The required file format version declaration specifies the unique version of the NI text pattern file format to which the
pattern complies using the following syntax:
file_format_version
major.minor
where
major and
minor are decimal numbers.
Conditions
The following conditions apply to the file format version declaration:
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The file format version declaration must be the first declaration in the pattern file.
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The current version of the file format is
1.1.
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You must add the pattern name to the export declaration to use the pattern name in the import declaration of another pattern.
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Vectors start loading in FVM and CVM only when you explicitly export the pattern name or when the pattern name is the target
of a
jump,
call, or looping opcode. If you do not export the pattern name, vectors start loading in LVM.

Note
Pattern files with a file format version of
1.0 always export the pattern name, and vectors always start loading in FVM and CVM.