Chapter 1 Required Configuration, Installation, and Upgrade Information
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previous versions. For more information about the new ActiveX
functionality, refer to the Improvements to ActiveX Automation section
in Chapter 2, New Features in LabVIEW 5.1.
Additional Resources
The LabVIEW documentation set, including the Code Interface Reference
Manual and the VXI VI Reference Manual, is available in Portable
Document Format (PDF) on the LabVIEW CD in the manuals
directory. You can copy this directory or selected PDF files to the
LabVIEW\manuals directory on your hard drive. You must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader 3.0 or later installed to view these files.
(Windows and Macintosh) If you need to perform data acquisition, read the
LabVIEW Data Acquisition Basics Manual, which contains important
information about using the DAQ VIs and examples you can find in
LabVIEW. For reference information about a particular DAQ VI, refer to
the LabVIEW Function and VI Reference Manual and the LabVIEW Online
Reference, which you can access by selecting Help»Online Reference….
Chapter2, New Features in LabVIEW 5.1, also contains information about
new features and VIs.
The DAQ examples folder contains a VI library named RUN_ME.LLB that
has a Getting Started example VI for analog input, analog output,
digital I/O, and counters. The RUN_ME.LLB examples give you an excellent
starting place for data acquisition.
Upgrading to LabVIEW 5.1
If you are upgrading from a version prior to 5.0, you can find upgrade
information on your LabVIEW CD and also on our web site. The
LabVIEW 5.0 Upgrade Notes are available as an Adobe Acrobat file
calledUpgrade.pdf in the LabVIEW\manuals directory. To find this
information on our web site www.natinst.com/support/, search the
Product Manuals Library for the LabVIEW listings, where you will find
the LabVIEW 5.0 Upgrade Notes.
For more information about features, refer to the LabVIEW User Manual
and the G Programming Reference Manual. LabVIEW also offers
extensive online documentation, which you can access by choosing
Help»Online Reference....