REM1

Gentle reminder...please do not discuss the beta on the LAVA forums. We have a private forum at ni.com specifically for that purpose. Discussing it here not only violates that NDA that you signed to get access to the beta but it makes my staff sad. Don't do that to Lisa.

The software is now available.

Since someone else will beat me to the punch if I try and wait for the software to be posted...here's the link to the LabVIEW 2012 beta announcement post at ni.com. Go ahead. You know you want to.

Same name, both places

I'm unclear on this. Are you saying that IE8 solves all the problems you listed here? If you are unable to see the 32bit and 64bit files to download, please try reloading your browser window. I find that this usually corrects the issue.

As promised, we have begun posting the beta software. If you've waited for this prior to applying for the beta, now is your time.

I'd have gotten around to putting the announcement on LAVA, honest. As an FYI...I put the announcement up on ni.com a week or so before the software will be available for download to give people the opportunity to apply for the beta, gain access to the private message board and read all the cool announcements from the developers about the stuff that's in the upcoming version. Once the software is actually posted for download I put up an announcement on LAVA, inform NI marketing, etc. to bring in additional people. As a further FYI...we accept almost everyone into the beta. People who will be automatically excluded from participation are: People working for known competitors (you really don't want in the beta anyway since it creates a legal nightmare) People who provide obviously false information in the application People to whom the US government will not permit us to export - as a side note to this, the service we use to test this requires that we input western (basically English) characters so if you apply using other characters you will get an email from my assistant requesting that you provide the necessary info in a manner we can use to perform this task. If you give us an unreachable email we will not be able to contact you and you will not be accepted into the beta. Having said all that...jgcode's post is correct and you can apply for the beta now. Regards, Robert

NI is considering support for software and hardware on the Microsoft Windows Server OS. To help evaluate the priority of adding Windows Server support, NI is coordinating a brief pilot program to get feedback from users. If you are interested in running your applications based on NI software and hardware on Windows Server, you are invited to register for participation in the NI Windows Server pilot. You can register by visiting http://www.ni.com/beta and selecting "National Instruments Support for Windows Server" from the list of beta programs. Please complete the profile questions that will help us understand your experience and use cases for using Windows Server. Please make sure you agree to the terms and conditions of the program so that you can be approved. As part of this pilot program, you will have access to a a private discussion forum set up for users to discuss support for LabVIEW and NI drivers on Windows Server. Note: NI is not releasing new versions of software and drivers for this pilot. Instead, we ask that you install and test the latest releases of NI software (e.g. LabVIEW 2009 and compatible modules, toolkits and drivers) on Windows Server, and provide feedback on any issues you find.

Greetings, You are invited to register for participation in the LabVIEW 2009 Platform beta program. You can register by visiting http://www.ni.com/beta and selecting "LabVIEW 2009 Platform" from the list of beta programs. Please complete the profile questions that will help us understand your experience and use cases with LabVIEW. Make sure you agree to the T&C of the beta program so that you can be approved. After you register, please be patient for the beta coordinators to process your application. You will be notified when you have been approved. Registration does not necessarily guarantee you a position in the beta program. Determination of acceptance into the program is up to the sole discretion of National Instruments. We will have a private section of the Discussion Forums on NI Developer's Exchange set up for beta users to discuss the beta version of the LabVIEW 2009 Platform. What software is planned to be available? Note: not all software will be available during the first beta period. LabVIEW (32-bit) Windows / Mac / Linux LabVIEW (64-bit) Windows Only LabVIEW RT Module Windows Only LabVIEW FPGA Module Windows Only LabVIEW DSC Module Windows Only LabVIEW Touch Panel Module Windows Only LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK Module Windows Only LabVIEW Control Design & Simulation Module Windows / Mac / Linux LabVIEW Statechart Module Windows Only LabVIEW Mobile Module Windows Only Vision Development Module Windows Only Application Builder for Windows Windows Only VI Analyzer Toolkit Windows Only Report Generation Toolkit Windows Only Database Connectivity Toolkit Windows Only Internet Toolkit Windows Only RT Execution Trace Toolkit Windows Only Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit Windows Only Digital Filter Design Toolkit Windows Only Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit Windows Only Motion Assistant Windows Only PID Tookit Windows Only Simulation Interface Toolkit Windows Only System Identification Toolkit Windows Only Adaptive Filter Tookit Windows Only LabVIEW Signal Express Windows Only Unit Test Framework Windows Only We eagerly await your registration. Thank you for your invaluable help in assisting us design and test LabVIEW.

You are invited to register for participation in the LabVIEW 64-bit Pioneer Beta Program. This is the first beta of LabVIEW as a native 64-bit application on Windows Vista x64. The primary advantage of LabVIEW as a native 64-bit application is the ability to address larger amounts of memory. This is critical in applications that manipulate large datasets. We hope to open LabVIEW to a broad range of applications by adding this capability. Prospective beta testers should be aware that since this is essentially a port of LabVIEW to a new platform, early betas will be less complete than early betas of recent 32-bit LabVIEW releases. However, we believe they will be complete enough for most use cases. Beta testers should expect a much longer beta period than has been typical for recent 32-bit LabVIEW releases so that the development team can respond to feedback. You can register by visiting and selecting "LabVIEW 64-bit Pioneer" from the list of beta programs. Please complete the profile questions that will help us understand your experience and use cases with LabVIEW. Be sure you agree to the T&C of the beta program so that you can be approved. After you register, please be patient for the beta coordinators to process your application. You will be notified when you have been approved. Registration does not necessarily guarantee you a position in the beta program. Determination of acceptance into the program is up to the sole discretion of National Instruments. We will have a private section of the Discussion Forums set up for beta users to discuss the LabVIEW 64-bit Pioneer Beta.

QUOTE (REM1 @ Apr 4 2008, 06:56 PM) Once the release is made public you may talk about your general impressions of the release but discussion of the beta is still forbidden. Please remember, however, that some bug fixes go in after we post the last beta.

QUOTE (Val Brown @ Apr 4 2008, 04:48 PM) I believe your interpretation of the rules is correct but I will verify this when I return to the office on Monday. QUOTE (TobyD @ Apr 4 2008, 05:23 PM) I don't think there was any public beta of 8.5.1. The 8.6 beta is going on now. You are correct on all of your statements, both explicit and implied.

QUOTE(tcplomp @ Mar 3 2008, 01:08 PM) 5 MB each for English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Korean

QUOTE(rolfk @ Feb 25 2008, 12:56 PM) I think the point that AQ was making is that while the desktop runtime engine is quite large, the RTOS runtime engine is significantly smaller.QUOTE(brent99 @ Feb 22 2008, 01:21 PM) I apologize if I'm beating a dead horse here -- I'm not sure if and how often this has been brought up in the past -- but I'm kind of annoyed at how large the distribution file has become since Labview 7 because of the massive Labview 8 RTE. I used to be able to distribute a complex program at about 8MB or so. Now, even a simple program is taking like 50MB. Am I alone in this or do other people see this problem? You can email an 8MB program, but you have to serve up a 50MB program. It really limits distribution of a simple program to people who don't normally use Labview. In 7.1, lvrt.dll was 5716 KB as opposed to 10577 KB in 8.5In 7.1, language resource files accounted for 0 as opposed to 30 MB in 8.58.5 also includes the browser plugin, project provider framework, DNCInterface, a PSP browser dll, and several other dlls who's function I do not know.

Greetings, You are invited to register for participation in the LabVIEW Platform 8.6 Beta program. You can register by visiting and selecting "LabVIEW Platform" from the list of beta programs. Please complete the profile questions that will help us understand your experience and use cases with LabVIEW. Make sure you agree to the T&C of the beta program so that you can be approved. After you register, please be patient for the beta coordinators to process your application. You will be notified when you have been approved. Registration does not necessarily guarantee you a position in the beta program. Determination of acceptance into the program is up to the sole discretion of National Instruments. We will have a private section of the Discussion Forums on NI Developer's Exchange set up for beta users to discuss the beta version of the LabVIEW Platform 8.6. You will have noticed that I am referring to this beta program as being for the LabVIEW Platform rather than being for LabVIEW. Let me take a moment to explain what this difference means. For the first time, National Instruments will place LabVIEW and most of its Modules and Toolkits into the same beta program. One registration, one place to file bug reports, one forum, and one beta coordinator sending you emails. So, exactly what software is planned to be available? Note: not all software will be available during the first beta period. LabVIEW Windows / Mac / Linux LabVIEW RT Module Windows Only LabVIEW FPGA Module Windows Only LabVIEW DSC Module Windows Only LabVIEW PDA Module Windows Only LabVIEW Touch Panel Module Windows Only LabVIEW Embedded Module Windows Only LabVIEW Blackfin Module Windows Only LabVIEW DSP Module Windows Only LabVIEW Control Design & Simulation Module Windows / Mac / Linux LabVIEW Statechart Module Windows Only VI Analyzer Toolkit Windows Only Report Generation Toolkit Windows Only Database Connectivity Toolkit Windows Only Internet Toolkit Windows Only RT Execution Trace Toolkit Windows Only Digital Filter Design Toolkit Windows Only Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit Windows Only Motion Assistant Windows Only PID Tookit Windows Only Simulation Interface Toolkit Windows Only System Identification Toolkit Windows Only Adaptive Filter Tookit Windows Only LabVIEW Signal Express Windows Only We eagerly await your registration. Thank you for your invaluable help in assisting us design and test LabVIEW.

QUOTE(Eugen Graf @ Jun 28 2007, 06:13 AM) Here are a few directly, or indirectly, associated with shared variables Lookout Citadel Service - Citadel4...not needed if you've never used Loookout or LabVIEW DSC (prior to 8.0) National Instruments Domain Service - provides a domain server for NI Security National Instruments PSP Server Locator - allows PSP machines to find each other...not needed if you aren't using shared variables National Instruments Time Synchronization - allows machines to use a master time server National Instruments Variable Engine - controls shared variables...not needed if you aren't using shared variables

QUOTE(Guenther @ Apr 10 2007, 10:09 AM) People in the RT group with much more knowledge than I have tell me this will work.

QUOTE(PJM_labview @ Apr 5 2007, 09:50 PM) We're raising this issue with the appropriate group.

QUOTE(alameer @ Mar 30 2007, 04:12 AM) What are these events? User defined events? DSC alarm-style events?

QUOTE(TiT @ Apr 5 2007, 09:25 AM) Well...I can't tell you when 8.2.1 will be generally available but I would be very surprised if it did not contain bug fixes. I would also be very surprised if a list of fixed bugs weren't included in a readme or something.

QUOTE(xtaldaz @ Apr 4 2007, 10:46 AM) You are correct. I failed to mention that. You may beat me when you see me next.

QUOTE(superslug @ Apr 4 2007, 12:38 AM) If you use a graph you have to feed in all the data yourself...so you would need to build up an array of the data you got from the variable and feed it to the graph. Use a chart and it will keep track of the previous data itself.

QUOTE(Nullllll @ Apr 3 2007, 04:27 PM) DSC reads/writes to its own database (Citadel - with MSDE for alarm values.) The DBCT connects to other relational databases. If you are planning on generating some numeric data which you want stored in a database for later retrieval, DSC is an excellent choice although I think more pricey than the DBCT. If you want to read generic data from a relational database like mySQL then DSC is not the right way to go. Since you state that DSC is already available to you I suppose the price issue falls in its favor at the moment. The thing to remember about logging values using DSC, though, is that Citadel is an NI proprietary database so you will have to use an NI product to get your data back out - though you can export the data for later inport into a spreadsheet.

QUOTE(Nullllll @ Apr 3 2007, 03:56 PM) So, you want a graph which displays a sine wave of amplitude x, where x is entered by the user?

QUOTE(Nullllll @ Apr 3 2007, 01:26 PM) If you right-click on the graph on the front-panel and choose "X Scale >> Autoscale X" the graph will automatically resize for your data. Is this what you are looking for?