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National Instruments Corporation v LabVIEW 5.1 Addendum
Contents
About This Addendum
Chapter 1
Required Configuration, Installation, and Upgrade Information
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