LabVIEW 8.0 Readme for Windows

October 2005

This file contains important last-minute information about LabVIEW 8.0 for Windows, including installation and upgrade issues, compatibility issues, and changes from LabVIEW 7.1. Refer to the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes for more information about upgrade and compatibility issues and for a complete list of new features in LabVIEW 8.0. Refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes for installation instructions. You can access both of these documents by selecting Help»Search the LabVIEW Help in LabVIEW and navigating to the Related Documentation book.

Refer to the National Instruments Web site for the latest information about LabVIEW 8.0.

Refer to the labview\readme directory for readme files about LabVIEW add-ons, including modules and toolkits.

Supported Platforms
Installing Another Language Version
Installing LabVIEW Silently
Licensing
Known Issues
Documentation Additions
Documentation Corrections

Supported Platforms

LabVIEW supports Windows 2000/XP. LabVIEW does not support Windows NT/Me/98/95.

Refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes for a complete list of system requirements.

Installing Another Language Version

If you have another language version of LabVIEW 8.0 installed on your computer, uninstall that version before installing the new language version.

Installing LabVIEW Silently

You can control programmatically which features in the LabVIEW distribution to enable or disable for installation. You therefore can install a subset of the LabVIEW distribution silently. Refer to the silent_install.txt file in the Bin directory on the LabVIEW CD for more information about LabVIEW silent installs and feature selection automation.

Refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes for more information about installing LabVIEW.

Licensing

LabVIEW relies on licensing activation. You must activate a valid LabVIEW license before you can run LabVIEW. To activate LabVIEW, use the serial number you received as part of your installation package.

Refer to the LabVIEW 8.0 Release Notes for more information about licensing in LabVIEW.

Known Issues

Documentation Additions

Documentation Corrections


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