December 2015
This file contains important information about LabVIEW 2015 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows, including system requirements, installation instructions, known issues, and a partial list of bugs fixed for LabVIEW 2015 SP1.
Refer to the NI website for the latest information about LabVIEW 2015 SP1.
Refer to the labview\readme directory for readme files about LabVIEW add-ons, such as modules and toolkits.
Product Security and Critical Updates
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1
NI Software Support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
| 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 10/8.1/7 Service Pack 1/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 10/8.1/7 Service Pack 1/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 | 620 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. NI 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.
Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from NI.
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the NI website for an up-to-date list of known issues in LabVIEW 2015 and LabVIEW 2015 SP1.
When run on Windows (64-bit), LabVIEW 2015 SP1 (64-bit) provides access to more memory than a 32-bit operating system or a 32-bit application can provide. LabVIEW 2015 SP1 (64-bit) includes nearly all of the development environment features of LabVIEW 2015 SP1 (32-bit).
Refer to the NI website for information about obtaining a copy of LabVIEW 2015 SP1 (64-bit).
LabVIEW 2015 SP1 (64-bit) supports many hardware devices. Refer to the NI website for information about drivers compatible with LabVIEW 2015 SP1 (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 2015 SP1 (64-bit).
LabVIEW 2015 SP1 (64-bit) supports a limited number of modules and toolkits. The following list is a subset of modules and toolkits supported by LabVIEW 2015 SP1 (64-bit).
Refer to the NI website for more information about LabVIEW (64-bit) and supported modules and toolkits.
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 2015 SP1. 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 | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 515054 | Icon transparency of VIs is not maintained when building a Source Distribution |
| 530816 | In rare cases, LabVIEW may crash when saving the results of the Compare VI Hierarchies tool when used on a reentrant VI |
| 530928 | Internal warning when saving a VI with a Fixed-Point datatype for LabVIEW 8.2 or earlier |
| 534471 | When building a packed project library containing classes, changes in class inheritance would not propagate to calling VIs |
| 537078 | Case Structure auto-complete functions incorrectly when used with Enum Controls in LabVIEW 2015 |
| 537780 | Unregistering and re-registering an event while an event callback VI is running may crash LabVIEW when the callback VI returns |
| 537859 | LabVIEW 64-bit crashes when selecting a result from the Search text box on Windows 10 |
| 538332 | Make Space/Remove Space does not work when Bookmark Manager is open and there is a bookmark in the VI |
| 540922 | Channel Wires are incompatible with Control & Simulation Loop tunnels |
| 542232 | LabVIEW executables with ActiveX Server enabled do not have read-only properties |
| 542858 | In rare cases, LabVIEW applications that contain a Web Service may crash on exit |
| 543507 | DAbort 0x2CADF6E3 caused by scrolling the mouse wheel within an array |
| 544852 | In some cases, LabVIEW 2015 creates a minor internal warning when shrinking diagrams |
| 545175 | In some cases, using Sort 1D Array and Array Max & Min or Less Than on a cluster would report incorrect data |
| 546121 | Ctrl-A, then Delete does not delete the icon in the Icon Editor in LabVIEW 2015 |
| 552345 | In rare cases, updating an IMAQ indicator and a LabVIEW Listbox at a high rate in two different, but visible, VIs can cause LabVIEW to crash |
Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help from LabVIEW, for information about LabVIEW 2015 SP1.
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.
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 about automating the installation of NI products, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:
Microsoft Windows 10 is the latest version of the Windows operating system and features significant changes compared to previous versions. Windows 10 introduces several new capabilities and also combines features from both Windows 7 and Windows 8. For more information about NI support for Windows 10, visit ni.com/windows10.
When you install NI software on Microsoft Windows 8.1, 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 8.1. 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 MAX, to either the Start screen or the Taskbar on the desktop, as necessary:
| Current Application | Icon Location | Pin to Action |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 8.1 Desktop | Desktop Taskbar | Right-click application and select Pin to Taskbar |
| Windows 8.1 Desktop | Start screen | Right-click application and select Pin to Start |
| Windows 8.1 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, click the down arrow on the bottom left of the screen.
For more information about NI support for Windows 8.1, visit ni.com/windows8.
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 |
|---|---|
| LabVIEW | lifecycle |
| LabWindows™/CVI™ | cvi_lifecycle |
| Measurement Studio | mstudiolifecycle |
| TestStand | tslcp |
| DIAdem | ddlcp |
| SignalExpress | selcp |
| VeriStand | nivslifecycle |
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