National Instruments 322179A-01, LabView Contents

National Instruments Corporation v LabVIEW 5.1 Addendum

Contents

Required System Configuration.....................................................................................1-1

Operating System Patches.............................................................................................1-4

Concurrent PowerMAX...................................................................................1-4

Distribution Changes in LabVIEW 5.1..........................................................................1-5

LabVIEW 5.1 Platforms..................................................................................1-5

Discontinued Media.........................................................................................1-5

Installing LabVIEW.......................................................................................................1-6

LabVIEW RT..................................................................................................1-6

Windows..........................................................................................................1-6

Macintosh........................................................................................................1-7

UNIX...............................................................................................................1-7

For More Information about LabVIEW..........................................................1-10

Data Acquisition, VXI, and GPIB Installation Notes......................................1-10

Installing HiQ for Windows..........................................................................................1-12

Examples and Solutions for Your LabVIEW Programs................................................1-12

Low-Level Register I/O for Windows 95/98.................................................................1-13

Common LabVIEW Launch Errors on UNIX...............................................................1-13

Configuring LabVIEW Windows on UNIX..................................................................1-14

Configuring LabVIEW with the Tab Window Manager.................................1-14

Configuring LabVIEW with the HP VUE Window Manager.........................1-14

Configuring LabVIEW with the Motif or CDE Window Manager................ 1-14

Notice to Sun SPARCstation 5 Users............................................................................1-15

Compatibility Issues between Versions 4.1 and 5.x......................................................1-16

Compatibility VIs for New Server Functionality............................................1-16

Compatibility VIs for ActiveX Functions.......................................................1-16

Additional Resources.....................................................................................................1-17

Upgrading to LabVIEW 5.1...........................................................................................1-17

Converting VIs................................................................................................1-18

Upgrading Application Libraries and Toolkits................................................1-18