June 2016
This file contains important information about the LabVIEW 2016 Unit Test Framework Toolkit, including system requirements, installation instructions, new features, known issues, and a partial list of bugs fixed.
NI Software Support for Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
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
The Unit Test Framework Toolkit provides interactive tools to create, configure, manage, and execute tests that check VIs for functional correctness.
In addition to the system requirements for the LabVIEW Development System, the Unit Test Framework Toolkit has the following requirements:
Note The LabVIEW 2016 Professional Development System license activates the LabVIEW 2016 Unit Test Framework Toolkit.
Refer to the LabVIEW Readme for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for LabVIEW 2016.
The Unit Test Framework Toolkit supports the following operating systems:
1 NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.1. Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 require Microsoft updates to support these items. Refer to Microsoft KB2919442 and KB2919355 for more information about how to install these updates.
2 NI software is signed with a SHA-256 certificate. Windows 7 SP1, Windows Embedded Standard 7 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 require Microsoft updates to support SHA-256. Refer to Microsoft KB3033929 for more information about how to install this security update.
You can install all of your LabVIEW products—including the Unit Test Framework Toolkit—using the LabVIEW 2016 Platform media. Refer to the LabVIEW Installation Guide on the LabVIEW Platform media for installation instructions and system requirements.
To request additional LabVIEW Platform media, refer to the NI website.
The LabVIEW Platform media does not include the Unit Test Framework Toolkit (64-bit). To install the Unit Test Framework Toolkit (64-bit), visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code lvutfdownload to download the software. You also can request the LabVIEW 2016 (64-bit) media, which includes limited support for 64-bit modules and toolkits, from the NI website.
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.
With this release, the Unit Test Framework Toolkit drops support for Microsoft Windows 7 RTM (with no service pack), Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. LabVIEW 2016 Unit Test Framework Toolkit and later will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use the LabVIEW 2016 Unit Test Framework Toolkit to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing the LabVIEW 2016 Unit Test Framework Toolkit, you cannot use any installers built on this computer with any version of LabVIEW, LabWindows™/CVI™, NI TestStand™, or Measurement Studio on an unsupported OS.
For more information about the changes to our OS support for 2016, refer to KB 79UC78LS, Why Does my LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Measurement Studio, or TestStand Built Installer Fail on Windows XP/Vista and Server 2003?.
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.
The LabVIEW 2016 Unit Test Framework Toolkit (64-bit) is available on Windows.
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 2016 Unit Test Framework Toolkit.
The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in LabVIEW 2016 Unit Test Framework Toolkit. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of Unit Test Framework Toolkit. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 554457 | NaN compare reports a false pass in Unit Test Framework |
| 564417 | Special characters in Control names can cause Unit Tests to not recognize cluster elements in some cases |
Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help from LabVIEW, for information about the Unit Test Framework Toolkit.
Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. Navigate to the Toolkits and Modules»Unit Test Framework folder to access the example. You also can find the examples for the Unit Test Framework Toolkit Toolkit in the labview\examples\Unit Test Framework 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.
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. For more information about NI support for Windows 8.1, visit ni.com/windows8.
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