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, National Instruments
, NI_DAQ
, NI-VISA
, the National Instruments logo, and The Software is the Instrument
are trademarks of National
Instruments Corporation. Product and company names are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
320689E-01
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Copyright 1994, 1998 National Instruments Corp. All rights reserved. February 1998
RELEASE NOTES
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W
INDOWS
/CVI V
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5.0
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FOR
W
INDOWS
Contents
Introduction to LabWindows/CVI...................................................................................4
LabWindows/CVI Installation for Windows...................................................................4
Minimum System Requirements for Windows 95/NT......................................4
Minimum System Requirements for Windows 3.1...........................................4
Installing LabWindows/CVI on a Computer.....................................................5
Installing the Run-Time Engine on a Computer................................................5
Installing the VISA Library...............................................................................6
Installing the IVI Engine ...................................................................................6
What’s New and Different in LabWindows/CVI 5.0 ......................................................6
New Features.....................................................................................................6
Changes to System Requirements .....................................................................7
Toolslib Instrument Drivers ..............................................................................7
Multithreading Limitations on Toolslib Instruments..........................7
New Sample Programs ......................................................................................7
Changes to the LabWindows/CVI Development Environment.......................................9
Debugging DLLs in Windows 95/NT...............................................................9
DLL Debugging Menu Item (Windows 95/NT Only) ......................................9
Select External Process......................................................................................10
Automatic Generation of Object Files...............................................................10
Create Dynamic Link Library Dialog Box........................................................11
Breakpoints/Tags in Non-Project Files Are Saved in Project ...........................11
New Control in Watch Expression Dialog Box ................................................11
Activate Panels When Resuming: Clarification................................................11
New Print Dialog Box .......................................................................................12
New Options for Source File Printing...............................................................12
Edit Menu..........................................................................................................12
Code Menu ........................................................................................................12
New Tools Menu...............................................................................................12
Create ActiveX Automation Controller (Windows 95/NT only)........13
Update ActiveX Automation Controller (Windows 95/NT only) ......13
Create IVI (Intelligent Virtual Instruments) Instrument Driver..........13
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Page 1 - Contents

CVI™, National Instruments™, NI_DAQ™, NI-VISA™, the National Instruments logo, and The Software is the Instrument™ are trademarks of National Instrume

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LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 10© National Instruments CorporationIn the LabWindows/CVI development environment, you can debug only DLLs yo

Page 3

© National Instruments Corporation 11 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsThis feature is useful if you do not want to recompile all your source f

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LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 12© National Instruments Corporationexecution only if it was the active window at the time execution was susp

Page 5 - :setup (where

© National Instruments Corporation 13 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsCreate ActiveX Automation Controller (Windows 95/NT only)Use the Create

Page 6 - New Features

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 14© National Instruments Corporationbox, you can add or delete attributes, modify their properties, and enter

Page 7 - New Sample Programs

© National Instruments Corporation 15 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsGenerate IVI C++ WrapperUse the Generate IVI C++ Wrapper command to gene

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LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 16© National Instruments Corporationthis information. In previous versions of LabWindows/CVI, you can specify

Page 9 - Environment

© National Instruments Corporation 17 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windowschecking for events. Use this function if you require LabWindows/CVI to

Page 10 - Select External Process

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 18© National Instruments CorporationBy using direct Windows printing, you can take full advantage of the high

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© National Instruments Corporation 19 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsUsing Windows System Printer Settings VAL_USE_PRINTER_SETTING applies to

Page 12 - New Tools Menu

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 2© National Instruments CorporationEdit Instrument Attributes ...

Page 13 - Edit Instrument Attributes

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 20© National Instruments CorporationObsolete Value for X and Y ResolutionFor the ATTR_PRINT_XRESOLUTION and A

Page 14 - .c) file associated

© National Instruments Corporation 21 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsRefer to the Using Windows System Printer Settings and Warning of Modifi

Page 15 - New Configuration Option

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 22© National Instruments CorporationNew Panel AttributesLabWindows/CVI 5.0 adds the following panel attribute

Page 16 - Mouse Wheel Support

© National Instruments Corporation 23 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsResolution AdjustmentWhen a panel is displayed on a screen with a differ

Page 17 - Direct Windows Printing

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 24© National Instruments CorporationChanges to Existing FunctionsFor GetPrintAttribute and SetPrintAttribute,

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© National Instruments Corporation 25 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windowsthe function. The menu ID or menu item ID that you pass to User Interfac

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LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 26© National Instruments CorporationNew Error CodesTable 3 lists the new User Interface Library error codes.

Page 20 - Revised Constant Names

© National Instruments Corporation 27 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsDetails of User ProtectionThe Avoid Unassigned Dynamic Allocation in Fun

Page 21 - New Print Attributes

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 28© National Instruments CorporationTo solve this dilemma, you can use CVIRTEHasBeenDetached in the Utility L

Page 22 - New System Attribute

© National Instruments Corporation 29 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsModifying the DST Rules String: ClarificationThe LabWindows/CVI ANSI C L

Page 23 - User Interface Editor Changes

© National Instruments Corporation 3 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsChanges to the ANSI C Library...

Page 24 - Changes to Existing Functions

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 30© National Instruments CorporationThe ReturnRS232Err function is multithread safe. It returns the error val

Page 25 - New Functions

© National Instruments Corporation 31 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsNew Error CodesTable 6 lists new DDE Library error codes.MultithreadingT

Page 26 - Stack Size

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 32© National Instruments Corporation• GetTCPHostName obtains the name of the computer on which your program i

Page 27 - Use of DllMain: Clarification

© National Instruments Corporation 33 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windowsdeclaration of the function pointer. For example, if you declare the fun

Page 28 - Changes to the ANSI C Library

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 34© National Instruments Corporationshould be. Thereafter, the value loses another 4,292,967.296 seconds for

Page 29 - Changes to the RS-232 Library

© National Instruments Corporation 35 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsThe ActiveX Automation Library contains functions that do the following:

Page 30 - Changes to the DDE Library

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 36© National Instruments CorporationFor the functions CA_VariantGetSafeArray, CA_Array1DToSafeArray, and CA_A

Page 31 - Changes to the TCP Library

© National Instruments Corporation 37 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsFunction Tree Layout for New FunctionsThe following shows the new functi

Page 32 - Multithreading

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 38© National Instruments CorporationGeneral InformationUsing LabWindows/CVI Utility Library in the Borland Co

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LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 4© National Instruments CorporationIntroduction to LabWindows/CVIThese release notes contain installation ins

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© National Instruments Corporation 5 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsInstalling LabWindows/CVI on a Computer1. Make sure that your computer an

Page 36 - New IVI Library

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 6© National Instruments CorporationLabWindows/CVI Programmer Reference Manual for a description of the LabWin

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© National Instruments Corporation 7 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsChanges to System RequirementsIf you want to run LabWindows/CVI 5.0 on Wi

Page 38 - General Information

LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for Windows 8© National Instruments Corporationhiq\report.prjActiveX Automation of HiQ 3.1/4.0 to generate a reporthiq\xf

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© National Instruments Corporation 9 LabWindows/CVI Release Notes for WindowsChanges to the LabWindows/CVI Development EnvironmentThis section contain

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