LabVIEW 2024 Q3 Features and Changes

• Saving All VIs in a Project for a Previous Version of LabVIEW
• Improvements to Comparing VIs

• Preview Feature: .NET Core (8.0) Support in LabVIEW

LabVIEW 2024 Q1 Features and Changes

• Support for openSUSE 15.5
• Use JKI Dragon to manage package dependencies directly from your LabVIEW project
• The Path class includes the new “Browse for Path” method
• The Open VI Reference function's vi path input parameter now accepts an existing VI reference

• Beta feature: Develop a project in an older LV version

NI Forums Beta Announcement

• Diagram zoom
• Multiple animation speeds for Execution Highlighting
• “Quick change” label to object
• “Quick change” rectangular selection
• Double-click to finish wire and create control/indicator
• Find All Instances when running
• New visual feedback when selecting and branching wires
• Performance improvements to building applications, packed project libraries, and source distribution…
• JKI Dragon (Separate installation required)
• LabVIEW for macOS supports Apple silicon

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/upgrading-labview/page/labview-2023q1-changes.html

• LabVIEW Introduces a Tool to Identify and Install NI Drivers for a Project
• Applications on Linux Support Custom Name and Icon
• Terminals Height No Longer Changes With Font
• Python Support
• Support for macOS 13

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/upgrading-labview/page/labview-2022q3-changes.html

• Compare VIs within LabVIEW
• Python Support
• Changes to Default under Options

  • In LabVIEW 2022 Q3, the default for Separate compiled code from new files has been changed to ENABLED.
• Call MATLAB Function
• Uninit method of Actor.lvclass
• Support for Drivers/Toolkits Independent of LabVIEW Version
• New Help Experience

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/upgrading-labview/page/labview-2021-changes.html

• Improvements to the Probe Display
• SFTP Support
• Python Support
• Run When Opened
• nicurl Uses System Certificates on Windows
• OS Support (no Windows Vista/XP/7/8.x, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, or any 32-bit Windows operating system)
• Hidden Controls
• Use LVCompare with Git
• Improvements to Workflow for Comparing VIs and VI Hierarchies
• Image Depth for GetImage and GetImageScaled Methods
• Call MATLAB Functions
• Named Tuples Support
• VI Names Listed in VI Abort Dialog
• Improved Wire Routing

https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/371780t.pdf

• Improving Code Flexibility Using LabVIEW Interfaces
• LabVIEW Web Services Enhancements
• Application Builder Enhancements

  • (Windows) Repairing Packages
  • Miscellaneous Application Builder Enhancements
• Environment Enhancements

  • Improvements to Selecting a List Item
  • Improvements to Moving between Subdiagrams
  • Improvements to Rearranging Cases or Subdiagrams
  • Clearing Data for Variant Data Types
  • Improvements to Displaying Errors
  • Launching the Cluster Size Dialog Box
  • Displaying the Last Item in a Ring Control
• Dialog Box Enhancements
• Enhancements to the Import Shared Library Wizard
• Block Diagram Enhancements

  • Cleaning Up Broken Wire Branches
  • Hiding the Event Data Node
  • Hiding the Iteration Terminal in Loops
  • Swapping Wire Positions When Only One Input is Wired
  • Setting Text on Icons
  • Displaying Context Help for Objects in Quick Drop
  • Improvements to Wiring Terminals for Objects Inserted from Quick Drop
• New and Changed VIs and Functions
• New and Changed Properties, Methods, and Events

https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/371780r.pdf

• New Fundamental Collection Types: Set and Map
• New Shortcut Menu Items
• Application Builder Enhancements

  • (Windows) Distributing Your Application as Package Installers
  • Publishing NI Packages to Feeds
  • Miscellaneous Application Builder Enhancements
• Front Panel Enhancements

  • Set and Map Controls and Indicators
  • More Controls and Indicators in NXG Style
  • Viewing Run-Time Front Panel Bounds in Edit Mode
• Replacing Project Items
• Highlighting the Execution of a Section of Code
• Monitoring the Flow of Data Using History Probes
• Enhancements to Handling Errors in Case Structures
• Indicating Text Overflow in Constants, Controls, and Indicators
• Environment Enhancements
• New and Changed VIs and Functions

  • JSONtext (link for auto-install)
  • Data Type Parsing VIs
  • …
• New Properties

https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/371780p.pdf

• Customizing a Malleable VI for Different Data Types
• Running Operations Using the Command Line Interface for LabVIEW
• Calling Python Code from LabVIEW
• Application Builder Enhancements

  • Creating Packages on Windows and Linux Real-Time Targets
  • Backward Compatibility Support for LabVIEW-Built .NET Assemblies
• Environment Enhancements

  • Improvements to Creating Type Definitions
  • Keyboard Shortcuts for Formatting Text
• Block Diagram Enhancements

  • Improvements to Error Handling on Parallel For Loops
  • Improvements to Removing and Rewiring Objects (QD)
• Front Panel Enhancements

  • NXG Style Controls and Indicators
• New VIs and Functions

  • The Comparison palette includes the new Assert Type subpalette
  • The Connectivity palette includes the new Python subpalette
  • The Conversion palette includes the new Coerce To Type function
  • The Timing palette includes the new High Resolution Polling Wait VI
• New and Changed Properties and Methods

https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/371780n.pdf

• Reduced VI Load and Compile Time
• Maintaining Wire Connections When Moving Objects
• Malleable VIs
• New and Changed VIs and Functions

  • Read-Only Access for Data Value References
• New and Changed Classes, Properties, Methods, and Events
• Application Builder Enhancements

  • Backward Compatibility of the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine (EXE, DLL, PPL)
  • Improvements to Calls between LabVIEW and Other Languages

https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/371780m.pdf

• Improvements to Selecting, Moving, and Resizing Objects
• Asynchronously Communicating Data between Parallel Sections of Code
• Environment Enhancements
• New and Changed VIs and Functions
• New and Changed Classes, Properties, Methods, and Events
• Add-On Consolidation for LabVIEW (64-bit)
• Changes to LabVIEW for OS X

  • LabVIEW 2016 for OS X is available only in 64-bit. NI no longer provides the 32-bit version of LabVIEW for OS X.
• Changes to LabVIEW for Linux

  • LabVIEW 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit) for Linux supports only 64-bit versions of Linux operating systems. LabVIEW for Linux no longer supports 32-bit versions of Linux operating systems.