LabVIEW 2012 C Generator Readme

Version 12.0.0

June 2012

This file contains important information about the C Generator, including installation instructions, a partial list of bugs fixed for the C Generator, and known issues.

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Installing the C Generator

Lease Information

Known Issues

Bug Fixes

Accessing the Help

Finding Examples

Automating the Installation of NI Products


System Requirements

The C Generator has the following system requirements:

Supported Operating Systems

The C Generator supports the following operating systems:

The C Generator does not support Windows NT/Me/98/95/2000, Windows Server non-R2 editions, or the Windows Server 2008 R2 edition.

Installing the C Generator

Complete the following steps to install the C Generator.

  1. Log in as an administrator or as a user with administrator privileges.
  2. Install LabVIEW using the LabVIEW 2012 Platform DVDs, if not already installed. Refer to the LabVIEW Installation Guide on the LabVIEW Platform DVD 1 for installation instructions and system requirements.

    To request additional LabVIEW Platform DVDs, refer to the National Instruments website.
  3. Insert the NI LabVIEW C Generator media. If the installer does not automatically begin, double-click autorun.exe on the media to begin installation.
  4. Select Install NI LabVIEW C Generator.
  5. Follow the instructions on the screen for installing the C Generator.
  6. Activate the C Generator.

    The C Generator runs in evaluation mode if you do not activate it. You also can use the NI License Manager, available by selecting Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI License Manager, to activate National Instruments products. Refer to the National Instruments License Manager Help, available by selecting Help»Contents in the National Instruments License Manager, for more information about activating NI products.

Lease Information

If you purchased a one-year lease of the C Generator, the C Generator will be deactivated one year after you activate the software. For information on purchasing a new lease, contact your local National Instruments sales representative or visit ni.com/niglobal.

Known Issues

You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the National Instruments website for an up-to-date list of known issues in the C Generator.

Bug Fixes

Refer to the National Instruments website for an up-to-date list of fixed issues in the C Generator. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of the C Generator. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate the issue has been fixed.

Accessing the Help

Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help from LabVIEW, for information about the C Generator.

Finding Examples

Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. LabVIEW examples for the C Generator are located in the labview\examples\CGenerator directory. You can modify an example VI to fit an application, or you can copy and paste from one or more examples into a VI that you create.

Automating the Installation of NI Products

You can automate the installation of most NI products using command-line arguments to suppress some or all of the installer user interface and dialog boxes. However, starting with the August 2012 releases (products using NI Installers version 3.1 or later), you may need to perform additional steps before or during a silent installation of NI software.

If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.0, the .NET installer may run before any NI software installs and may require a reboot before the installation of NI software begins. To avoid a .NET reboot, install .NET 4.0 separately before you install NI software.

For more information, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:


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Patents

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