What's New in NI LabWindows™/CVI 2009?

Ensure Application Reliability

Execution Profiler Toolkit

Analyze and optimize the performance of applications with a graphical representation of how time is being spent at run time, and easily detect bottlenecks in source code.

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LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module

Design real-time applications that send user datagram protocol (UDP) network traffic to a multicast group and automatically allow subscribers to leave the multicast group without any additional work required by the sender.

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Extended Debug Data

Debug more efficiently and ensure application reliability with added information, for certain data types, in the variables and watch windows.

Learn More about Extended Debug Data

Technical Data Management Streaming (TDMS) Enhancements

Stream data to disk faster with new enhancements to the TDMS API, including disabled Windows buffering, asynchronous writes, and direct integration into the NI-DAQmx driver.

See a Full List of Streaming Improvements

Increase Productivity

Attribute Browser

Design custom user interfaces in a shorter amount of time by simultaneously selecting and editing common attributes of multiple controls with the integrated attribute browser.

Start Saving Time with User Interface Design

Custom Progress Bar Control

Provide a more accurate visual representation of task advancements with intelligent progress bar features such as automatic position advancement and automatic milestone adjustments based on task progression history.

Explore How to Use the Progress Bar Control

Generating Documentation from Code Comments

Automatically create more accurate, consistent, and complete documentation with source code comment tags.

Learn How to Use Source Code Comment Tags

Take Advantage of the Latest PC Technologies

C Interface to LabVIEW FPGA

Design deterministic and reliable algorithms in field-programmable gate array (FPGA) hardware without the burden of learning hardware description languages (HDLs) or digital design. The C Interface to LabVIEW FPGA provides C/C++ programmers with an easy interface to FPGA hardware through host application development.

Watch the Video | Read the C Interface to LabVIEW FGPA FAQ

64-Bit Support

Improve the run-time performance of memory-intensive applications and take full advantage of the capabilities of 64-bit operating systems with added support for creating 64-bit executables, DLLs, and deployment installers.

Discover the Benefits of 64-Bit Operating Systems

Windows 7 Support

Easily migrate existing LabWindows/CVI applications and take advantage of new PC technologies with added hardware, driver, and development environment support for the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.

Find Out More about Windows 7 Support

Additional Features

• Examples from Help
• Import/Export Settings Wizard
• NI Distributed System Manager
• Additional User Interface Functions and Attributes

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