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National Instruments Corporation ix LabVIEW 5.1 Addendum
About This Addendum
This addendum describes all of the new LabVIEW 5.1 features,
compatibility issues, and configuration, installation, and upgrade
information. Upgrade issues pertain to LabVIEW 5.1 only.
Note LabVIEW 5.1 ships with the same manual set that shipped with LabVIEW5.0.
This addendum updates that documentation. However, enhancements to
LabVIEW 5.1 have rendered some information in the manuals incorrect. Please
refer to AppendixA, Manual Clarifications and Additions , for corrections and
important information.
This document is divided into the following sections:
• Chapter1, Required Con figuration, Installation, and Upgrade
Information, describes the system requirements for the LabVIEW
software and contains installation instructions and updated
documentation information.
• Chapter2, New Features in LabVIEW 5.1, describes the features added
and the significant changes made between versions 5.0 and 5.1. To help
you learn more about LabVIEW, version 5.1 offers extensive online
documentation, which you can access by choosing Help»Online
Reference....
• Appendix A, Manual Clarifications and Additions, clarifies and
corrects information in the LabVIEW manual set.
• The Index contains an alphabetical list of key words and topics in this
manual, including the page where you can find each one.
Regardless of whether you are a new or upgrade user, begin by reading
Chapter1, Required Configuration, Installation, and Upgrade Information
before continuing with this installation.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of LabVIEW, carefully read
the Upgrading to LabVIEW 5.1 section in Chapter 1, Required
Configuration, Installation, and Upgrade Information.
Note LabVIEW is Year-2000 compliant. Because LabVIEW has never stored two-digit
years, the change to 2000 does not affect any internal storage of dates.