lib doesn't need to be recompiled, the user.lib needs to be recompiled though, and Jim Kring's tool is most likely (untested by me) the fasted.
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#HOW TO INSTALL LABVIEW USING YOUR EXISTING MULTISIM ACCOUNT FULL#
Since we all whined about the mass-compile duration of 8.0.1 NI has distributed patches as full blown installers (so it claims it needs 1 GB of HD-space and needs activation).
#HOW TO INSTALL LABVIEW USING YOUR EXISTING MULTISIM ACCOUNT UPGRADE#
Is Kring's 'fast mass compile tool' that he made for the 8.0.1 upgrade still the best way to go when I need to do a mass compile (and does it work in 8.5.1), or is Labview's built-in mass compile efficient enough now? Thanks. Note, vi.lib is already recompiled for LabVIEW 8.5.1 (just like it was for LabVIEW 8.2.1). Hopefully most users will save time by not having to do this. If you don't want to have to think at all, you can recompile all of your VI directories (excluding vi.lib VIs installed by LabVIEW), making the install process much like the LabVIEW 8.2.1 maintenance release. You can recompile a single VI, all VIs in memory, a static VI hierarchy, or a directory of VIs on disk (instructions in readme). If you think there is a chance you are currently encountering one of these 19 bugs, a recompile is recommended. Remember, any further edits on a VI will trigger a recompile and enable these 19 bug fixes for that VI. Unless you suspect you are encountering one of these 19 bugs, a recompile is not necessary. We were able to avoid the recompile upon load in LabVIEW 8.5.1 as none of the 19 bug fixes requiring a recompile were deemed as showstoppers. This caused a lot of headaches since it was more or less required to mass compile your VI directories containing not only your source, but also VIs installed by drivers, toolkits, and modules.
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Previous to now, all X.Y.z maintenance releases recompiled VIs upon load that were saved in X.Y. Of the 204 bug fixes, 19 of them require a VI recompile to activate the fix (this is different than all previous maintenance releases).LabVIEW 8.5.1 does not automatically recompile VIs saved in LabVIEW 8.5 upon load (this is different than all previous maintenance releases).LabVIEW 8.5.1 can be installed with or without LabVIEW 8.5 currently installed (this is the same as LabVIEW 8.2.1).You cannot have both LabVIEW 8.5 and 8.5.1 installed simultaneously (this is the same as all previous maintenance releases).I'll let you read through the readme for all of the details, but here are the high-level points:
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Just as a heads up, make sure you read through the readme as the LabVIEW 8.5.1 maintenance release is different than previous maintenance releases.