Version 14.0.0
June 2014
This file contains important information about LabVIEW 2014 for Windows, including system requirements, installation instructions, known issues, and a partial list of bugs fixed for LabVIEW 2014.
Refer to the National Instruments website for the latest information about LabVIEW 2014.
Refer to the labview\readme directory for readme files about LabVIEW add-ons, such as modules and toolkits.
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| Windows | Run-Time Engine | Development Environment |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Pentium III/Celeron 866 MHz (or equivalent) or later (32-bit) Pentium 4 G1 (or equivalent) or later (64-bit) | Pentium 4M (or equivalent) or later (32-bit) Pentium 4 G1 (or equivalent) or later (64-bit) |
| RAM | 256 MB | 1 GB |
| Screen Resolution | 1024 x 768 Pixels | 1024 x 768 Pixels |
| Operating System | Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) | Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) |
| Disk Space | 500 MB | 5 GB (includes default drivers from the NI Device Drivers media) |
| Color Palette | N/A | LabVIEW and the LabVIEW Help contain 16-bit color graphics. LabVIEW requires a minimum color palette setting of 16-bit color. |
| Temporary Files Directory | N/A | LabVIEW uses a directory for storing temporary files. National Instruments recommends that you have several megabytes of disk space available for this temporary directory. |
| Adobe Reader | N/A | You must have Adobe Reader installed to search PDF versions of all LabVIEW manuals. |
Note The following list describes restrictions for using LabVIEW on Windows:
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Depending on whether you are installing LabVIEW for the first time or upgrading from a previous version, refer to one of the following documents for information about installing LabVIEW:
You can access the LabVIEW Installation Guide and the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes at ni.com as well as on the installation media.
Note If you purchased this product with an NI Software Suite or NI Product Bundle, use the installation media that shipped with your purchase to install this product.
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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 LabVIEW 2014.
When run on Windows (64-bit), LabVIEW 2014 (64-bit) provides access to more memory than a 32-bit operating system or a 32-bit application can provide. LabVIEW 2014 (64-bit) includes nearly all of the development environment features of LabVIEW 2014 (32-bit).
Refer to the National Instruments website for information about obtaining a copy of LabVIEW 2014 (64-bit).
LabVIEW 2014 (64-bit) supports many hardware devices. Refer to the National Instruments website for information about drivers compatible with LabVIEW 2014 (64-bit). For GPIB devices, you must use at least NI-488.2 2.6 for Windows. Refer to the specific hardware documentation for more information about compatibility with LabVIEW 2014 (64-bit).
LabVIEW 2014 (64-bit) supports only the NI Vision Development Module. Refer to the Vision Development Module documentation for more information. No additional modules support LabVIEW 2014 (64-bit).
The following list contains additional changes to LabVIEW that are not included in the LabVIEW Help, the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes, or both:
The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in LabVIEW 2014. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of LabVIEW. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed.
| ID | Legacy ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|---|
| 46534 | 2QH9HKJ1 | Enhance error filtering in the Clear Errors VI |
| 122057 | Joining numbers of different widths produces unexpected values | |
| 125936 | Printing entire VI hierarchy does not include dynamic dispatch subVIs | |
| 187861 | A VI snippet that contains a Property node for a front panel object results an invalid reference | |
| 201104 | Toggling y-scale visibility with multiple scales causes unreadable display of data on waveform graphs | |
| 212845 | When creating a VI snippet that contains a local variable, the VI snippet changes the variable to a Property Node and a reference | |
| 255617 | Error 1502 can occur if dependencies are placed in non-executing Case structures | |
| 276765 | Classic controls do not have distinct names in Quick Drop | |
| 276988 | A large picture ring constant can cause fpsane.cpp line 442 error | |
| 277283 | When creating a VI Snippet with code that contains a tab control, the snippet does not properly save the contents of each tab. | |
| 286661 | Issue with the LabVIEW Icon Editor opening with a white background when it should be transparent | |
| 292652 | VI snippet cannot be dragged from Chrome, Firefox or Safari | |
| 308748 | Memory leak when using .NET TextBox Append Method | |
| 313075 | In some cases, wiring a constant to a Case structure would result in the inability to build a LabVIEW executable with Error 1502 | |
| 362970 | Cannot link VI Context Help to an anchor in an HTML file | |
| 366169 | Making a copy of a library using the "Save As" menu resets all VI icons in the new copy of the library to the default icon | |
| 367468 | Wiring multiple inputs to the Split Signals VI causes LabVIEW to crash | |
| 368959 | LabVIEW crashes by replacing a cluster constant that is being viewed as an icon with either a string or a Boolean constant | |
| 369119 | Renaming a library that contains a class which contains a strictly typed VI refnum causes errors because the namespace in the refnum is not updated | |
| 371391 | For a specific VI, enabling debugging caused an order of magnitude performance degradation | |
| 376763 | Removing an item in an enum does not change focus to the next item in the list | |
| 377978 | When compared to the Index Array function, Delete From Array function has performance overhead when using it to index the last value of an array | |
| 381960 | LabVIEW runs out of images and crashes if you have large number of VIs in your user.lib palette | |
| 382652 | It is possible to make changes to the items of a typedef enum constant in the properties menu, but the changes do not take effect | |
| 384551 | A breakpoint inside the disabled case of a Conditional Disable structure is still hit when the VI executes | |
| 386963 | Creating a typedef from a cluster that contains an empty array constant throws a DWarn 0x283E632F in replace.cpp | |
| 393436 | Build VI does not return any generated files when running an installer build specification | |
| 397393 | Internal Warnings 0xD1EED773 and 0x667BD7ED while changing name of a control | |
| 397845 | In rare cases, LabVIEW hangs when merging VIs with missing subVIs | |
| 397918 | Error 1502 sometimes occurs when building an application containing unreachable code in a Case structure with a constant wired to it | |
| 401646 | Toggling the visibility of an axis on a Waveform Graph with multiple axes causes the axes to overlap | |
| 401731 | Add valid "Window Run-Time Positions" from VI Properties to app builder Source File Settings - Customize VI Properties | |
| 403179 | LabVIEW crashes when wiring a variant constant to a digital waveform graph and save the VI | |
| 403202 | The Remote Front Panel Plugin for Chrome and Firefox needs to be installed on a repair | |
| 403213 | Creating a source distribution does not allow you to have a mix of code that is source only and not source only | |
| 403263 | Bookmark Manager shows bookmarks in the LabVIEW resource folder | |
| 404038 | Unevenly Sampled Signal Spectrum VI uses incorrect sample weighting | |
| 404512 | Compiler Error csrc=0x3F when Match Pattern VI is wired to a conditional tunnel | |
| 404637 | Ctrl+z sometimes types a z character. The same behavior occurs for ctrl+c and ctrl+x | |
| 406710 | LabVIEW crashes when inlined subVI with Feedback Node inside of parallel For Loop is called | |
| 407147 | Opening the LabVIEW Icon Editor resets invisible layers to visible | |
| 407471 | .NET invoke and property nodes do not always load or relink to the correct assembly version | |
| 408437 | Mouse Wheel ButtonMods event data appears in English in French LabVIEW | |
| 408624 | Rare LabVIEW crash when a FPGA target parent is drag-dropped and LabVIEW FPGA is not installed or not licensed | |
| 409889 | Build All fails while building an installer when multiple build specifications are in a project | |
| 410733 | Ramp Pattern VI does not produce expected results | |
| 410846 | LabVIEW crashes when using concatenating tunnel mode on fixed-size array | |
| 412912 | LabVIEW Crash when VI has string control wired to generate user-defined trace events is traced | |
| 413400 | When configuring a new project in LabVIEW, the project root directory cannot be set to a network drive | |
| 413502 | Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit does not accurately identify creation/destruction of Data Value References | |
| 417188 | Officially support using VariantFlattenExp to flatten variants to previous versions | |
| 417953 | LabVIEW will crash on run if array on connector pane is wired to Flatten to JSON primitive | |
| 418199 | The reference to typedef objects returned by the FocusObj event structure terminal cannot be compared to regular object references | |
| 418330 | Rare LabVIEW crash while quick-dropping a primitive onto the diagram | |
| 420007 | Open URL in Default Browser VI does not correctly handle hashtags in Compiled Help Files | |
| 421458 | Digital Waveform Graph can hang LabVIEW when writing badly overflown data | |
| 421739 | Quick Drop ctrl+r needs to wire the To More Specific/Generic side terminal instead of center terminal | |
| 422283 | Renaming specific .lvlibs in a project can cause typedef enum constants to revert to default values | |
| 422905 | Attaching a comment to an object with a long label, the comment arrow will not point at the object | |
| 424616 | Block diagram constants do not inherit a typedef's default data when a new element is added | |
| 425582 | LabVIEW issues an internal warning when failing to save a VI in an unattended mode | |
| 426108 | Using an annotation list to visualize labels and arrows with offset in a XY Graph the offset for the labels sometimes disappears | |
| 426280 | Modifying the Minimum Value in the properties of a numeric control configured to Absolute Time can crash LabVIEW | |
| 426285 | In rare cases, a corrupt listbox does not output correct values | |
| 426523 | A specific large project fails to build with a GenIL error and then crashes if you do not select Disconnect Type Defs | |
| 426788 | Reading LinkedControl.Label.Text property of an implicit property node crashes LabVIEW | |
| 426792 | LabVIEW crashes when waveform graph cursors contain invalid scale values | |
| 427673 | The Actor Framework cannot be packed into a packed library | |
| 428197 | Creating an I8 array indicator/control for a property node adds a U8 array instead | |
| 428253 | If LabVIEW 2013 is installed, Application Builder includes the LabVIEW 2013 Web Service installer when building from LabVIEW 2012 | |
| 428273 | Add High Resolution Relative Seconds VI to the Timing palette | |
| 428357 | Comparisons fail between empty fixed sized arrays and compare aggregates | |
| 428767 | Create SubVI does not respect the Options settings for terminal label position | |
| 428872 | System State Publisher incorrectly reports cached memory as "used" memory on Linux Real-Time | |
| 429396 | Application directory VI incorrectly returns paths when used within a .NET Assembly or LabVIEW-built DLL | |
| 429516 | VI snippets not working as expected in certain browsers | |
| 429902 | Application Builder lists Windows XP SP2 as the system requirements when the LabVIEW Readme requires XP SP3 | |
| 430579 | The Cubic Spline Fit does not output a linear function when the balance parameter is zero and the input arrays are less than seven elements | |
| 431956 | Calling a LabVIEW Web service repeatedly causes a memory leak | |
| 432447 | "Adapt to source" does not work for FXP inside a cluster | |
| 432614 | Remote Front Panels in LabVIEW 2013 do not release the VxWorks targets after being disconnected | |
| 433514 | Dragging and dropping groups of arrays between clusters will sometimes cause a rare LabVIEW crash | |
| 433551 | LabVIEW crashes when deleting an Real-Time target target from a project without Real-Time support installed | |
| 433687 | Application Builder does not provide a way to set the CFBundleIdentifier in the Info.plist file on Mac | |
| 435028 | Array constant does not auto resize when inner control is edited and resizes | |
| 435029 | Updating a typedef does not cause a block diagram constant to resize correctly | |
| 435259 | LabVIEW dialogs sometimes display offscreen with multiple monitor setups | |
| 436784 | Scripting method ClusterConstant.AutoSize crashes LabVIEW | |
| 437814 | Open Sessions VI from visa.llb does not work properly in LabVIEW 2013 | |
| 438550 | Mouse Wheel events show the incorrect coordinates for Controls and Splitters | |
| 438646 | LabVIEW sometimes crashes when viewing the context help and deleting an input wire to a polymorphic VI that automatically adapts to inputs | |
| 439026 | Building an Application with Enable ActiveX server selected will crash all localized versions of LabVIEW | |
| 439041 | Memory leak when using User Events | |
| 439642 | LabVIEW 2013 SP1 on Mac has an incorrect installer warning claiming we do not support Mavericks | |
| 439710 | Launching a right-click menu on an XControl causes an increase in CPU usage | |
| 440114 | Executing a TestStand sequence with LabVIEW VIs in a user interface running in the LabVIEW 2013 Development System causes delays at the beginning of execution | |
| 441769 | Long build path on Mac OS X results in temporary files that prevent build | |
| 441783 | LabVIEW Class VIs loaded from an unexpected path can sometimes load broken | |
| 441892 | Quick Drop shortcut Ctrl-T does not work correctly for matrix and array constants | |
| 441894 | Moving the label of a typedef constant through scripting moves the constant instead of the label | |
| 442743 | Cutting text from one free label and pasting into another with the autotool disabled crashes LabVIEW | |
| 444095 | Remove Stacked Sequence Structure from the palette | |
| 444412 | LabVIEW sometimes crashes with exception 0x558A98DB when searching a block diagram containing tab controls using the find dialog | |
| 445456 | webservices.ini is not installed on Linux Real-Time | |
| 445981 | A memory leak occurs when calling a custom ActiveX Control function which returns a UInt64 | |
| 447072 | Wait (ms) VI does not work on NI Linux Real-Time target if wait is longer than 30000 ms | |
| 449183 | In specific cases, adding an XControl to LabVIEW library crashes LabVIEW | |
| 450094 | The menu option Project»Create Project will sometimes open a File Explorer window to the template folder | |
| 450755 | Modifying Meter, Gauge, or Knob dimensions in a tab control resizes controls incorrectly | |
| 451107 | In some cases, LabVIEW asks to save code changes when no changes were made | |
| 451499 | LabVIEW Run-Time Engine crashes when it loads a .lvproj containing Network Variables using strict TypeDefs | |
| 453896 | Error message encountered during TestStand Deployment Utility build process may show incorrect list of VIs |
Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help from LabVIEW, for information about LabVIEW 2014.
Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. 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.
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.
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When you install National Instruments software on Microsoft Windows 8.x, you will notice a few additional tiles in the Apps view, including shortcuts to NI application software products such as NI LabVIEW, Measurement & Automation Explorer (NI MAX), and NI Launcher.
NI Launcher helps you find and launch installed NI products. It provides you with a method of finding NI products similar to the Start menu in previous versions of Microsoft Windows. To use NI Launcher, click the NI Launcher tile in the Apps view. NI Launcher launches the desktop and opens a menu containing a list of NI products. Click any NI product to launch it.
| Note NI MAX does not appear as a desktop shortcut when installed on Microsoft Windows 8.x. You can launch NI MAX either from the Apps view or from within NI Launcher. |
For convenience, you can pin your most-used NI applications, such as NI MAX, to either the Start screen or the Taskbar on the desktop, as necessary:
| Current Application | Icon Location | Pin to Action |
| Windows 8.x Desktop | Desktop Taskbar | Right-click application and select Pin to Taskbar |
| Windows 8.x Desktop | Start screen | Right-click application and select Pin to Start |
| Windows 8.x Start screen | Desktop Taskbar | Right-click application and select Pin to taskbar from the menu bar on the bottom of the screen |
If you want to find a particular application or related files, such as documentation files, from the Start screen, you can access all installed files from the Apps view. To get to the Apps view, right-click anywhere on the Start screen and select All apps (Windows 8) or click the down arrow on the bottom left of the screen (Windows 8.1).
For more information about NI support for Windows 8.x, visit ni.com/windows8.
National Instruments LabVIEW will drop support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 as of July 1, 2016. Versions of LabVIEW that ship after July 1, 2016 will not install or run on Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. For detailed information about NI application software product life cycles, visit ni.com/info and enter one of the following Info Codes:
| Product | Info Code |
| NI LabVIEW | lifecycle |
| NI LabWindows™/CVI™ | cvi_lifecycle |
| NI Measurement Studio | mstudiolifecycle |
| NI TestStand | tslcp |
| NI DIAdem | ddlcp |
| NI SignalExpress | selcp |
| NI VeriStand | nivslifecycle |
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