Version 11.0.1
December 2011
This file contains important information about LabVIEW 2011 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows, including installation and upgrade issues, compatibility issues, a partial list of bugs fixed for LabVIEW 2011 SP1, changes from LabVIEW 2011, and a link to the Web page that contains known issues for LabVIEW.
Refer to the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes for more information about upgrade and compatibility issues and a complete list of new features in LabVIEW 2011 and related service packs. Refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes for installation instructions and a complete list of system requirements. After you install LabVIEW, refer to the labview\manuals directory to access these documents. You also can access the LabVIEW Release Notes and LabVIEW Upgrade Notes at ni.com.
Refer to the National Instruments Web site for the latest information about LabVIEW 2011 SP1.
Refer to the labview\readme directory for readme files about LabVIEW add-ons, such as modules and toolkits.
Installing LabVIEW 2011 SP1
Installing Another Language Version
Licensing
Known Issues
LabVIEW 2011 SP1 (64-bit)
Additions to the LabVIEW Help
Bug Fixes
Notice Regarding Microsoft Silverlight Installation and Redistribution
If you have LabVIEW 2011 installed, you can install LabVIEW 2011 SP1 without uninstalling LabVIEW 2011.
Note: You cannot have both LabVIEW 2011 and LabVIEW 2011 SP1 installed simultaneously because LabVIEW 2011 SP1 installs over LabVIEW 2011.
If you do not have LabVIEW 2011 installed, you can install LabVIEW 2011 SP1 without first installing LabVIEW 2011.
Refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes for more information about installing LabVIEW on Windows.
If you have installed another language version of LabVIEW 2011 SP1, uninstall that version before you install the new language version.
LabVIEW relies on licensing activation. You must activate a valid LabVIEW license before you can run LabVIEW. To activate the license, use the serial number you received as part of your installation package. If you upgrade to LabVIEW 2011 SP1 from LabVIEW 2011, use your existing LabVIEW 2011 serial number during installation.
Refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes for more information about licensing in LabVIEW.
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the National Instruments Web site for an up-to-date list of known issues in LabVIEW 2011 and related service packs.
When run on Windows (64-bit), LabVIEW 2011 SP1 (64-bit) provides access to more memory than a 32-bit operating system or a 32-bit application can provide. LabVIEW 2011 SP1 (64-bit) includes nearly all of the development environment features of LabVIEW 2011 SP1 (32-bit).
Refer to the National Instruments Web site for information about obtaining a copy of LabVIEW 2011 SP1 (64-bit).
LabVIEW 2011 SP1 (64-bit) supports many hardware devices. Drivers are available for DAQ devices, VISA devices, GPIB devices, and image acquisition devices. 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 2011 SP1 (64-bit).
LabVIEW 2011 SP1 (64-bit) supports only the NI Vision Development Module. Refer to the Vision Development Module documentation for more information. LabVIEW 2011 SP1 (64-bit) does not support any additional modules.
The following list contains additional changes to LabVIEW that are not included in the LabVIEW Help, the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes, or both:
The following table contains the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in LabVIEW 2011 SP1. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate the issue has been fixed.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 202432 | Throw the error with detailed message for the ReserveEPDS function in generated .NET assembly |
| 241971 | GenLeaInstruction, mapping null reg, EventData copy err=1 errors when debugging an .exe |
| 288455 | Shared variable not updated when changing representation |
| 300856 | Unable to use certain smart probes when debugging LabVIEW-built DLLs |
| 304328 | Typecasting an empty I/O constant to a numeric array crashes LabVIEW |
| 304531 | Red dot not working correctly for variants |
| 305157 | LabVIEW crashes when unflattening an empty string to a specific cluster |
| 305220 | Solve Linear Equations.vi can return incorrect values on Real-Time |
| 306797 | Cannot create indicator/control/constant for refnum data types from XML property and invoke nodes |
| 307318 | Crash when merging a change to a class control/indicator |
| 307687 | Error 1012 merging VIs from command line |
| 308464 | LabVIEW cannot build some large applications because it fills the image table |
| 308503 | Marking VIs as NOT source only will crash LabVIEW unless panels/diagrams are force loaded first |
| 309233 | LabVIEW 2011 crashes when doing a cut and paste of a system checkbox |
| 309834 | Access violation (0xC0000005) at EIP=0x00764624 |
| 310077 | Variable browse dialog doesn't show any deployed IOVs |
| 310513 | LabVIEW can crash when aborting a VI using Asynchronous Call by Reference |
| 310850 | Internal error (OxA824222F) on user cancel of VI load |
| 311279 | Deploying a web service will fail |
| 311460 | Silver XY Graph - palette buttons are wrong color when toggled |
| 312257 | Executable build fails and locks the LabVIEW User Interface after finishing |
| 312332 | Charts history changed memory usage between LabVIEW 2010 and LabVIEW 2011 |
| 313231 | LabVIEW Application Builder cannot deploy Mean.vi when setting passwords to the Analysis library |
| 314062 | Silver listbox control does not gray disabled item |
| 315103 | Execution-time crash with Scan Value.vi |
| 315365 | Enum/Ring control in Silver palette results in Generic Error on save |
| 315378 | Project loads significantly slow if .lvlps file is present after a build |
| 315726 | "Prompt for a comment on save VI" during builds |
| 315878 | Internal error (0xF50EFD7B) |
| 316379 | Assembly load error 1589 when using '#' in the assembly path |
| 316408 | LabVIEW 2011 crashes after running and closing a VI that uses packed library |
| 316606 | Strict typedefs containing a Named IO reference refuse to allow their label to be written via scripting. |
| 316641 | LabVIEW 2011 does not limit internal warning prints (to the log file) |
| 316909 | Custom license agreements are not displayed on LabVIEW-built installers |
| 318426 | Callers of items in packed library that are in subitems don't get their links updated properly. |
| 320393 | Owner references for controls within a typedef cluster do not match cluster reference |
| 322188 | VI Revision History "prompt for comment when a VI is closed" doesn't save comment |
The following fixes require you to manually recompile VIs to correct the problem:
To force a recompile of a VI without recompiling its subVIs, press the <Ctrl> key while you click the Run button. To force a recompile of all VIs in memory, press the <Ctrl-Shift> keys while you click the Run button. To force a recompile of the entire current VI hierarchy, close all VIs currently opened, open the top-level VI, and press the <Ctrl-Shift> keys while you click the Run button. This method does not recompile any of the VIs called dynamically in the hierarchy.
You also can force a recompile of all VIs in a specified directory using the following steps.
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