LabVIEW 64-bit and 32-bit

[menghuihantang]

A quick question.

Now that new computers are upgraded to 64-bit, so it makes sense to take the advantage of 64-bit of LV too; in the mean time, we are still using other 32-bit computers and LV.

So Can we program the same VI in both 64-bit and 32-bit LV? I hope we can so that we can go ahead and install 64-bit.

[Yair]

The basic rule for 64-bit LV is the same as it is for any other OS - you can open a VI you saved in the same version or older. When you open it, LV recompiles the binary code, so it doesn't matter which machine it originated from. If you want to compile an executable on a 32 bit machine and run it on a 64 bit one, I believe Windows handles that transparently. I'm not sure if the other way around is possible.

[CODUDI]

The current problem with LabVIEW x64 is that only the vision module is supported. All other toolboxes cannot be installed into the x64 environment (including the mathscript), thus it is still a problem.

Dave

[Satype]

This NI DevZone page really helped me once I eventually found it. I had issues with finding a distinction between 64bit compatible (WoW64) and 64bit native software on NI.com. My team ended up using 32bit LabVIEW in Windows 7 64bit because of the particular modules we needed and still had performance gains from the change of OS, was XP 32bit before... well, a shiny new PC helped out with those performance gains as well.

[SAS]

This NI DevZone page really helped me once I eventually found it. I had issues with finding a distinction between 64bit compatible (WoW64) and 64bit native software on NI.com. My team ended up using 32bit LabVIEW in Windows 7 64bit because of the particular modules we needed and still had performance gains from the change of OS, was XP 32bit before... well, a shiny new PC helped out with those performance gains as well.

Hi,

Some issue in the link what you have posted. I couldnt get it connected!

[Satype]

Hi,

Some issue in the link what you have posted. I couldnt get it connected!

Strange, the link still looks fine from my computer. If you go to ni.com and search for "Using National Instruments Products on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows", you should find the article. It's in the NI Developer Zone articles.

[SAS]

Strange, the link still looks fine from my computer. If you go to ni.com and search for "Using National Instruments Products on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows", you should find the article. It's in the NI Developer Zone articles.

Thanks for the quick response - i got it now...