Archived: LabWindows™/CVI™ 2010 and 2010 SP1 Known Issues

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Overview

This document contains the LabWindows/CVI 2010 and 2010 SP1 known issues that were discovered before and since the release of LabWindows/CVI 2010. Not every issue known to NI will appear on this list; it is intended to only show the severe and more common issues that can be encountered.

Modules and Toolkits

The Known Issues for toolkits and modules can be found in the LabWindows/CVI Modules and Toolkits Known Issues document.

 

Document Organization

The Known Issues Document is divided into two separate tables appearing in two separate documents. The known issues in this document are organized by the category of issue, and sorted by the date the issue was added to the document. To view the issues organized by date, visit the document linked below:

Known Issues by Date

 

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Known Issues by Category

The following items are known issues in LabWindows/CVI 2010 and 2010 SP1 sorted by Category.

.NET and ActiveX
258376Mousing over an ActiveX control when the title bar is not visible causes the control to disappear.
44669 4HK7LF7KThe WordRpt_SetHeader function might not always work as expected.
283065LabWindows/CVI cannot generate wrappers for .NET Framework 4.0 assemblies.
284293Using a WebBrowser ActiveX control from a thread created in a LabWindows/CVI thread pool leaks memory.
299606The LabWindows/CVI ActiveX Controller Wizard does not display all registered ActiveX servers.
313299CVI_AppGetLinesFromFile returns a string with maximum length of INT16_MAX characters.
361691The GetAllBreakpoints LabWindows/CVI ActiveX Server Interface function does not set numBreakpoints output parameter.
348295A panel containing an ActiveX control disappears when the mouse hovers over the control if the titlebar is not visible.
335556The Word Report WordRpt_GoToCell function will always go to the first column when used in a Microsoft Word 2007 file or later.
376796Creating an AppDomain in .NET using the mscorlib.fp library causes a System.OutOfMemoryException to be thrown.
345700The CA_InitActiveXThreadStyleForCurrentThread function return success even if it fails.
348302ActiveX controls disappear when the mouse hovers over the control and the Title bar Visible attribute for the title is disabled.
148778The ActiveX Controller Wizard does not support LONGLONG and ULONGLONG data types.
363992The first letter of exported functions in type libraries has inconsistent case behavior.
426545Creating an ActiveX Controller for a large type library, such as the Microsoft HTML Object Library, results in the message Maximum number of function tree nodes exceeded.
Analysis
306163The PeakDetector function does not recognize peaks of a sine wave when the sampling rate is very high.
360485Passing NULL to SingleToneSignal for the searchType input parameter causes a fatal run-time error.
362123Gamma, GammaC, and Beta functions compute regularized form, which is not accurately described in help.
361840For values of x that are very large, sin (x) returns x instead of returning a number between -1 and 1.
Compiler
206504Building debug versions of very large projects may cause LabWindows/CVI to run out of memory.
237998Cannot link some uuid.lib symbols in a 32-bit program.
283594clang does not recognize the _export and _import qualifiers.
284771When using third-party compilers, linker errors refer to temporary object files.
276524compile.exe may report link errors for National Instruments libraries.
277739Compiling a file with a syntax error can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
282794You cannot add a type library for a project that defines multiple functions that differ only in case.
309184compile.exe can crash when passed a project path that can't be found on disk.
300534compile.exe does not work in evaluation mode without launching LabWindows/CVI once.
306206The clang external compiler does not correctly handle the long double data type.
298366There are miscellaneous problems with code comment tags.
309627LabWindows/CVI can crash when compiling some K&R style functions.
295246A source file containing a very large array of structures might fail to compile.
291945Compiling a very large array in debug mode can be very slow.
327730LabWindows/CVI crashes during compilation when a very long variable name is used.
310362LabWindows/CVI may crash when rebuilding a project with a precompiled header file.
310600FileToArray function does not support 64-bit data types.
335358Using the bit shift operator multiple times on the same line of code produces incorrect results for 64-bit integers in a 32-bit application.
318253False positive user protection error when using an Interface to Win32 API struct.
335405Cannot link some odbccp32.lib symbols in a 32-bit program.
336341Cannot assign Interface to Win32 API function GetProcAddress to a function pointer without a type cast.
358837The alloca function is not defined for the clang third party compiler in a 64-bit configuration.
359402Third-party compilers do not enable C99 extensions even if you enable the Build with C99 extensions option in the Build Options dialog box.
363456Compiler warning when using __int64 in switch statement expression in a 32-bit configuration.
351155LoadExternalModule does not guarantee that the module loaded is 16-byte aligned.
359304The modulo operation with 64-bit integers in a 32-bit configuration may produce incorrect results.
342048Typedefs with names that contain "char" are converted to "LPSTR" when generating an ODL.
368271When using an external optimizing compiler, compiler defines that are defined to strings with escaped quotations are not passed to the external compiler as strings.
404327LabWindows/CVI may crash when changing the default calling convention of a library after it has been built.
412591Building a project that has a long file path causes LabWindows/CVI to crash.
466280If LabWindows/CVI does not have an activated license, running compile.exe fails silently without reporting a licensing error.
Debugging
210086The LabWindows/CVI environment may hang while debugging with the Variables or Watch windows open.
256488Duplicate "Could not expand variable" dialog boxes may display while debugging.
255342Remote debugging can hang when debugging DLLs with DllMain.
257004You cannot remote debug a multithreaded program with extended variable displays enabled.
257264Watchpoints might not be able to run after manually suspending a multithreaded program.
285461Attaching the LabWindows/CVI debugger to a C++ DLL might result in significant performance degradation.
255345TDMS_CloseFile can take a long time to complete when the LabWindows/CVI debugger is attached.
278151A breakpoint with a pass count and a condition will never break execution as a result of the pass count.
304359Attaching to a process that loads a debuggable LabWindows/CVI DLL can result in LabWindows/CVI crashing if you open an unrelated project after debugging the process.
306036Calling RegisterDDEServer and then UnregisterDDEServer results in the report of a resource leak in the Resource Tracking window.
292939If a running instance of LabWindows/CVI is minimized, it will not be listed in the Just-In-Time Debugger Selector dialog box.
294217The Edit Breakpoint dialog box incorrectly maintains a reference to old files.
257160The LabWindows/CVI debugger can hang when LoadPanel fails in a DLL with variables expanded using the Specific Type option in the Variables window.
37498 44K3HK07Variables defined inside of a block statement cannot be added to the Watch window.
326213The Go to Line button causes an internal assert to be triggered.
328896Debugging a DLL built in LabWindows/CVI that defines DllMain crashes the RT target.
316246LabWindows/CVI changes foreground lock timeout to 0 when debugging.
322203If you change a breakpoint due to an invalid condition while you are debugging, LabWindows/CVI ignores the next breakpoint.
324351Canceling from the Invalid Breakpoint dialog box causes the LabWindows/CVI debugger to ignore all remaining breakpoints and continue execution.
324499Clicking Cancel in the Invalid Condition dialog box can cause a breakpoint to be deleted.
324786Adding an invalid condition to an existing breakpoint during debug from the Breakpoints dialog box and then clicking Delete in the Invalid Condition dialog box does not delete the modified breakpoint.
324806Adding a breakpoint on an invalid line from the Breakpoints dialog box and then moving the breakpoint creates a breakpoint that you cannot interact with.
324829LabWindows/CVI crashes while debugging when adding a conditional breakpoint to the Interactive Execution window if the window doesn't contain any executable code.
325065The Line option and Add button are not updated when the file is changed in the Edit Breakpoint dialog box.
325547Error message in the Invalid Condition dialog box may overflow text region.
326378LabWindows/CVI crashes when a long condition is entered in the Condition text field of the Invalid Condition dialog box.
334992Watch expressions become inactive after switching configurations.
333287Cursor does not change back to arrow after operating the splitter in the Watch Window while debugging.
362376The Programmer's Toolbox function ListCreate leaks memory.
353320Attempting to edit a "??" entry in the Memory window causes an error.
340055Breakpoints may be missed when attaching to a non-debuggable process that calls a debuggable DLL in multiple threads.
355331Editing the RGB values of an RGB color in the Watch window doesn't also update the overall value of the variable in the parent node.
356421Entries in the Watch window may be dimmed incorrectly if multiple entries have the same symbol name.
357245Local array in a thread that has exited may appear as still active in the Watch window.
358560Function name is not reported in Break On Library Errors message.
360314The LabWindows/CVI environment crashes when showing a time_t variable in the Watch or Variables window while debugging a 64-bit application with extended debugging enabled.
335983Tooltip for symbol values during debugging may appear on top of the editor's scrollbar.
375719Retrieving debug info with a tooltip or opening the Variables window for arrays with more than INT_MAX elements causes the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash.
369553Variables in the Interactive Execution Window are not immediately evaluated in watch expressions.
370519The LabWindows/CVI environment crashes when setting a string in the Array Display window to hexadecimal format while debugging a LabWindows/CVI application.
380541When execution is suspended at a breakpoint while debugging a LabWindows/CVI Real-Time DLL that is called from a LabVIEW VI, clicking the Terminate Execution button causes the system to reboot and a couple od dialog boxes are displayed.
323750Using the Attach to Process command to debug multiple LabWindows/CVI DLLs in a single process at the same time may result in the debugger being disconnected while code is still running in one of the DLLs.
378420The CNVGetFolders and CNVGetVariables functions return string arrays that show the incorrect number of elements while debugging.
410015Badly formatted hInstance when LoadPanelEx reports an error.
430723Two attributes in the CNSGetEndpointAttribute function panel display their data type as double instead of unsigned long long.
433158LabWindows/CVI stops tracking resources after user code raises an exception.
438896LabWindows/CVI does not display a warning message when both a main and a WinMain entry point are defined in a source file.
466209The DebugPrintf function truncates large strings when printing to the Debug Output window.
466763LabWindows/CVI does not show enough digits of precision in tooltips or the Variables and Call Stack window.
461432Taking the address of an array within a union within a structure causes a false Argument too small fatal run-time error.
Development Environment
189843The Perforce 2009.1 client may cause LabWindows/CVI 2009 to crash.
193733Launching the DataSocket Binding dialog box may cause LabWindows/CVI to hang on Windows 7.
216549LabWindows/CVI installs KeyHelp.ocx, which contains a security vulnerability.
276026LabWindows/CVI can generate code into the wrong source file without asking for confirmation.
283527LabWindows/CVI carets ignore Windows keyboard settings.
285074Previewing substitutions in the Version Info dialog box sometimes does not show correct values.
282253Data tooltip is too small to hold negative zero floating-point values.
227324LabWindows/CVI cannot copy files to the VXIPnP directories on Windows Vista and later.
288099The ProgressBar_GetPercentage function panel defines the percentage parameter to be an input parameter.
289949Using an import library generated by MinGW results in "Bad COFF Library Member Header" error message.
289314User-defined types always receive an asterisk when used as output types in function panels.
300075Editing instrument driver attributes using the Attibute Editor tool can cause attributes to be duplicated in the .sub file.
306648Some controls in the LabWindows/CVI environment do not dim properly when they have different values between build configurations.
306727LabWindows/CVI can crash when attempting to rename a file belonging to a project that is under source code control.
306728Attempting to rename a file under source code control fails.
308191A multi-project workspace with projects targeting both 32-bit and 64-bit can incorrectly display import libraries.
308500You cannot view predefined macros through the Manage Configurations dialog box.
295507Undoing after hiding and showing panels can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
295654Building a project with the same name as a previously loaded project can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
296380EVENT_SORT does not appear in the User Interface Editor.
296381You cannot use the Edit Text Tool to edit the last cell in a table column.
294281Making a change to a project that is under source code control in LabWindows/CVI does not result in checking out the project.
294282Files added to a project cannot be added to source code control.
294650Undo in the User Interface Editor can change the z-plane order of controls.
293467The LabWindows/CVI 2010 title bar can change to use a classic style Windows theme after saving files.
294008New files added in the Edit Project dialog box do not use the Project Tree Font.
294161Controls can be added to control arrays to which they already belong.
32842264-bit distributions are not detecting dependencies automatically when using merge-module components of the LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine.
328823Toolbox.c and toolbox.h are not added to a Microsoft Visual Studio project if LabWindows/CVI is not run at least once after installation.
328940LabWindows/CVI DLL projects converted to Microsoft Visual Studio projects do not properly link ANSI C functions.
329035LabWindows/CVI Conversion Wizard does not transfer 'Compile with precompiled include file' setting to 'Precompiled Headers' setting in Microsoft Visual Studio.
331534The scroll bars in the User Interface Editor do not appear when changing the panel size using the cursor.
331932Partially selecting an attribute value in the Attribute Browser and then resizing the Attribute Browser causes the entire text in that field to be selected.
323520LabWindows/CVI saves files with the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY attribute set.
332047LabWindows/CVI stops responding while searching for an inaccessible network location.
311356Changes to the font persist in the Font dialog box when the action is canceled.
311364Function name displays twice in the function prototype tooltip when the return value is const or volatile.
312084Setting an incorrect working directory in the Specify Executable to Debug dialog box provides an incorrect error message.
316626The physdemo.cws example uses functionality that is removed with Security Update 5Q5FJ4QW.
320396Replacing a file in the Edit Project dialog box that is not yet part of the project causes the development environment to crash.
321793Adding multiple files with the same name in the Edit Project dialog box can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
322063The project settings for certificate signing are not saved in the project file.
322458Changes to configuration options entered in the Manage Configurations dialog box may not be persisted under rare circumstances.
325813The Replace File in Project option crashes the development environment if a file with same base name is specified.
326195The active function panel is incorrectly detected when multiple function panels are being edited in the Function Panel Editor window.
329410Unable to resize Attribute Browser and User Interface Browser back after resizing them very near to the right side of the User Interface Editor.
331365UIR save version can change when saving the project file or workspace file.
331714Saving a UIR file while editing a text field in the Attribute Browser marks the UIR file as changed.
334683The window number is displayed in the title bar of maximized windows when switching between tabbed and non-tabbed workspace.
335241The Workspace status bar disappears in the Source Editor after opening a project.
322905Files in a project may not display source control icons when a LabWindows/CVI project is associated with the Perforce client.
332690The Source Window background is not painted gray when a non-tabbed workspace is opened.
333571Moving selected text in the Source window and then undoing offsets the original cursor position.
333837LabWindows/CVI projects are not handled properly when adding them from new workspaces in instances of LabWindows/CVI created from just-in-time debugging.
333983Non project C files loaded by function panels are not unloaded when switching projects.
334920Corners of Source Editor windows are painted black in non-tabbed Workspace when opened.
335301Disabling tabbed workspace doesn't restore windows to their original unmaximized state.
335499Unmaximizing windows after loading a workspace leaves inactive windows without a number in front of the title in the title bar.
360745Cannot launch the LabWindows/CVI Help from the Help menu when a help tooltip is visible.
361327The CNVGetScalarDataValue function expects a char* only and not a char[ ] as described in the function help.
361958The Project Tree does not auto-hide when a UIR file is opened.
362403Saving a copy of the UIR as an older version causes the currently loaded copy to switch to that version.
354449Very long strings in the Edit Distributions dialog box may crash LabWindows/CVI.
347511Microsoft Visual Studio does not rebuild a LabWindows/CVI project if a UIR file changes but its header file does not.
347986The Load UI resource file dialog box in the User Interface Localizer utility unloads the currently loaded localization.
352408Pressing F1 on a function in the ActiveX Library or most of the Tools Libraries does not open the LabWindows/CVI Help to the topic for the specified function.
354450Using a very long string when setting the value of a variable in the Variables window may crash the LabWindows/CVI environment.
354451A very long string value in the Add/Edit Tools Menu Item dialog box may crash LabWindows/CVI.
354452A very long string value in the Project folder or File Folder option of the New Project from Template or New File from Template dialog boxes may crash LabWindows/CVI.
356708The Source window cursor can persist after selecting text and editing a variable tooltip.
337770Setting LabWindows/CVI to "Run as administrator" will open a new instance of LabWindows/CVI each time you open a file associated with LabWindows/CVI.
333302Auto Backup will provide an error if the file is marked as read-only.
335488Excluded import libraries that represent both 32-bit and 64-bit .lib files are no longer dimmed after switching configurations.
339287The Default index for combo box cell types in the Edit Table dialog box expands too far down if the value has multiple lines.
342838Loading a project from LabWindows/CVI 2009 or earlier reverses the value of the LoadExternalModule option in the Target Settings dialog box.
344688Workspace status bar does not update properly with various Function Tree Editor user actions.
344947The LabWindows/CVI development environment crashes when you cut, copy, or delete a function panel tree item if it is the active item, but not selected.
345003Deselecting a control by clicking the mouse in the the User Interface Editor's white space does not update the Workspace status bar to show that no control is selected.
345185When switching to a different UIR tab, the User Interface Editor status bar does not update to reflect that the second UIR file does not have any controls or panels selected.
348249The LabWindows/CVI Conversion Wizard may fail with an error if LabWindows/CVI project contains an FP file.
350848The font used in some parts of the LabWindows/CVI environment may not be readable on a Japanese OS.
352341Status bar does not always change color on OS theme change.
352775Sorting an empty column in the Modules window causes an error.
315800The Find in files search will display a warning if a line it attempts to search is greater than 1024 characters.
333273Using column selection mode in the Source window over a collapsed region of code will cause the region to be improperly selected.
333324Function panel controls in a disabled function may not be dimmed when the function panel is reopened for editing.
334682Deleting a column from the Edit Columns/Cells dialog box does not set the Label field to the value of the active cell.
335717The right scroll bar of the Watch window is clipped on the right side by a few pixels.
336446Entering more than 255 characters into the Line Label or Bus Label fields of the Edit Digital Graph dialog box will cause the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash.
336721Switching the active application while a control is being moved by the mouse causes the selection outline to not be undrawn.
338093Not moving the mouse when using Zoom to rectangle mode triggers EVENT_ZOOM with ZOOM_RESTORE for the eventdata1 parameter of the callback.
341151Workspace folders with very long names can cause the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash when loading or saving.
366229The CVIXMLGetNumChildElements function does not count child elements included in an XML entity.
373262The Ini_WriteToRegistry and Ini_ReadFromRegistry function panels incorrectly list OS compatibility as Windows 9x/NT/2000.
386081Items in the Resource Tracking window can be expanded only if they contain at least two items.
365226A new project created with the Command Line Application template may have the Create Console Application checkbox disabled.
369366When drag and dropping a .lib file that is included in the subtree of a project to another project, LabWindows/CVI displays a control callback exception.
369682Once the value of the File name field of the New File from Template dialog box is changed, the File path field does not change extension if the file type is changed.
370519The LabWindows/CVI environment crashes when setting a string in the Array Display window to hexadecimal format while debugging a LabWindows/CVI application.
371022The LabWindows/CVI environment crashes when entering a path instead of an IP address in the New Remote Debugging Target dialog box.
388073The Show Prototype tooltip displays the help button for macros when the previous Show Prototype tooltip was for a function with help documentation.
362220The Save Copy of UIR As command changes the currently open UIR file to the selected version.
368470The wrong text is selected after dragging multiple lines of text in the Source window into the middle of another line of text.
386160Cannot load attribute info for a .fp file when the associated .sub file is encoded as Unicode.
387323Build Output window closes and then re-opens when a new build occurs.
387331Clearing a window in the Output Region causes the item to be dimmed in the Window menu.
391055Auto indent does not place the cursor in the correct location when pressing the Enter key after a break in a switch statement.
392932Documentation generated for variadic functions does not display variable parameter in function prototype.
392934Documentation is not generated for functions with a function pointer as a parameter.
396479The Menu key on the keyboard does not activate the context menu in the User Interface Browser.
399264The Find command may miss some search matches if the Whole word option is enabled.
401814LabWindows/CVI might crash when renaming a function in a function panel when the Tools»Enable Auto Replace option is checked.
402901Launching the server help from the function prototype tooltip of a LabWindows/CVI Automation Server function causes a script error.
403645LabWindows/CVI might crash when declaring a variable for the Attribute Value parameter of some attribute accessor functions.
404103Multiple error dialog boxes display when launching an example from the LabWindows/CVI Help and the example cannot be found.
407329Selecting Rebuild from the Batch Build dialog box causes a memory leak.
408295Source files with several while loops may cause LabWindows/CVI to hang while scrolling the source file.
408324LabWindows/CVI will crash when you click the selection button for a ring control while editing a function panel.
412997The output of a 64-bit custom configuration is converted to 32-bit when the distribution is opened in LabWindows/CVI 2009 or earlier.
440070The Find Next feature of the Find dialog box does not move to new results on subsequent uses.
390670When you add a line continuation character \ to the end of a comment line initiated by the \\ symbol, the syntax highlighting feature does not continue to the next line, indicating the next line continues the comment.
411417The project icon shows modified state (*) when no changes have been made to the Target Settings dialog box.
429202It is impossible to set multiple cells in a table control to unsigned char in the User Interface Editor.
443791LabWindows/CVI is not visible when terminating a debugging session if Hide windows when application is running is enabled after starting to debug the application
451665The UI to Code Converter generates code containing an undefined function, InsertCtrlInCtrlArray.
375463File icons may obscure full pathnames in the Project Tree.
382844Customizing the Library Tree using the context menu options causes a The index passed is out of range error if a loaded instrument is empty.
383011Unable to close the Open GL plot Properties dialog box after right-clicking the Open GL plot twice while the dialog box is open.
388065The Show Prototype (Edit»Show Prototype) tooltip is displayed incorrectly on wrong lines or after delimiters in the source code.
389942Show Prototype does not always correctly display parameters declared as arrays, arrays of pointers, or arrays of function pointers.
392899Editing a selected execution target will change the selection to the local desktop computer.
411386The function panel size changes how function calls are inserted into code.
412464Opening, editing, and saving a source file with a very long file path causes LabWindows/CVI to crash.
429854The Find in Files feature fails when searching all files (*.*) in a directory containing .svn-base files.
437791LabWindows/CVI does not handle edge-specific maximization when restoring from a minimized state.
438594The toolbox.fp function, UILEventString, is missing many events.
438733If Hide windows when application is running is enabled, and a run-time crash occurs in the Interactive Execution window, the development environment becomes hidden and cannot be restored.
456105The Source Code Browser tab order is not preserved on subsequent workspace loads.
384832Adding a file that is under source code control (SCC) using the Edit Project dialog box does not mark the file as being under SCC in the Project Tree.
391403Autoscale is a valid option for the y-axis of a strip chart, but the option is missing from the Attribute Browser.
402786Show Completions <Ctrl-Space> does not work if a multi-line string starts with special char like {, }, ;, or #.
408099Pressing <Ctrl-Tab> to switch between tabs causes a Panel, menu bar, or control array handle is invalid message to display if confined function panel windows are open.
431732The LabWindows/CVI debugger starts applications outside of the window space in Windows 8.1 if you enable Variable, Continuous Size of Snap Views in Windows and LabWindows/CVI is used in the right-half of the screen.
435479Creating a file with the New»File from Template option that has the same path and name as an existing file results in an out of memory error.
446286If a UIR file contains a previously built custom control and one that was just added, selecting the Options»Operate Visible Panels option causes a dialog box to appear.
446313A dialog box explaining that saving UIR files will generate new versions of their include files is incorrectly displayed multiple times if there are multiple unsaved UIR files containing custom controls.
463921A tooltip containing Invisible is incorrectly displayed in the Memory Display window after maximizing and restoring the window.
467070The Maximum and Minimum fields in the Edit Table Cell dialog box are not wide enough to show int64 values.
477231Incorrect confirmation prompts appear when exiting graph or chart dialog boxes.
479052Selecting Run»Install Program to Real-Time Execution Target for the first time can crash the development environment.
Hardware
296666Regenerating DAQmx example code can sometimes fail to regenerate code.
Installer
128084Uninstalling LabWindows/CVI from Windows Vista does not completely remove context menu file associations.
297271Some analysis files are left behind after uninstalling LabWindows/CVI.
334352The registry key used to locate the just-in-time debugger may be removed or point to an incorrect version.
334574Installing multiple versions of LabWindows/CVI on the same system can cause the wrong versions of the LabWindows/CVI Help to be associated with the development environment.
342459Installing LabWindows/CVI 2009 or 2010 when a later version is already installed may cause the installation to fail.
LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module
257397Debugging a multithreaded real-time program with watchpoints may cause the real-time target to hang.
Libraries
317147The fgetpos function writes only 4 bytes to the Current File Position output parameter in a 64-bit application.
Performance
144640LabWindows/CVI MAX_PATHNAME_LEN is more restrictive than Windows ANSI path limitation in multibyte systems.
176800LabWindows/CVI projects converted to Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 projects fail to build because of link errors.
41414 4DDCC0IOA small memory leak exists in network variable creation.
236157Opening a TDMS file that is at the same time open in another process can result in an error/
256901Passing a pointer to a custom data type to a function that takes a void * will leak memory in a debug build.
281013Calling DDC_SaveFile often while creating a TDMS file using the TDM C DLL or the DDC Library can result in errors.
285443The run-time movable custom control (movectrl.fp) leaks memory.
257029The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine creates windows in its DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH handler.
298456A program that has called EnableDragAndDrop might crash if closed from the Windows taskbar.
292992Users cannot completely disallow creating directories in FileSelectPopup and DirSelectPopup.
292030Passing NULL to the DefaultFileSpec parameter causes your application to crash.
314876The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine can hang when calling CloseCVIRTE in a secondary thread.
335299Multiple calls to ClipboardPutBitmap in a multithreaded application causes temporary hang.
356348Using the TCP Library from multiple threads may cause a deadlock when combined with locks in the user's TCP callbacks.
339884When allocating memory with malloc, LabWindows/CVI will truncate the memory allocated to be an integer multiple of the size of the pointer data type.
355436The InetTelnetOpen function limits connections to 100.
335805Calling the ListCompact function with a preallocated empty list causes the list structure to become corrupted.
343157Calling the GetFileAttrs function with an improperly formed path and a non-existent drive may cause a crash.
390072A memory leak occurs in the FileBrowser_GetSelectedFiles function when no files are selected or an error occurs
397059The GetMonitor functions fail if the monitor configuration changes.
400825The RouteWinMsgToPanelCallback function may cause a crash when used in 64-bit applications.
402187UDPMulticastSubscribe produces a non-fatal run-time error when specificying a source address.
402701Duplicating a control in a mouse-up callback may cause an assert and possible crash.
410989A small resource leak occurs upon direct or indirect disposal of a control, which, initially made movable, is made un-movable at run-time.
418540Calling SetActiveConfiguration crashes LabWindows/CVI if no valid configuration exists.
422871The DeleteDir function writes to a string literal past the end of the string.
422953The ScanFile function ignores the %s[in] format specifier.
428584The DDC_Get[File/ChannelGroup/Channel]StringPropertyLength functions incorrectly return the number of characters instead of size in bytes.
437134GetCVIState and GetCVIStateEx sometimes return the wrong state between the build-time and run-time of a project.
457464Passing a bitmap file containing negative heights to PlotBitmap or GetBitmapFromFile causes a non-fatal run-time error: Library function error (return value == -12 [0xfffffff4]). Out of memory.
460818SMTP servers reject email from InetSendMail because it does not send date information in the header.
371953The intensity plot does not handle NaN values.
405988Changing the active table cell can incorrectly send the EVENT_ACTIVE_CELL_CHANGE event multiple times.
408097Passing a scalar value as the mask parameter of PlotPackedDigitalLines causes a general protection fault.
424944Creating a .NET controller for a large assembly, such as Microsoft.mshtml, appears to cause a hang but eventually completes successfully.
429320InetFTPGetDirList returns 0 on certain FTP servers despite the presence of files.
382850The NIReport_Print function hangs on Windows 8 when you select Microsoft XPS Document Writer as the printer.
473170The ANSI C Library type definition jmp_buf is of incorrect size for applications built in a 64-bit configuration.
475252calloc returns a pointer to invalid memory instead of returning null for very large memory requests.
414435Stretching an image onto a canvas, picture, picture button, or picture ring control leaks memory.
Stand-Alone Applications and Distributions
186565LabWindows/CVI distributions cannot install fonts on Windows Vista or Windows 7.
254291LabWindows/CVI will hang when building a distribution for an executable that is signed with a certificate that is not available.
309109When installing a LabWindows/CVI distribution with a private RTE install, the mesa and instrsup merge modules do not install locally.
308967A 64-bit LabWindows/CVI distribution allows the end user to override the 32-bit National Instruments directory, but not the 64-bit National Instruments directory.
309112LabWindows/CVI 8.0 distributions cannot include the ActiveX container merge module if LabWindows/CVI 2009 or later is installed on the same system.
296155Network variable and ActiveX support do not automatically get selected when building 64-bit distributions.
312179Some Microsoft DLLs are automatically included in distributions built with LabWindows/CVI.
316361The LabWindows/CVI low-level support driver CVINTDRV.sys contains a security vulnerability.
334917LabWindows/CVI evaluates the Drivers & Components dependencies before rebuilding the project.
354481User specified icons are not displayed in Windows Explorer for larger sizes in Windows Vista/7.
340111Selecting the "Install LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine in the application directory" checkbox option in the Edit Installer dialog box does not work for 64-bit distributions.
363759The %application and %basename variables in the Version Info dialog box are based on the release configuration, instead of the current configuration.
368267The Initial Patch Setup dialog box may cause the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash after selecting an incorrect installer path.
369355Applications that use the DIAdem Connectivity Library that are installed using a distribution built in LabWindows/CVI might generate run-time errors related to the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 run-time not being installed.
369915Creating a distribution for a project that uses the DataSocket Library does not automatically check the NI DataSocket 5.0 option in the Drivers & Components tab of the Edit Installer dialog box.
369950The Edit Installer dialog box shows the output associated with a custom release configuration as a .prj instead of .exe.
384581The GetExternalModuleAddrEx function fails to load a DLL if it is not in the current working directory or the system path.
396825The default value for the Publisher option on General tab of the Edit Installers dialog box is "%company".
409819The Installer path option for a patch distribution is still red after being updated when the distribution is moved.
440951When building a 64-bit installer, there is no installation directory option for LabVIEW (64-bit).
394758When a build distribution finishes, LabWindows/CVI continues to use 100% of the CPU.
445803Autoselection does not work when including NI-HSDIO in an installer
446788LabWindows/CVI does not automatically select .NET Support for projects that call .NET Library functions when you build a distribution.
476881Symbols are not exported from executables built using LabWindows/CVI.
User Interface
126708PlotArc lacks accuracy for drawing a small angle with a large radius.
140926Changing the axis range on a LabWindows/CVI graph plot with few points causes skewed plot lines.
193088If a LabWindows/CVI popup panel is not active, subsequent popup panels may appear behind the original popup panel.
193403The panel attribute ATTR_MOVABLE does not work with Aero enabled on Windows 7/Vista.
194450LabWindows/CVI windows do not support Aero Shake.
209745Very large maximum stack sizes cause the "My Documents" button of LabWindows/CVI file select popup panels to fail.
243203LabWindows/CVI file dialog boxes cannot open files accessed through the Libraries button on Windows 7.
286276The frame of the increment and decrement buttons on numeric controls may not draw entirely.
284362When you select a value from a combo box table cell in edit mode, the table cell might not display the value you select.
276799Numeric table cells do not coerce values when values are pasted from the clipboard.
287954The progress bar might not draw correctly when it is overlapped by other controls.
288389The splitter control can disappear after is it dragged.
303637Scrolling strip charts can have inaccurate values for min and max due to rounding errors.
303721Table row and column header separators do not line up with the row and column marker lines when Windows visual styles are enabled.
304541The Run-Time Movable Control (movectrl.fp) custom control does not display a hand when moving numeric controls.
305258GetScaledCtrlDisplayBitmap can hang for some scaling ratios.
306560VAL_SIZE_TO_PICTURE can significantly degrade the resolution of pictures if the pictures must shrink.
308664The bottom of some characters on the y-axis of a strip chart can be clipped incorrectly.
298632Full ticks are not consistently drawn for many numeric controls.
298790Tree items with ATTR_CELL_DIMMED can be toggled and do not draw completely dimmed.
299688Some items in the LabWindows/CVI status bar require a double-click to toggle, while others require a single-click.
293672Some user interface controls do not draw Windows styles on mouse-over.
293859The Floating Style attribute of a child panel can cause displayed panels to display as modal behind other displayed panels.
294159<Ctrl-Left Arrow> and <Ctrl-Right Arrow> do not work correctly in text controls on multibyte versions of Windows.
292070Passing TRUE to the RestrictDirectory parameter of FileSelectPopup does not completely restrict the directory to the initial directory.
292130Calling GetPanelAttribute with ATTR_TITLEBAR_ACTUAL_THICKNESS returns undefined results if the panel titlebar is not visible.
37666 3TJ0IB7KPanels displayed with ATTR_WINDOW_ZOOM set to VAL_MAXIMIZE will not restore after showing the desktop.
328679Graph legend items are highlighted after calling RecallPanelState under some conditions.
329406LabWindows/CVI crashes when setting the Offset option for a graph if the Absolute Time Display Format is set to a very large number.
329461Printing UIR files resizes the table control in the print output.
319377SavePanelState causes a General Protection Fault when called in a 64-bit application.
326106If you save UIR files as older versions, LabWindows/CVI does not warn you that features that are unsupported in that version will not be saved.
313512Ring control label/value pairs precision does not persist when changed.
314106The x-axis of the digital graph displays improper divisions.
310781The table control displays a gap between the table cells and the bottom and right edges of the control when resized.
310817Table control triggers a general protection fault after not cleaning up resources from an Out of Memory error.
311281Graph controls display the x-axis name at an angle if you set the ATTR_XYNAME_FONT attribute to a metafont that rotates text.
312398Deleting all lines from a text box control with no lines available to delete causes a nonfatal runtime error.
313765The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine may crash when unloading a DLL that contains a panel in a thread other than the main thread.
314344Changing the panel title from a different thread can cause a hang.
314631MultiFileSelectPopup removes leading spaces from file names and returns an error.
316365Panel toolbars are not fully discarded when created and discarded in a thread other than main.
316930Possible to see 100% CPU usage when a graph or strip chart is on screen and axis labels are visible
318200The Edit Tabbing Order dialog box does not allow you to modify the tabbing order of controls that are behind overlapping controls.
319561SetCursorAttribute does not return an error when passed an annotation attribute.
322979Drawing a filled shape on the canvas with a pen width greater than 1 causes the filling to exceed the shape's border.
329376The graph legend does not always match the angle of text plots.
329411User interface control labels appear to resize when switching from Windows XP to Windows Vista or Windows 7.
332654Changing a panel's width or height from the Attribute Browser doesn't update corresponding workspace status bar values.
332770The control or panel constant name in the Workspace status bar does not update when a panel or control is selected and the user moves another panel or control.
332772Workspace status bar displays outer frame width and height when resizing panel.
333069Workspace status bar and property browser panel width and height are not updated when you undo a panel resize or cut/delete a panel..
333163The Choose Date/Time Value dialog box displays an error message for an invalid date three times.
334681Setting the Label text in the Edit Tree dialog box to a string greater then 250 characters can crash LabWindows/CVI.
316397Saving a file with the FileSelectPopup function displays a "file already exists" error when another file with the same basename and no extension exists in the selected directory.
333578The Attribute Browser Width field doesn't coerce the value to the minimum control width.
333580The selection around the control does not redraw after setting a field from the Attribute Browser that changes the control size.
329405Numeric control radix does not resize with control text size.
345272Tree control may crash when more than 200,000 items are inserted.
351981Dimming ActiveX control does not terminate mouse tracking.
363056Floating point format in UI controls allows too many digits before automatically switching to scientific format.
337950Graph zoom selection box leaves artifacts if a control is moved over the drawing region in between frames.
345703Some controls do not print colors correctly in bitmap printing when set to black & white mode.
347056Dragging the ring tank control value to change its fluid height at run-time may cause black lines to appear where the previous fluid height was.
347323Changing digital graph line label and bus label programmatically does not update the control labels if the plot does not contain any data.
349832The mouse wheel scrolls the wrong control while ring control menu is displayed.
350412In some cases, the EVENT_LOST_FOCUS and EVENT_COMMIT events are not displayed in Operate mode when changing focus away from controls.
350752A tree item tooltip continues to display when the cursor is over a tree item and another active window is in front of part of the tree item.
350944The numeric control cannot have a transparent background.
344033Sweep Line Color attribute for a strip chart is not saved when the UIR is saved.
345074Passing an incorrect panel attribute to the GetPanelAttribute function causes a general protection fault.
346432Child panels in a tab control do not resize when the tab is resized and Scale Contents on Resize is enabled.
347326The digital graph control does not limit the Line Label and Bus Label values string size to 255 characters.
348756The CVI GUI Localization Utility will not advance to the Right Y Axis of strip charts if the Next button is clicked.
348758The Clear Translations menu item does nothing in the CVI GUI Localization Utility.
349644ActiveX controls cannot be selected in the User Interface Editor with a mouse click if the control is dimmed.
349930Mouse tracking is not aborted during a mouse click event if the control callback causes the panel to lose focus.
350416ExcelRpt_WriteDataFromTableControl function does not support combo box, ring, or button cell types.
290770Popup dialogs appear in the same location where they were located the last time the dialog appeared in that process.
309845Tree control tooltip does not use the character set of the tree.
336312Calling the GetCtrlVal function for the picture ring control may cause an "Assertion failed" error in the Event Viewer if the picture ring data type is set to " string (char *)".
337804Changing the label of a tree item from the Label control or the Quick Edit Window does not update the corresponding entry in the Default Index option for that tree item.
337953The LED control is rendered poorly when using default size.
340396When moving a tree control, the tree item being edited will not move with the tree.
341569The index counts in the Default index option can have the wrong value if items are inserted in the tree out of order.
341708Inserting a tree column in Edit Columns/Cells dialog box does not update the currently selected column.
343989Some Programmer's Toolbox functions do not support Lab Style controls.
352509ATTR_XLOOSE_FIT_AUTOSCALING_UNIT attribute does not work well with log scales.
384834Changing the value of a Numeric Thermometer or Numeric Tank control that is in Hot mode may cause a graphical glitch.
373393Classic-style decoration controls that have rounded edges appear speckled.
367217In the Edit Axis Settings dialog box for a strip chart control, the Loose Fit Units field may be dimmed even if the Loose Fit option is enabled.
379530Opening a UIR file containing a tab control attached to a splitter control that is saved in LabWindows/CVI 7.1 causes an "Invalid control ID" error.
379767UIR files saved in LabWindows/CVI 8.1 and earlier that contain a knob, dial, gauge, or meter can corrupt the environment memory when opened in LabWindows/CVI 8.5 or later.
388199Passing the same index for the Item Index and the Relative Index parameters of the AreTreeItemsRelated function returns the incorrect value for some relationships.
383424Strip chart control traces and legend do not scale correctly.
376365Plotting data to a graph control with the PlotXY function may add an additional invalid data point as the last value plotted for a specific input size.
275954Setting the ATTR_FIRST_VISIBLE_LINE attribute does not cause a text box control to redraw in some cases.
364746Accessing a control array from a panel loaded multiple times in an application causes run-time error.
366605A tree control of type string that has at least one item causes the User Interface Localizer to crash.
367216The Loose Fit Units of a strip chart control are reset to 0 when the Edit Axis Settings dialog box is re-opened.
382556Edit Label/Value Pairs dialog box uses wrong character set.
386552The User Interface Editor does not allow you to paint controls with the panel theme disabled.
386878The DisplayImageFile function uses more memory than is necessary.
391657The value of the eventData1 parameter is always 1 in a callback for an EVENT_COMMIT event of a graph cursor that is locked.
392640Cannot duplicate panels with controls that are duplicated and attached to a splitter control.
396304LabWindows/CVI might crash when running out of memory during a table copy operation.
399949Some printing functions may cause a general protection fault in 64-bit applications.
400767Functions that take a Control List parameter may cause a crash in 64-bit applications.
401736Controls with the panel theme disabled still render with the panel theme in the User Interface Editor and at run time.
403028Changing the value of ATTR_INTERPOLATE_PIXELS can leave the plot with extraneous data.
413695Radial controls do not resize all elements proportionally.
369944The canvas control creates some undesired artifacts when rotated or moved around.
382278The save button cannot be used in the Attribute Browser toolbar.
404129After rotating the markers of a gauge control, the needle becomes misaligned with the center of the gauge.
423072The two panel attributes, ATTR_HEIGHT and ATTR_WIDTH, cannot be sized beyond a certain value, which depends on monitor resolution.
427065The maximum window size is limited by screen resolution.
431566In the User Interface Editor, if you rotate a text message that has the Size to text option disabled, the resulting text message is drawn incorrectly, selected incorrectly, and inoperable.
432165Under specific graph setting conditions, the fat line plot style renders incorrectly.
437605Graphs containing multiple plots with different plot styles show incorrect plot styles in the graph legend.
439046Toolbar click events do not cause numeric controls to leave edit mode.
441033A graph with log scale shows only two decades for a range of [1E-200, 1].
460638The picture command button can incorrectly show the resizing frame when the Size control to image Fit mode is selected.
391647Changing focus from the graph control while you operate a cursor inside the control leaves the cursor at an intermediate position.
402602The graph control plot can change size when the graph control changes size, even when the Fixed Plot Area attribute (ATTR_FIXED_PLOT_AREA) is enabled.
415654When scrolling a tree control and the currently selected item line moves to the top or bottom of the control, it seems as though multiple items are selected.
424549The default values for the ATTR_HIDE_HILITE and ATTR_HILITE_ONLY_WHEN_PANEL_ACTIVE attributes do not persist for table controls when set in the UIR file.
470189Resizing a knob control by operating a splitter control causes the digital display of the knob control to be positioned at the wrong coordinates.
484206The image quality of some images loaded in a picture command button degrades after saving and loading the user interface file multiple times.
386088Predefined, non-metafont fonts look bigger than corresponding metafonts.

 

Known Issues

IDKnown Issue
.NET and ActiveX
258376

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Mousing over an ActiveX control when the title bar is not visible causes the control to disappear.

Workaround: If the control has a windowless mode, use the windowless mode.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 11/17/2010
44669
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The WordRpt_SetHeader function might not always work as expected.
Embedding pictures in a header does not work.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 11/22/2010
283065

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LabWindows/CVI cannot generate wrappers for .NET Framework 4.0 assemblies.
The Create LabWindows/CVI .NET Controller dialog box cannot generate wrappers for .NET Framework 4.0 assemblies. When trying to create a wrapper for .NET Framework 4.0 assemblies, the error Error occurred while generating .NET controller code. The method or operation is not implemented. will be shown.

Workaround: Paste the following XML into a file named cvi.exe.config. Place this file next to cvi.exe in the LabWindows/CVI directory.



<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>

   <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">

      <supportedRuntime version="v4.0"/>

   </startup>

</configuration>


After you've done this, restart LabWindows/CVI.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/08/2011
284293

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Using a WebBrowser ActiveX control from a thread created in a LabWindows/CVI thread pool leaks memory.
Threads from a LabWindows/CVI thread pool, run using CmtScheduleThreadPoolFunction, will leak memory if they host a panel that displays a WebBrowser ActiveX control.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/08/2011
299606

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The LabWindows/CVI ActiveX Controller Wizard does not display all registered ActiveX servers.
Servers registered with paths of type REG_EXPAND_SZ are not listed.

Workaround: Manually browse to the server object containing a type library.

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/28/2011
313299

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CVI_AppGetLinesFromFile returns a string with maximum length of INT16_MAX characters.
The maximum puts too small of a limit on the amount of source code text that can be returned from a single call to CVI_AppGetLinesFromFile .

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/07/2012
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The GetAllBreakpoints LabWindows/CVI ActiveX Server Interface function does not set numBreakpoints output parameter.
The variable remains uninitialized after the function call if it was not initialized before.

Workaround: Use the length of the breakpoint line numbers safearray output parameter.

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/20/2012
348295

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A panel containing an ActiveX control disappears when the mouse hovers over the control if the titlebar is not visible.

Workaround: If the control has a windowless mode, use the windowless mode.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
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The Word Report WordRpt_GoToCell function will always go to the first column when used in a Microsoft Word 2007 file or later.

Workaround: Load an existing file saved as a Word 97-2003 document. Or, use the WordRpt_WriteToCell function with an empty string instead of the WordRpt_GoToCell function.

Reported Version: 8.5.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Creating an AppDomain in .NET using the mscorlib.fp library causes a System.OutOfMemoryException to be thrown.
This issue occurs on Windows 8 or on a system with .NET 4.5 installed.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0.1  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/27/2013
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The CA_InitActiveXThreadStyleForCurrentThread function return success even if it fails.
If the CA_InitActiveXThreadStyleForCurrentThread function is called and the threading model is already set to a model different from what is specified by the threadStyle parameter, the function still returns 0, which indicates that it succeeded. In this case, the function fails to set the threading model.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/05/2013
348302

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ActiveX controls disappear when the mouse hovers over the control and the Title bar Visible attribute for the title is disabled.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
148778

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The ActiveX Controller Wizard does not support LONGLONG and ULONGLONG data types.

Workaround: Add the methods containing int64 parameters manually to the generated files.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
363992

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The first letter of exported functions in type libraries has inconsistent case behavior.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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Creating an ActiveX Controller for a large type library, such as the Microsoft HTML Object Library, results in the message Maximum number of function tree nodes exceeded.
LabWindows/CVI is unresponsive while the ActiveX Controller Wizard generates the code, and the message appears after some time.

Workaround: Two ways to reduce the number of function panels:
  •  In the ActiveX Controller Advanced Options dialog box you can deselect objects that you will not use.
  • On the Configure panel you can select Compatibility Options and change the Property Access Functions option to either Per Object or Per Server to significantly reduce the number of function panels used. Selecting either of these options might make it more difficult to access properties but all objects are still available.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
Analysis
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The PeakDetector function does not recognize peaks of a sine wave when the sampling rate is very high.
If the peak is relatively flat because of the high number of points acquired at the high sampling rate, the PeakDetector function may not find the peaks.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/27/2011
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Passing NULL to SingleToneSignal for the searchType input parameter causes a fatal run-time error.

Workaround: Pass an invalid input instead.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/18/2012
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Gamma, GammaC, and Beta functions compute regularized form, which is not accurately described in help.
The Gamma function actually computes the gamma function or the regularized incomplete gamma function. The GammaC function computes the regularized complimentary incomplete gamma function. The Beta function computes the beta function or the regularized incomplete beta function.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/18/2012
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For values of x that are very large, sin (x) returns x instead of returning a number between -1 and 1.
This behavior occurs only for large values of x, such as 1e+20.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/20/2012
Compiler
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Building debug versions of very large projects may cause LabWindows/CVI to run out of memory.

Workaround: Right-click files that do not need to be debugged and select Enable 'O' Option. This option removes debugging information from the compiled object file, resulting in a much smaller memory footprint.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 05/05/2010
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Cannot link some uuid.lib symbols in a 32-bit program.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 11/22/2010
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clang does not recognize the _export and _import qualifiers.

Workaround: Use __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport) instead.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 03/04/2011
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When using third-party compilers, linker errors refer to temporary object files.
If link errors are found for multiple modules, the link errors will all be reported in the same temporary object file.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 03/04/2011
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compile.exe may report link errors for National Instruments libraries.
If the LabWindows/CVI development environment has not been launched, compile.exe might report link errors for some libraries, such as the LabWindows/CVI SQL Toolkit or the Programmer's Toolbox.

Workaround: Run LabWindows/CVI before using compile.exe.

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/09/2011
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Compiling a file with a syntax error can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
A very specific type of syntax error can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash. For example, compiling a file that contains the following code will cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.



void a(b, int c) { int d = b; }

Workaround: Remove the syntax error before recompiling.

Reported Version: 5.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 03/09/2011
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You cannot add a type library for a project that defines multiple functions that differ only in case.
If the function panel for your DLL project specifies multiple functions whose names differ only in case, you will not be able to embed a type library in your DLL.

Workaround: Modify the function names so that they are different in aspects other than case-sensitivity.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/09/2011
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compile.exe can crash when passed a project path that can't be found on disk.
If you pass a .prj file and one or more .c files to compile.exe and the .prj file cannot be found on disk, compile.exe will crash.

Workaround: Ensure the .prj file can be found.

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2011
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compile.exe does not work in evaluation mode without launching LabWindows/CVI once.
If you have not yet launched LabWindows/CVI, compile.exe will return -1.

Workaround: Launch LabWindows/CVI once before running compile.exe.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
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The clang external compiler does not correctly handle the long double data type.
All long double variables will have a value of 0.

Workaround: Use double instead of long double.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/27/2011
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There are miscellaneous problems with code comment tags.
The following are known issues when automatically generating stub source code comments with <Ctrl+Shift+G>:
  • If the function returns void, a HIRET tag is still generated. This will not compile.
  • If a given parameter is of type void, a HIPAR tag is still generated. This will not compile.
  • If a function uses K&R parameter syntax, source code comments are automatically generated above the first non-K&R style function found above the desired K&R style function.
When a project is built, the following are known issues with the HTML and/or XML that can be generated for the comments:
  •  There is an extra line break in the function pages in the generated HTML.
  • The generated XML is invalid if there are some extended ASCII characters in the comments, such as 'µ'.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/28/2011
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LabWindows/CVI can crash when compiling some K&R style functions.
This crash occurs only if you disable the Require function prototypes option. For example, if you attempt to compile a file with the following code, LabWindows/CVI crashes.



void foo (a)

int a(enum {x,y});

{

}


Workaround: Enable the Require function prototypes option and add a prototype for the function.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/28/2011
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A source file containing a very large array of structures might fail to compile.
For example, if you declare an array of 5000000 NIComplexNumber structures, LabWindows/CVI will fail to compile the file without any error message.

Workaround: Either:
  • Set the Debugging level option (Options»Build Options) to No run-time checking.
  • Define the array in a new source file. Right-click the new source file in the project tree and select Enable .Obj Option.


Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/30/2011
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Compiling a very large array in debug mode can be very slow.
For instance, compilation of the following code in debug mode would be very slow:



char *bigarray[30][25][1000][100];

int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { return 0; }



Workaround: Change the Debugging level option (Options»Build Options) to No run-time checking.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/02/2011
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LabWindows/CVI crashes during compilation when a very long variable name is used.
Variables with names of roughly 500 characters or longer will cause LabWindows/CVI to crash when compiling.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
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LabWindows/CVI may crash when rebuilding a project with a precompiled header file.
LabWindows/CVI crashes when rebuilding a portion of a project that depends on a precompiled header file that includes a header file with a warning.

Workaround: Mark project for compilation before rebuilding.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/06/2012
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FileToArray function does not support 64-bit data types.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/06/2012
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Using the bit shift operator multiple times on the same line of code produces incorrect results for 64-bit integers in a 32-bit application.
This issue occurs when the result of one bit shift is used for another bit shift in the same line of code. For example:

unsigned int a = 1, b = 62;
unsigned long long result = 1ULL << a << b;


Workaround: Separate the two bit shift operations into two separate lines of code.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/14/2012
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False positive user protection error when using an Interface to Win32 API struct.
N/A

Workaround: Refer to the Disabling User Protection section in the LabWindows/CVI Help. Access this section through the Table of Contents by selecting Programmer Reference»LabWindows/CVI Compiler Overview»User Protection»Disabling User Protection.

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/15/2012
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Cannot link some odbccp32.lib symbols in a 32-bit program.
The issue exists with the odbccp32.lib that is included in the Windows 7 SDK.

Workaround: Use odbccp32.lib from the Windows Vista SDK instead.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/17/2012
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Cannot assign Interface to Win32 API function GetProcAddress to a function pointer without a type cast.
The following code results in a "Operands of = have illegal types" compile error:


#include <windows.h>

int __stdcall (*my_FP)(int x, char y[], char z[], char *m, int g, char A[], char B[]);

my_FP = GetProcAddress(0, "DLL_FUNCT");

Workaround: Create a type definition for the function pointer and use it to cast the return value of GetProcAddress.

Reported Version: 2010 SP1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/17/2012
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The alloca function is not defined for the clang third party compiler in a 64-bit configuration.

Workaround: Add #define alloca __builtin_alloca after including ansi_c.h.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/17/2012
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Third-party compilers do not enable C99 extensions even if you enable the Build with C99 extensions option in the Build Options dialog box.
This behavior can cause problems in some LabWindows/CVI headers that require _CVI_C99_EXTENSIONS_ to be defined.

Workaround: In the Advanced Compiler Options dialog box for the third party setup, add -D_CVI_C99_EXTENSIONS_=1 to the C99 Flags field. While this flag is enabled, the C99 extensions checkbox will work for this third party compiler.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/17/2012
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Compiler warning when using __int64 in switch statement expression in a 32-bit configuration.
"Warning: Conversion from '__int64' to 'long' might lose data" can occur if the switch expression is of type __int64 and all of the case expressions are of type int or long. The conversion does not actually occur and the warning can be ignored.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 07/18/2012
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LoadExternalModule does not guarantee that the module loaded is 16-byte aligned.
This behavior may cause errors when using third-party compilers.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
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The modulo operation with 64-bit integers in a 32-bit configuration may produce incorrect results.
The result will likely be incorrect if the second operand is negative.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
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Typedefs with names that contain "char" are converted to "LPSTR" when generating an ODL.
For example, a typedef named mychar is converted to myLPSTR. This will cause an error when the ODL is compiled using MIDL.

Workaround: Avoid typedefs that contain "char" in the name.

Reported Version: 2010 SP1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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When using an external optimizing compiler, compiler defines that are defined to strings with escaped quotations are not passed to the external compiler as strings.
For example, adding the following define to the Compiler Defines section in the Build Options dialog box:
/DMYDEFINE="\"abc def\""
sends the following define to the third-party compiler:
/DMYDEFINE="abc def"

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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LabWindows/CVI may crash when changing the default calling convention of a library after it has been built.

Workaround: Re-open LabWindows/CVI and change the calling convention.

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Building a project that has a long file path causes LabWindows/CVI to crash.
Previous versions of LabWindows/CVI display a Filename is too long message instead of crashing.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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If LabWindows/CVI does not have an activated license, running compile.exe fails silently without reporting a licensing error.
However, sending the command echo %errorlevel% returns -1, indicating there was an error.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 08/22/2014
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The LabWindows/CVI environment may hang while debugging with the Variables or Watch windows open.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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Duplicate "Could not expand variable" dialog boxes may display while debugging.
If you step over code while a watchpoint is expanded, you may see multiple "Could not expand variable" dialog boxes.

Workaround: Disable extended Variables/Watch window displays.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 11/17/2010
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Remote debugging can hang when debugging DLLs with DllMain.

Workaround: Move DllMain to a source code module that is not compiled with debug info.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 11/18/2010
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You cannot remote debug a multithreaded program with extended variable displays enabled.

Workaround: Disable the Enable extended Variables/Watch window displays option in the Environment dialog box.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 11/18/2010
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Watchpoints might not be able to run after manually suspending a multithreaded program.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 11/18/2010
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Attaching the LabWindows/CVI debugger to a C++ DLL might result in significant performance degradation.
If you are debugging a process that calls into a C++ DLL, significant performance degradation might occur. This performance degradation has occurred for C++ DLLs that throw many exceptions or create and destroy large STL maps.

Workaround: There is no workaround while debugging, but there is no performance degradation while running outside of the LabWindows/CVI debugger.

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 03/03/2011
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TDMS_CloseFile can take a long time to complete when the LabWindows/CVI debugger is attached.
If your TDMS file contains many channels, a call to TDMS_CloseFile can take a very long time. The more channels you have, the longer the call can take. This occurs only when the LabWindows/CVI debugger is attached. This is related to Known Issue 285461.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 03/10/2011
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A breakpoint with a pass count and a condition will never break execution as a result of the pass count.
If a breakpoint has both a condition and a pass count, the pass count will be ignored. As a result, if the condition is never met, the breakpoint will never break execution.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/23/2011
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Attaching to a process that loads a debuggable LabWindows/CVI DLL can result in LabWindows/CVI crashing if you open an unrelated project after debugging the process.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/27/2011
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Calling RegisterDDEServer and then UnregisterDDEServer results in the report of a resource leak in the Resource Tracking window.
No memory is actually being leaked.

Workaround: Ignore the report of the leaked resource.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
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If a running instance of LabWindows/CVI is minimized, it will not be listed in the Just-In-Time Debugger Selector dialog box.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/01/2011
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The Edit Breakpoint dialog box incorrectly maintains a reference to old files.
If you place breakpoints in one workspace and then debug a project, the source files those breakpoints were placed in will not be removed from the Edit Breakpoint dialog box when a new workspace is loaded.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/01/2011
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The LabWindows/CVI debugger can hang when LoadPanel fails in a DLL with variables expanded using the Specific Type option in the Variables window.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/02/2011
37498
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Variables defined inside of a block statement cannot be added to the Watch window.
For instance the variable a in the following code cannot be added to the Watch window.



void foo (int var)

  if (var == 0) {

    int a;

    a = var;

  }

}

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/02/2011
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The Go to Line button causes an internal assert to be triggered.
When execution is suspended on a breakpoint, pressing Go to Line in the Breakpoints dialog box for a breakpoint that has a valid location but an invalid condition causes an assert to be triggered.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
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Debugging a DLL built in LabWindows/CVI that defines DllMain crashes the RT target.
Debugging a DLL that defines DllMain crashes LabVIEW Real-Time on the RT target when the entry point function returns.

Workaround: Do not define DllMain in a DLL that will be debugged on an RT target.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
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LabWindows/CVI changes foreground lock timeout to 0 when debugging.
When debugging an application, the debugger changes the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ForegroundLockTimeout registry key to 0. This is necessary to control which window is in the foreground when debugging. The debugger should restore the registry key to its previous state when it is done debugging.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/08/2012
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If you change a breakpoint due to an invalid condition while you are debugging, LabWindows/CVI ignores the next breakpoint.
If your code contains a breakpoint with an invalid condition followed by another invalid breakpoint (either with an invalid condition or set on a line containing no executable code), LabWindows/CVI displays the Invalid Condition dialog box for the first breakpoint. If you make the condition valid and click Replace or click Delete to delete the breakpoint, LabWindows/CVI ignores the next breakpoint.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
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Canceling from the Invalid Breakpoint dialog box causes the LabWindows/CVI debugger to ignore all remaining breakpoints and continue execution.
If you have a breakpoint with an invalid condition when you begin debugging, LabWindows/CVI displays the Invalid Condition dialog box for that breakpoint. However, if you click Cancel in this dialog box, LabWindows/CVI resumes execution of the program. All other breakpoints following this breakpoint will be skipped and debugging will continue.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
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Clicking Cancel in the Invalid Condition dialog box can cause a breakpoint to be deleted.
While you are debugging, if you add an invalid condition to an existing breakpoint using the Edit Breakpoint dialog box and then click Cancel in the Invalid Condition dialog box, the breakpoint is deleted.

Workaround: Do not use the Edit Breakpoint dialog box to add a condition to an existing breakpoint. Use the Breakpoints dialog box to edit the breakpoint instead.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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Adding an invalid condition to an existing breakpoint during debug from the Breakpoints dialog box and then clicking Delete in the Invalid Condition dialog box does not delete the modified breakpoint.
During debug (when the program is running or suspended), adding an invalid condition to an existing breakpoint from the Breakpoints dialog box and then clicking Delete in the Invalid Condition dialog box, either replaces the edited breakpoint with the next breakpoint in the breakpoints list or assigns the invalid condition to the edited breakpoint in the breakpoints list if there is no breakpoint after it in the list. Either way, after submitting changes by clicking OK in the Breakpoints dialog box, the edited breakpoint will not be present in the source file.

Workaround: Click Cancel in the Invalid Condition dialog box and delete the breakpoint manually from the Breakpoints dialog box.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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Adding a breakpoint on an invalid line from the Breakpoints dialog box and then moving the breakpoint creates a breakpoint that you cannot interact with.
While you are debugging (and execution is not suspended), if you add a breakpoint on an invalid line from the Breakpoints dialog box, LabWindows/CVI prompts you to resolve the conflict. If you select to move the breakpoint, LabWindows/CVI moves the breakpoint in the source file immediately. If you cancel the dialog box, LabWindows/CVI does not remove the breakpoint in the source file, and you cannot operate the breakpoint.

Workaround: To remove the broken breakpoint, open the Breakpoints dialog box again and click OK to refresh all breakpoints.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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LabWindows/CVI crashes while debugging when adding a conditional breakpoint to the Interactive Execution window if the window doesn't contain any executable code.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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The Line option and Add button are not updated when the file is changed in the Edit Breakpoint dialog box.
If the Add button is disabled because you are editing a breakpoint from a file that does not allow a breakpointand then witch to a file that does, the Add button is not enabled. Also, if the line number is set to a line that does not exist in the file that you switch to, the line number does not update to an existing line number.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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Error message in the Invalid Condition dialog box may overflow text region.
When debugging and a breakpoint with an invalid condition is hit, the Invalid Condition dialog box opens. Replacing the condition with a longer but still invalid condition causes the error message to be longer, but the dialog box does not expand to accomodate the longer message.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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LabWindows/CVI crashes when a long condition is entered in the Condition text field of the Invalid Condition dialog box.
When you are debugging and hit a breakpoint with an invalid condition, LabWindows/CVI launches the Invalid Condition dialog box. If you enter a new condition that is very long and click Replace, the development environment crashes.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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Watch expressions become inactive after switching configurations.
Watch expressions are tied to a specific executable or DLL. If the target settings for two different configurations point to different paths, then the watch expression cannot be shared between the two configurations.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/14/2012
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Cursor does not change back to arrow after operating the splitter in the Watch Window while debugging.
This occurs only when debugging an application and execution is not suspended. Similar behavior occurs for both the vertical and horizontal splitters.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/15/2012
IDKnown Issue
362376


The Programmer's Toolbox function ListCreate leaks memory.
The memory leak occurs only in a debug build.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/17/2012
353320


Attempting to edit a "??" entry in the Memory window causes an error.
In LabWindows/CVI 2009 and earlier the error is "Cannot write to address <address*gt;" and then the ADE may crash. In LabWindows/CVI 2010 and later, the error is "A custom control callback has raised an exception" and the ADE does not crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/20/2012
340055


Breakpoints may be missed when attaching to a non-debuggable process that calls a debuggable DLL in multiple threads.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
355331


Editing the RGB values of an RGB color in the Watch window doesn't also update the overall value of the variable in the parent node.
The value is updated, but the displayed value of the parent node is not updated.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
356421


Entries in the Watch window may be dimmed incorrectly if multiple entries have the same symbol name.
Multiple entries with the same symbol name may exist because they have different scope.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
357245


Local array in a thread that has exited may appear as still active in the Watch window.
This behavior can occur if the thread exited using the CmtExitThreadPoolThread function instead of return.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
358560


Function name is not reported in Break On Library Errors message.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 07/22/2012
360314


The LabWindows/CVI environment crashes when showing a time_t variable in the Watch or Variables window while debugging a 64-bit application with extended debugging enabled.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 07/22/2012
335983


Tooltip for symbol values during debugging may appear on top of the editor's scrollbar.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/24/2012
375719


Retrieving debug info with a tooltip or opening the Variables window for arrays with more than INT_MAX elements causes the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/20/2013
369553


Variables in the Interactive Execution Window are not immediately evaluated in watch expressions.
If the Interactive Execution Window has already been executed, watch expressions that are added have the value expression not yet evaluated.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
370519


The LabWindows/CVI environment crashes when setting a string in the Array Display window to hexadecimal format while debugging a LabWindows/CVI application.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
380541


When execution is suspended at a breakpoint while debugging a LabWindows/CVI Real-Time DLL that is called from a LabVIEW VI, clicking the Terminate Execution button causes the system to reboot and a couple od dialog boxes are displayed.
The dialog boxes state "LabWindows/CVI debugger is waiting for a reply from the debuggee", and "The network operation timed out and the connection was lost". These dialog boxes are displayed because the real-time system is rebooting. Once the system has rebooted, the application can be restarted.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
323750


Using the Attach to Process command to debug multiple LabWindows/CVI DLLs in a single process at the same time may result in the debugger being disconnected while code is still running in one of the DLLs.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/22/2013
378420


The CNVGetFolders and CNVGetVariables functions return string arrays that show the incorrect number of elements while debugging.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/22/2013
410015


Badly formatted hInstance when LoadPanelEx reports an error.
The error dialog does not display the full hInstance value. In some cases, this may cause the LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine to crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
430723


Two attributes in the CNSGetEndpointAttribute function panel display their data type as double instead of unsigned long long.
The attributes Total Number of Read Items and Total Number of Written Items have data types of unsigned long long in the .sub file, but LabWindows/CVI displays them as double.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
433158


LabWindows/CVI stops tracking resources after user code raises an exception.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
438896


LabWindows/CVI does not display a warning message when both a main and a WinMain entry point are defined in a source file.
When main and WinMain are both defined in a source file, only the WinMain entry point will execute at run time. LabWindows/CVI does not warn that main may not execute.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
466209


The DebugPrintf function truncates large strings when printing to the Debug Output window.

Workaround: Split long strings into multiple print statements.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
466763


LabWindows/CVI does not show enough digits of precision in tooltips or the Variables and Call Stack window.
The display has a 15-digit limit.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
461432


Taking the address of an array within a union within a structure causes a false Argument too small fatal run-time error.

Workaround:
  • Avoid using the addresses of array variables. 
  • Disable run-time checking.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/26/2014
Development Environment
189843


The Perforce 2009.1 client may cause LabWindows/CVI 2009 to crash.
LabWindows/CVI may crash when the Perforce SCC DLL is unloaded.

Workaround: Upgrade to the Perforce 2009.2 client.

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
193733


Launching the DataSocket Binding dialog box may cause LabWindows/CVI to hang on Windows 7.

Workaround: Switch away from LabWindows/CVI to another application, and then switch back to LabWindows/CVI.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
216549


LabWindows/CVI installs KeyHelp.ocx, which contains a security vulnerability.
For more information, refer to this link.

Workaround: This component is used for help tooltips in the LabWindows/CVI User Interface Editor. It can be safely prevented from being used in IE by using the Microsoft kill bit mechanism. The CLSID for this control is {16DDBCA2-9F0B-4927-9315-62D8893FC7E8}.

Reported Version: 2009 SP1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 09/17/2010
276026


LabWindows/CVI can generate code into the wrong source file without asking for confirmation.
The following steps will reproduce this issue:
  1.  Create a new user interface project from template.
  2.  Browse to a random example and open a source file from the random example.
  3.  Open the UIR in the editor (but don't open the source file).
  4.  Add a button with a callback to the UIR from the project.
  5.  Select Code»Generate»Control Callbacks to generate the control callback.

Notice the callback and header files were placed in the unrelated example's source file.

Workaround: Ensure you always have zero or at least 2 source files open when generating code.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 11/24/2010
283527


LabWindows/CVI carets ignore Windows keyboard settings.
Through the Keyboard Settings applet in the Windows Control Panel, you can adjust the blink rate of the caret, or you can disable blinking altogether. LabWindows/CVI ignores this setting.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/04/2011
285074


Previewing substitutions in the Version Info dialog box sometimes does not show correct values.
By default, the %application variable expands to the value of the Application Title field in the Target Settings dialog box. If this field is empty, the target file base name is used to expand the %application variable. However, when Preview Substitutions is selected in the Version Info dialog box, if the Application Title is blank, the %application variable is replaced with an empty string.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/04/2011
282253


Data tooltip is too small to hold negative zero floating-point values.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/09/2011
227324


LabWindows/CVI cannot copy files to the VXIPnP directories on Windows Vista and later.
These directories are locked by default, which is not the correct behavior.

Workaround: Install VISA, which will unlock these directories.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/10/2011
288099


The ProgressBar_GetPercentage function panel defines the percentage parameter to be an input parameter.
Because the percentage parameter is actually an output parameter, declaring a variable from the function panel will result in a variable of the wrong type being declared. It will be declared as a double * instead of a double.

Workaround: Add the percentage variable manually instead of declaring it from the function panel.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/10/2011
289949


Using an import library generated by MinGW results in "Bad COFF Library Member Header" error message.

Workaround: Open the header file that contains the function prototypes for the DLL in LabWindows/CVI. Then use the Options»Generate DLL Import Library menu item to generate an import library for the DLL.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 03/21/2011
289314


User-defined types always receive an asterisk when used as output types in function panels.
For instance, if you define a custom type as

typedef char[256] String255;

you would not want it to have an asterisk appended to it when used as an output type.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/24/2011
300075


Editing instrument driver attributes using the Attibute Editor tool can cause attributes to be duplicated in the .sub file.

Workaround: Edit a driver's attributes using LabWindows/CVI 8.5 or earlier.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
306648


Some controls in the LabWindows/CVI environment do not dim properly when they have different values between build configurations.
For example, if the File Version and Product Version controls have different values for 32-bit and 64-bit configurations, they will not be dimmed when the All Configurations option is selected.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
306727


LabWindows/CVI can crash when attempting to rename a file belonging to a project that is under source code control.
If the project that belongs to source code control is not checked out, LabWindows/CVI can crash if you try to rename a file in that project.

Workaround: Rename the file outside of the LabWindows/CVI source code control interface.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
306728


Attempting to rename a file under source code control fails.
When using a source code control (SCC) provider in LabWindows/CVI, you might not be able to rename a file under SCC through the SCC interface.

Workaround: Rename the file outside of the LabWindows/CVI source code control interface.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
308191


A multi-project workspace with projects targeting both 32-bit and 64-bit can incorrectly display import libraries.
For example, consider the case where you have a workspace with two projects. If both projects have import libraries associated with them, and one project is 32-bit and one project is 64-bit, the bitness marking of the import libraries may be confusing. If the 64-bit project is the active project, the import libraries of the 32-bit project will show as dimmed and 64-bit. Then, if you make the 32-bit project the active project, the bitness of its import libraries will show correctly, but the import libraries of the 64-bit project will now display as 32-bit and dimmed.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/27/2011
308500


You cannot view predefined macros through the Manage Configurations dialog box.
Try to view the predefined macros for a build configuration by selecting Build»Configuration»Manage Configurations»Edit»Build Options»Predefined Macros.

Workaround: Select Options»Build Options and select a configuration from the Configuration ring. Then select the Predefined Macros button.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
295507


Undoing after hiding and showing panels can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
The following steps will result in LabWindows/CVI crashing:
  1.  Hide a panel containing a control.
  2.  Show the panel.
  3.  Move a control on the panel.
  4.  Undo twice.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/30/2011
295654


Building a project with the same name as a previously loaded project can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
This crash can occur if you complete the following steps:
  1.  Work on one project.
  2.  Unload the project and delete all of its files.
  3.  Create a new project with the same name.

LabWindows/CVI can crash when you try to build the second project.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/30/2011
296380


EVENT_SORT does not appear in the User Interface Editor.
If you interactively sort tree items in the User Interface Editor, the only event that appears in the status bar is EVENT_GOT_FOCUS. EVENT_SORT does not appear.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/30/2011
296381


You cannot use the Edit Text Tool to edit the last cell in a table column.
If you press <Enter> after editing the last cell, it looks as if the value that you entered has been committed, but if you change to operate mode, or if you click on a different cell, you'll notice that the changes have been lost.

Workaround: Instead of pressing <Enter>, select a different cell instead or use the Edit Table dialog box instead of the Edit Text Tool to enter values in edit mode.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/30/2011
294281


Making a change to a project that is under source code control in LabWindows/CVI does not result in checking out the project.
LabWindows/CVI does not acknowledge that the project has been checked out after making a change. This means that you are unable to save the project.

Workaround: Close and re-open the project. Then make your changes.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/31/2011
294282


Files added to a project cannot be added to source code control.
When you add a file to a project under source code control (SCC), a dialog box will be shown asking if you want to add the file to SCC. If you select yes, you will be shown the file checkout dialog, but it is empty.

Workaround: Close and re-open the project. Then add the file to SCC.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/31/2011
294650


Undo in the User Interface Editor can change the z-plane order of controls.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/31/2011
293467


The LabWindows/CVI 2010 title bar can change to use a classic style Windows theme after saving files.
This issue happens only on Windows XP.

Workaround: Click the LabWindows/CVI title bar to restore the correct theming to the title bar.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/01/2011
294008


New files added in the Edit Project dialog box do not use the Project Tree Font.
If you use a non-standard font for the Project Tree Font and add files to a project in the Edit Project dialog box, the new files will be drawn with the wrong font.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/01/2011
294161


Controls can be added to control arrays to which they already belong.
When you right-click a control in the User Interface Editor, you can select to add the control to a control array it already belongs to. The control is not actually added, but the option should not be available.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/01/2011
328422


64-bit distributions are not detecting dependencies automatically when using merge-module components of the LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine.
When selecting a sub component of the LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine in the Edit Installer dialog box, dependent components are not automatically selected for a 64-bit configuration.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010 SP1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
328823


Toolbox.c and toolbox.h are not added to a Microsoft Visual Studio project if LabWindows/CVI is not run at least once after installation.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
328940


LabWindows/CVI DLL projects converted to Microsoft Visual Studio projects do not properly link ANSI C functions.
N/A

Workaround: After converting the project to a Visual Studio project, open the project properties in Visual Studio, and browse to Linker>>Command Line. Remove "/NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT" from the "Additional options:" field.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
329035


LabWindows/CVI Conversion Wizard does not transfer 'Compile with precompiled include file' setting to 'Precompiled Headers' setting in Microsoft Visual Studio.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 01/09/2012
331534


The scroll bars in the User Interface Editor do not appear when changing the panel size using the cursor.
When you expands a panel to fill the User Interface Editor using the cursor and click the inside edge of the border of the panel, the panel border may be partially outside the editor. In this case the scroll bars do not appear and part of the panel is inaccessible.

Workaround: Move the panel and the scroll bars will appear properly.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
331932


Partially selecting an attribute value in the Attribute Browser and then resizing the Attribute Browser causes the entire text in that field to be selected.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 01/09/2012
323520


LabWindows/CVI saves files with the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY attribute set.
The FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY is only set on files that are not created in LabWindows/CVI. The attribute has effects on system caching and is mostly harmless. However, the attribute has been reported to cause Microsoft Visual Studio to skip searching the file when using the Find in Files tool.

Workaround: The temporary file attribute can be removed using the command line.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/10/2012
332047


LabWindows/CVI stops responding while searching for an inaccessible network location.
When LabWindows/CVI is searching for a file at a network location that is not available, the environment stops responding.

Workaround: The search times out after about 2 minutes and the environment will resume. Avoid attempts to access network locations that may not be available.

Reported Version: 8.5.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 01/10/2012
311356


Changes to the font persist in the Font dialog box when the action is canceled.
If you make changes in the Font dialog box, but cancel your changes, the changes are not applied. However, if you open the Font dialog box again, the changes will still be active in the dialog box and will be applied if you then click OK. This behavior does not affect changes to the Source Window font.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/06/2012
311364


Function name displays twice in the function prototype tooltip when the return value is const or volatile.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/06/2012
312084


Setting an incorrect working directory in the Specify Executable to Debug dialog box provides an incorrect error message.
Setting an incorrect working directory reports "Bad executable file pathname", but the executable file pathname may be correct.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/06/2012
316626


The physdemo.cws example uses functionality that is removed with Security Update 5Q5FJ4QW.
The physdemo.cws example is not installed with LabWindows/CVI 2010 SP1 or later.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
320396


Replacing a file in the Edit Project dialog box that is not yet part of the project causes the development environment to crash.
If you add a file to the project in the Edit Project dialog box and then replace that file before exiting the dialog box by clicking OK to submit the change, the development environment will crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
321793


Adding multiple files with the same name in the Edit Project dialog box can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
This behavior can occur if you use the Edit Project dialog box to add two files to the project with the same filename but different paths. When you select OK to confirm the changes, a warning will appear stating that a file with the same name already exists in the project. If you remove the duplicate file and click OK again, the development environment will crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
322063


The project settings for certificate signing are not saved in the project file.
When the Signing Info settings are modified, an empty string is saved as the certificate store in the project file.

Workaround: Manually modify the project file in a text editor after configuring certificate signing in the Signing Information dialog box. Change the Store value from the empty string to the name of the certificate store (typically "My"). If you reopen the Signing Information dialog box and save the project, LabWindows/CVI saves the store as empty string again. Access the Signing Information dialog box through the Target Settings dialog box.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
322458


Changes to configuration options entered in the Manage Configurations dialog box may not be persisted under rare circumstances.
N/A

Workaround: Modify configuration options by selecting the configuration in Build»Configuration. Then use the Option»Build Options and Build»Target Settings menu items to modify configurations.

Reported Version: 2010 SP1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
325813


The Replace File in Project option crashes the development environment if a file with same base name is specified.
Replacing a file in the Project Tree with another file that has the same base name using the Replace File in Project context menu option causes the development environment to crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
326195


The active function panel is incorrectly detected when multiple function panels are being edited in the Function Panel Editor window.
If you create multiple function panels in the Function Panel Editor and attempt to add a control to a panel other than the original, the control is not always added to the selected function panel.

Workaround: Select the original function panel then the function panel that you want to create a control on before adding a control.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
329410


Unable to resize Attribute Browser and User Interface Browser back after resizing them very near to the right side of the User Interface Editor.
N/A

Workaround: Close and reopen LabWindows/CVI.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
331365


UIR save version can change when saving the project file or workspace file.
A UIR file that is saved for an older version can change to the current version when the project or workspace is saved with File»Save As.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
331714


Saving a UIR file while editing a text field in the Attribute Browser marks the UIR file as changed.
The UIR file is not saved, but displays that the file has changes since the last save in the Project Tree and in the File menu.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
334683


The window number is displayed in the title bar of maximized windows when switching between tabbed and non-tabbed workspace.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/14/2012
335241


The Workspace status bar disappears in the Source Editor after opening a project.
Opening an existing project while a source file is already opened and unsaved causes the status bar to disappear.

Workaround: If you open another file in the development environment, the status bar reappears.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/14/2012
322905


Files in a project may not display source control icons when a LabWindows/CVI project is associated with the Perforce client.
If the Perforce Workspace root path has different casing than the actual path, then the icons do not display.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 02/15/2012
332690


The Source Window background is not painted gray when a non-tabbed workspace is opened.
If the Show tabbed Workspace option is disabled and you open LabWindows/CVI, the background of the Source Window is painted partially white. Moving windows across the white region causes them to be painted gray.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/15/2012
333571


Moving selected text in the Source window and then undoing offsets the original cursor position.
Selecting text and dragging it in a Source window moves the text to the new location. However, when this operation is undone, the input cursor is not restored to the correct location even though the text is still highlighted.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/15/2012
333837


LabWindows/CVI projects are not handled properly when adding them from new workspaces in instances of LabWindows/CVI created from just-in-time debugging.
Adding or removing a project from the Project Tree in an instance of LabWindows/CVI created by the just-in-time debugger can cause unexpected behavior.

Workaround: Do not add projects to the Project from instances of LabWindows/CVI created by the just-in-time debugger.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 02/15/2012
333983


Non project C files loaded by function panels are not unloaded when switching projects.
When loading a project or switching the active project in a workspace, the function panels that were explicitly loaded by the previous project (not the dependency Function Panels) are unloaded, but the corresponding non project C files remain linked.

Workaround: Restart LabWindows/CVI.

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/15/2012
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Corners of Source Editor windows are painted black in non-tabbed Workspace when opened.
When opening a workspace that has the Show Tabbed Workspace option disabled and at least one source code window open, the top corners of the Source Editor windows are painted black.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 02/15/2012
335301

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Disabling tabbed workspace doesn't restore windows to their original unmaximized state.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/15/2012
335499

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Unmaximizing windows after loading a workspace leaves inactive windows without a number in front of the title in the title bar.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/15/2012
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Cannot launch the LabWindows/CVI Help from the Help menu when a help tooltip is visible.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/18/2012
361327

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The CNVGetScalarDataValue function expects a char* only and not a char[ ] as described in the function help.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 07/18/2012
361958

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The Project Tree does not auto-hide when a UIR file is opened.
Other file types do auto-hide the Project Tree. This behavior occurs only if you enable the Auto hide Project Tree and Library Tree option in the Environment dialog box.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/18/2012
362403

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Saving a copy of the UIR as an older version causes the currently loaded copy to switch to that version.
Using the Save Copy of UIR As option will create a copy of the UIR in the specified version. However, the currently loaded UIR also changes to the specified version. If the UIR is then saved, it is saved as the earlier version.

Workaround: Close the current UIR without saving changes. Reopen the UIR, and it will be in the correct version.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 07/18/2012
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Very long strings in the Edit Distributions dialog box may crash LabWindows/CVI.
Many of the text fields in the Edit Distributions dialog boxes do not have string length limits. Strings that are too long for the field may cause the ADE to crash.

Workaround: Limit the Application Name to 50 characters, the registry keys relative paths to 255 characters, and registry values to 2048 characters.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/20/2012
347511

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Microsoft Visual Studio does not rebuild a LabWindows/CVI project if a UIR file changes but its header file does not.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
347986

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The Load UI resource file dialog box in the User Interface Localizer utility unloads the currently loaded localization.
If changes have been made in the loaded file, a dialog box prompts you to save.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
352408

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Pressing F1 on a function in the ActiveX Library or most of the Tools Libraries does not open the LabWindows/CVI Help to the topic for the specified function.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
354450

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Using a very long string when setting the value of a variable in the Variables window may crash the LabWindows/CVI environment.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
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A very long string value in the Add/Edit Tools Menu Item dialog box may crash LabWindows/CVI.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
354452

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A very long string value in the Project folder or File Folder option of the New Project from Template or New File from Template dialog boxes may crash LabWindows/CVI.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
356708

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The Source window cursor can persist after selecting text and editing a variable tooltip.
This behavior can cause two cursors to exist at the same time.

Workaround: Scroll the Source Editor window up/down to make the old cursor go away.N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
337770

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Setting LabWindows/CVI to "Run as administrator" will open a new instance of LabWindows/CVI each time you open a file associated with LabWindows/CVI.

Workaround: If you want to use LabWindows/CVI as administrator you can check the "Run as administrator" option from the Advanced button of the Shortcut tab instead of the Compatibility tab. You can access these options by right-clicking the LabWindows/CVI icon on your desktop and selecting Properties.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/24/2012
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Auto Backup will provide an error if the file is marked as read-only.
This behavior is common if the file is stored in source control. Auto Backup may also take effect even if the file was not modified.

Workaround: Disable Auto Backup in Environment Options.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/25/2012
335488

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Excluded import libraries that represent both 32-bit and 64-bit .lib files are no longer dimmed after switching configurations.
The .lib file is excluded but is not dimmed.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/25/2012
339287

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The Default index for combo box cell types in the Edit Table dialog box expands too far down if the value has multiple lines.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/25/2012
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Loading a project from LabWindows/CVI 2009 or earlier reverses the value of the LoadExternalModule option in the Target Settings dialog box.
The default value for this option was changed from true to false in LabWindows/CVI 2010.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
344688

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Workspace status bar does not update properly with various Function Tree Editor user actions.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
344947

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The LabWindows/CVI development environment crashes when you cut, copy, or delete a function panel tree item if it is the active item, but not selected.
The active tree item has a dotted border around it but is not highlighted in blue.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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Deselecting a control by clicking the mouse in the the User Interface Editor's white space does not update the Workspace status bar to show that no control is selected.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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When switching to a different UIR tab, the User Interface Editor status bar does not update to reflect that the second UIR file does not have any controls or panels selected.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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The LabWindows/CVI Conversion Wizard may fail with an error if LabWindows/CVI project contains an FP file.

Workaround: Remove the FP file from the LabWindows/CVI project before using the LabWindows/CVI Conversion Wizard to convert a LabWindows/CVI project to a Visual C++ project.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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The font used in some parts of the LabWindows/CVI environment may not be readable on a Japanese OS.
This illegible font is a result of the font size being too small.

Workaround: Increase the font size in the Environment Font Preferences dialog box (Options»Font).

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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Status bar does not always change color on OS theme change.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
352775

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Sorting an empty column in the Modules window causes an error.
The LabWindows/CVI environment will throw the "The index passed is out of range" error when a column is selected that has no items in it. This can happen when you are not debugging because the modules list is empty.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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The Find in files search will display a warning if a line it attempts to search is greater than 1024 characters.
Lines greater than 1024 characters are truncated at 1024 characters and the rest of the line is not searched. The warning does not provide any information on which file is causing the problem.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Using column selection mode in the Source window over a collapsed region of code will cause the region to be improperly selected.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Function panel controls in a disabled function may not be dimmed when the function panel is reopened for editing.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Deleting a column from the Edit Columns/Cells dialog box does not set the Label field to the value of the active cell.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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The right scroll bar of the Watch window is clipped on the right side by a few pixels.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Entering more than 255 characters into the Line Label or Bus Label fields of the Edit Digital Graph dialog box will cause the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
336721

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Switching the active application while a control is being moved by the mouse causes the selection outline to not be undrawn.
This behavior occurs if you press <Alt-Tab> while dragging a control.

Workaround: Minimize and then maximize the LabWindows/CVI environment to remove the drawing errors.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Not moving the mouse when using Zoom to rectangle mode triggers EVENT_ZOOM with ZOOM_RESTORE for the eventdata1 parameter of the callback.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Workspace folders with very long names can cause the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash when loading or saving.

Workaround: Avoid workspace folder names with over 100 characters.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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The CVIXMLGetNumChildElements function does not count child elements included in an XML entity.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/13/2012
373262

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The Ini_WriteToRegistry and Ini_ReadFromRegistry function panels incorrectly list OS compatibility as Windows 9x/NT/2000.
Both functions are available in Windows XP and later.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 10/04/2012
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Items in the Resource Tracking window can be expanded only if they contain at least two items.
The Expand Resource and Collapse Resource items of the Resource Tracking window context menu are dimmed unless the resource category has at least two items in it.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/19/2013
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A new project created with the Command Line Application template may have the Create Console Application checkbox disabled.
This issue occurs if the previously loaded project was from LabWindows/CVI 2010 or later. The Create Console Application checkbox in the Target Settings dialog box should be available for the template.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
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When drag and dropping a .lib file that is included in the subtree of a project to another project, LabWindows/CVI displays a control callback exception.
In Labwindows/CVI 2012 and later the operation succeeds despite the error message.

Workaround: In versions of LabWindows/CVI 2010 SP1 and earlier, add the .lib file by right-clicking the project and selecting Add Existing File from the context menu.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
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Once the value of the File name field of the New File from Template dialog box is changed, the File path field does not change extension if the file type is changed.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
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The LabWindows/CVI environment crashes when setting a string in the Array Display window to hexadecimal format while debugging a LabWindows/CVI application.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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The LabWindows/CVI environment crashes when entering a path instead of an IP address in the New Remote Debugging Target dialog box.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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The Show Prototype tooltip displays the help button for macros when the previous Show Prototype tooltip was for a function with help documentation.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
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The Save Copy of UIR As command changes the currently open UIR file to the selected version.
In addition to a copy of the .uir file being created, the original version of the .uir file remains open instead of the new copy of the file, but has its version changed to the selected version. If the file is saved, it will be saved in the selected version and overwrite the original file.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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The wrong text is selected after dragging multiple lines of text in the Source window into the middle of another line of text.
When multiple lines of text are dragged into another line of text, the text selection will extend to include characters that were not previously selected.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Cannot load attribute info for a .fp file when the associated .sub file is encoded as Unicode.

Workaround:
  1. Open the .sub file in text editor that allows for conversion of encodings.
  2.  Convert the encoding to ANSI.

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Build Output window closes and then re-opens when a new build occurs.
The Build Output window appears to flash when it closes and re-opens.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Clearing a window in the Output Region causes the item to be dimmed in the Window menu.
If a window is cleared using the Clear Window option in the context menu, the item is dimmed in the Window menu and cannot be re-opened if closed.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Auto indent does not place the cursor in the correct location when pressing the Enter key after a break in a switch statement.
Inside a switch statement, when you press the Enter key following a break; statement, you most likely want to start a new case statement, which should be indented one level less than the break statement. However, LabWindows/CVI auto indent starts the new line at the same level as the break statement.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Documentation generated for variadic functions does not display variable parameter in function prototype.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
392934

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Documentation is not generated for functions with a function pointer as a parameter.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
396479

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The Menu key on the keyboard does not activate the context menu in the User Interface Browser.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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The Find command may miss some search matches if the Whole word option is enabled.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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LabWindows/CVI might crash when renaming a function in a function panel when the Tools»Enable Auto Replace option is checked.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Launching the server help from the function prototype tooltip of a LabWindows/CVI Automation Server function causes a script error.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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LabWindows/CVI might crash when declaring a variable for the Attribute Value parameter of some attribute accessor functions.
For example if you use the Declare Variable option to declare a variable for the last parameter of the Ivi_GetAttributeViBoolean function, LabWindows/CVI will crash. This issue occurs only for functions where there is a parameter in between the attributeID and the attributeValue parameters.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Multiple error dialog boxes display when launching an example from the LabWindows/CVI Help and the example cannot be found.
This issue occurs if LabWindows/CVI 2013 or later is installed on the system or if NI Security Update Q2 2013 is installed. Both error dialog boxes contain accurate information but are redundant.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Selecting Rebuild from the Batch Build dialog box causes a memory leak.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
408295

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Source files with several while loops may cause LabWindows/CVI to hang while scrolling the source file.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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LabWindows/CVI will crash when you click the selection button for a ring control while editing a function panel.
The selection button should not be displayed while the function panel is in edit mode. In some cases, the button will appear in edit mode, and LabWindows/CVI will crash if it is clicked.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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The output of a 64-bit custom configuration is converted to 32-bit when the distribution is opened in LabWindows/CVI 2009 or earlier.
A 64-bit custom configuration output can be used in a distribution in LabWindows/CVI 2010 or later. However, since LabWindows/CVI 2009 and earlier do not support custom configurations, the configuration is switched to the 32-bit default configuration when opened in LabWindows/CVI 2009 or earlier.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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The Find Next feature of the Find dialog box does not move to new results on subsequent uses.
If you do not move the text caret from the first result you find and subsequently click Find Next from the Find dialog, you stay at the same result.

Workaround:
  • Navigate search results using the Find Results pane.
  • Press <F3> to navigate the results.


Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 12/06/2013
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When you add a line continuation character \ to the end of a comment line initiated by the \\ symbol, the syntax highlighting feature does not continue to the next line, indicating the next line continues the comment.
This behavior can be demonstrated with the following code snippet:


\\This is a comment. \

This is also a comment.

Workaround: Do not use a line continuation \ to break a comment between lines.

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/28/2014
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The project icon shows modified state (*) when no changes have been made to the Target Settings dialog box.
LabWindows/CVI does not prompt to save or discard project changes when the project is in this state.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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It is impossible to set multiple cells in a table control to unsigned char in the User Interface Editor.

Workaround: Change the data type of one cell at a time.

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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LabWindows/CVI is not visible when terminating a debugging session if Hide windows when application is running is enabled after starting to debug the application
If Hide windows when application is running is enabled (Options»Environment) during a debug session, LabWindows/CVI will incorrectly minimize upon termination of the debug session.

Workaround: To make LabWindows/CVI reappear, <Shift>-right-click the LabWindows/CVI taskbar icon and select Show windows.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/28/2014
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The UI to Code Converter generates code containing an undefined function, InsertCtrlInCtrlArray.
InsertCtrlInCtrlArray was renamed to InsertCtrlArrayItem in LabWindows/CVI 2010.

Workaround: Replace all occurrences of InsertCtrlInCtrlArray with InsertCtrlArrayItem.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/28/2014
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File icons may obscure full pathnames in the Project Tree.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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Customizing the Library Tree using the context menu options causes a The index passed is out of range error if a loaded instrument is empty.

Workaround: Add functions to the empty instrument.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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Unable to close the Open GL plot Properties dialog box after right-clicking the Open GL plot twice while the dialog box is open.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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The Show Prototype (Edit»Show Prototype) tooltip is displayed incorrectly on wrong lines or after delimiters in the source code.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 05/07/2014
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Show Prototype does not always correctly display parameters declared as arrays, arrays of pointers, or arrays of function pointers.
For example, void func(int **x[10][10]) might display as void func(x) or void func(int ** *x[10]), depending on the version of LabWindows/CVI.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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Editing a selected execution target will change the selection to the local desktop computer.
If you have a remote target selected and you edit its IP address or port, it will lose its selection and the local desktop will be selected instead. Changing the order of the execution targets will not change the selection.

Workaround: Re-select the execution target on which you would like to run your application.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
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The function panel size changes how function calls are inserted into code.
For example, if the function panel is not maximized, the function call is added over multiple lines. However, if you maximize the function panel, the function call is inserted on one line.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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Opening, editing, and saving a source file with a very long file path causes LabWindows/CVI to crash.
Previous versions of LabWindows/CVI display a Badly formed pathname message instead of crashing.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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The Find in Files feature fails when searching all files (*.*) in a directory containing .svn-base files.

Workaround: Explicitly choose file types to search rather than using *.* in the File types field.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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LabWindows/CVI does not handle edge-specific maximization when restoring from a minimized state.
Windows 7 introduced the ability to maximize only in one direction—only vertically or only horizontally. When you close the development environment with the Workspace window in an edge-specific, maximized state, it loses the original size of the window.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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The toolbox.fp function, UILEventString, is missing many events.
The following events are missing:

EVENT_BEGIN_EDIT_TREE_CELL

EVENT_TREE_CELL_COMMIT

EVENT_TREE_CELL_BEGIN_MENU

EVENT_TREE_CELL_ACTIVE_ITEM_CHANGE

EVENT_TREE_CELL_VAL_CHANGED

EVENT_CTRL_MENU

EVENT_DROP_COPY

EVENT_VAL_COERCED

EVENT_PANEL_MINIMIZE

EVENT_PANEL_MAXIMIZE

EVENT_PANEL_RESTORE

EVENT_RING_BEGIN_MENU

Workaround: Add the missing events to the toolbox.c source file.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
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If Hide windows when application is running is enabled, and a run-time crash occurs in the Interactive Execution window, the development environment becomes hidden and cannot be restored.

Workaround: Select Show windows from the context menu of the task bar.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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The Source Code Browser tab order is not preserved on subsequent workspace loads.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
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Adding a file that is under source code control (SCC) using the Edit Project dialog box does not mark the file as being under SCC in the Project Tree.

Workaround: Add files using Edit»Add Files to Project.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
IDKnown Issue
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Autoscale is a valid option for the y-axis of a strip chart, but the option is missing from the Attribute Browser.

Workaround: Edit the option in the Edit Strip Chart dialog box.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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Show Completions <Ctrl-Space> does not work if a multi-line string starts with special char like {, }, ;, or #.
You cannot perform Show Completions on foob in the following snippet, unless the { is removed from the beginning of the string.

int foobar;

printf("\

{sdf = %d", foob

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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Pressing <Ctrl-Tab> to switch between tabs causes a Panel, menu bar, or control array handle is invalid message to display if confined function panel windows are open.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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The LabWindows/CVI debugger starts applications outside of the window space in Windows 8.1 if you enable Variable, Continuous Size of Snap Views in Windows and LabWindows/CVI is used in the right-half of the screen.

Workaround: Use LabWindows/CVI in the left half of the screen.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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Creating a file with the New»File from Template option that has the same path and name as an existing file results in an out of memory error.

Workaround: Create a file with a different name or delete the existing file from disk before creating a file with the same path and name.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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If a UIR file contains a previously built custom control and one that was just added, selecting the Options»Operate Visible Panels option causes a dialog box to appear.
The dialog box displays the message A total of N object(s) in the UIR file have not been assigned constant names.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 08/22/2014
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A dialog box explaining that saving UIR files will generate new versions of their include files is incorrectly displayed multiple times if there are multiple unsaved UIR files containing custom controls.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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A tooltip containing Invisible is incorrectly displayed in the Memory Display window after maximizing and restoring the window.

Workaround: The tooltip disappears after you confine the Memory Display window.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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The Maximum and Minimum fields in the Edit Table Cell dialog box are not wide enough to show int64 values.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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Incorrect confirmation prompts appear when exiting graph or chart dialog boxes.
These prompts can occur with the following scenarios:

  • When you edit the graph cursors, graph annotations, or strip chart traces dialog boxes, and you modify only the active item control (Number of Cursors, Current Annotation, or Number of Traces), you have not modified the state of the control. Therefore, you should not be prompted with a confirmation of changes message if you try to exit the dialog box without saving (by clicking the panel's close button). However, the prompt appears.
  • If you modify only the axis name option in the Edit Axis Settings dialog box and try to exit without saving (by clicking the panel's close button), you should be prompted to save your changes. Yet, the prompt does not appear.
  • When you edit most sub-dialog boxes of the main Edit Graph or Edit Strip Chart dialog boxes, and you make some changes in those sub-dialog boxes but then exit without saving changes (by selecting Yes in the "Are you sure you want to discard the changes" prompt), when you then exit the main dialog box without making any further changes (by clicking the main dialog's close button), you should not be prompted to save changes. However, the prompt appears.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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Selecting Run»Install Program to Real-Time Execution Target for the first time can crash the development environment.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 08/22/2014
Hardware
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Regenerating DAQmx example code can sometimes fail to regenerate code.
If you change acquisition mode from "Every N Samples" to "Continuous Samples", the example code may not regenerate.

Workaround: Regenerate the code from the source file instead of the header file.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/30/2011
Installer
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Uninstalling LabWindows/CVI from Windows Vista does not completely remove context menu file associations.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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Some analysis files are left behind after uninstalling LabWindows/CVI.
Files are left in the directories C:\ProgramData\National Instruments\CVIversion\bin and C:\ProgramData\National Instruments\CVIversion\extlib.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/30/2011
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The registry key used to locate the just-in-time debugger may be removed or point to an incorrect version.
When installing LabWindows/CVI, the just-in-time debugger is installed to the \bin directory of the LabWindows/CVI installation directory and a registry key is modified to point to that version of the just-in-time debugger. Installing multiple versions of LabWindows/CVI in reverse version order or uninstalling LabWindows/CVI may cause the registry key to point to the incorrect location or to be removed.

Workaround: If the registry key is removed or doesn't match the version of LabWindows/CVI you want to use for debugging, you can complete the following steps:
1) Open LabWindows/CVI.
2) Select Tools»Register Just-In-Time Debugger.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/14/2012
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Installing multiple versions of LabWindows/CVI on the same system can cause the wrong versions of the LabWindows/CVI Help to be associated with the development environment.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/15/2012
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Installing LabWindows/CVI 2009 or 2010 when a later version is already installed may cause the installation to fail.
If the later version already installed on the system was installed with the IVI Installer Creator component selected in the installer feature tree, then installing LabWindows/CVI 2009 or 2010 will fail.

Workaround: Rerun the installer for the later version of LabWindows/CVI or modify the installation through Add or Remove Programs in Windows XP or Programs and Features in Windows Vista/7. Then remove the IVI Installer Creator feature from the installation. Once the feature is removed, install LabWindows/CVI 2009 or 2010. If the feature is needed in the later version, you can add it to the installation using the same process you used to remove the feature.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 04/19/2012
LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module
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Debugging a multithreaded real-time program with watchpoints may cause the real-time target to hang.
The watchpoints must be in update continuously mode or set to break when the value changes.

Workaround: Disable Update display continuously and Break when value changes for watchpoints.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 11/22/2010
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The fgetpos function writes only 4 bytes to the Current File Position output parameter in a 64-bit application.
In a 64-bit application, the fpos_t data type used for the Current File Position parameter is 8 bytes long, but the function fills only the lower 4 bytes of the variable passed in.

Workaround: Initialize the fpos_t variable to 0 before passing it to the fgetpos function.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
Performance
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LabWindows/CVI MAX_PATHNAME_LEN is more restrictive than Windows ANSI path limitation in multibyte systems.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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LabWindows/CVI projects converted to Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 projects fail to build because of link errors.
Link errors such as

cvisupp.lib(setprec.obj) : fatal error LNK1103: debugging information corrupt; recompile module

and

cviauto.lib(implib.obj) : fatal error LNK1103: debugging information corrupt; recompile module

are indications your projects are affected by this problem.

Workaround: Apply the VS2005 SP1 hotfix included for KB949009.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
41414
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A small memory leak exists in network variable creation.
Explicitly creating network variables results in a memory leak of approximately 50 bytes per variable that is created.

Workaround: Consider using implicitly created network variables if you are creating and deleting numerous network variables over a long period of time.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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Opening a TDMS file that is at the same time open in another process can result in an error/
This issue occurs even if the file is opened in read-only mode.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 09/17/2010
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Passing a pointer to a custom data type to a function that takes a void * will leak memory in a debug build.
LabWindows/CVI user protection leaks memory when a pointer to a user defined data type is passed to a function with a void * parameter. An example of this would be calling the function ListInsertItem and passing a pointer to a user defined data type to the PointerToItem parameter.

Workaround: Disable user protection, or build the program in a Release configuration.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 11/15/2010
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Calling DDC_SaveFile often while creating a TDMS file using the TDM C DLL or the DDC Library can result in errors.
Depending on when DDC_SaveFile is called, you might receive error -6218 or error -6226.

Workaround: Don't call DDC_SaveFile until all operations are complete.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/09/2011
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The run-time movable custom control (movectrl.fp) leaks memory.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/09/2011
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The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine creates windows in its DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH handler.
When the LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine loads, it creates multiple windows in its DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH handler. This is generally discouraged practice, but has not been known to cause problems in user applications.

Workaround: Do not call the Win32 API functions LoadLibrary and FreeLibrary to load and unload a LabWindows/CVI built DLL from different threads.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/10/2011
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A program that has called EnableDragAndDrop might crash if closed from the Windows taskbar.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/28/2011
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Users cannot completely disallow creating directories in FileSelectPopup and DirSelectPopup.
If you pass 0 as the AllowMakeDirectory parameter of FileSelectPopup or DirSelectPopup, the icon for creating a folder is not present in the dialog box. However, users can still right-click the file list and select New»Folder.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/01/2011
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Passing NULL to the DefaultFileSpec parameter causes your application to crash.
This issue occurs for the following functions:
  •  FileSelectPopup
  •  FileSelectPopupEx
  •  MultiFileSelectPopup
  •  MultiFileSelectPopupEx

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/02/2011
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The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine can hang when calling CloseCVIRTE in a secondary thread.
The CloseCVIRTE function can cause a hang if called from a thread other than the main thread.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/08/2012
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Multiple calls to ClipboardPutBitmap in a multithreaded application causes temporary hang.
Calling the ClipboardPutBitmap function from a thread other than the main thread can cause a temporary hang.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/14/2012
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Using the TCP Library from multiple threads may cause a deadlock when combined with locks in the user's TCP callbacks.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/20/2012
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When allocating memory with malloc, LabWindows/CVI will truncate the memory allocated to be an integer multiple of the size of the pointer data type.
You cannot allocate a large memory block and then manually split it into smaller blocks. If you do, you may receive run-time errors.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
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The InetTelnetOpen function limits connections to 100.
If you exceed this limit, a non-fatal run-time error occurs.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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Calling the ListCompact function with a preallocated empty list causes the list structure to become corrupted.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Calling the GetFileAttrs function with an improperly formed path and a non-existent drive may cause a crash.
Calling GetFileAttrs function with z:\test.txt as input for the first parameter will cause a crash. This is because there should be two slashes in the path string and because the z drive does not exist.

Workaround: Using two slashes will prevent the application from crashing.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/13/2012
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A memory leak occurs in the FileBrowser_GetSelectedFiles function when no files are selected or an error occurs

Workaround: The source code for this library is installed with LabWindows/CVI and can be edited by a user.
  1.  Right-click the File Browser instrument driver in the Library Tree and select Edit Instrument.
  2.  Click Attach and Edit Source in the Edit Instrument dialog box. This option opens FileBrowser.c in the Source window.
  3.  Locate the FileBrowser_GetSelectedFiles function in the source file.
  4.  In the case statement for numSelected < 1, replace the return statement with goto Error;.
  5.  Move the Error: label before ListDispose(list).
  6.  Build FileBrowser.c.

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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The GetMonitor functions fail if the monitor configuration changes.
When the monitor configuration of the system changes (e.g. unplugging a monitor from a system with multiple monitors), GetMonitorFromPoint, GetMonitorFromRect, and GetMonitorFromPanel always return a value of 1 for the monitor ID.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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The RouteWinMsgToPanelCallback function may cause a crash when used in 64-bit applications.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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UDPMulticastSubscribe produces a non-fatal run-time error when specificying a source address.
If a source address is specified for the UDPMulticastSubscribean function, the following error will occur:

"Library function error (return value == -6815 [0xffffe561]). This port or another port on the same interface is already subscribed to that multicast group."

This is a result of a memory corruption error.

Workaround: Call the following function immediately preceding the call to UDPMulticastSubscribe to clear the memory ahead on the stack and avoid the memory corruption error:


void ZeroStackForCVIBug()
{
int dummy[100] = { 0 };
}


This code will work only for release builds.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Duplicating a control in a mouse-up callback may cause an assert and possible crash.
For example, an assert or crash may occur if a control is duplicated in an EVENT_LEFT_CLICK_UP event.

Workaround: Do not duplicate controls in mouse-up events such as EVENT_LEFT_CLICK_UP. If you must trigger a control duplication in a mouse-up event, schedule a deferred callback from the mouse-up event, and wait for that event to duplicate the control.

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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A small resource leak occurs upon direct or indirect disposal of a control, which, initially made movable, is made un-movable at run-time.
If you set the control attribute MOVECTRL_ATTR_ENABLED to 0 at run-time for a control that was initially movable and then dispose of the control, a small resource leak occurs.

Workaround: Set the MOVECTRL_ATTR_ENABLED attribute to enabled before discarding a movable control.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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Calling SetActiveConfiguration crashes LabWindows/CVI if no valid configuration exists.
If you want to set a custom configuration, you must specify a buildOption greater than 3. However, if you try to set an invalid active configuration for a project that has no custom configurations or simply to a non-existent configuration, LabWindows/CVI will crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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The DeleteDir function writes to a string literal past the end of the string.
For example, the following code snippet will cause a non-fatal run-time error due to string corruption:


char* p ="temp1";

MakeDir("temp1");

DeleteDir ("temp1");

printf("P= %s\n", p);

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 3.0  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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The ScanFile function ignores the %s[in] format specifier.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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The DDC_Get[File/ChannelGroup/Channel]StringPropertyLength functions incorrectly return the number of characters instead of size in bytes.
This is a problem only when called on a string property whose value contains multibyte characters on a system with a corresponding multibyte code page selected.

Workaround: Allocate a buffer that is twice the size reported by DDC_Get[File/ChannelGroup/Channel]StringPropertyLength plus an addition byte for the NULL terminator or arbitrarily large enough to hold the longest string value you might have stored in a property. Pass this buffer and the corresponding buffer size to the DDC_Get[File/ChannelGroup/Channel]Property or DDC_Get[File/ChannelGroup/Channel]PropertyString functions. This will ensure you get the full string property value stored in the file. After obtaining the string property value in the buffer, call strlen or an equivalent function to determine the actual size of the string in bytes if needed.



This issue has been fixed in LabWindows/CVI 2013 SP1.

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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GetCVIState and GetCVIStateEx sometimes return the wrong state between the build-time and run-time of a project.
When building and running a project, there is a window of time in which the project has been built but has not yet started running. During this time, GetCVIState and GetCVIStateEx return the same state as after the project has begun running. Consequently, a program that is checking if the project has finished executing might incorrectly think that the project has finished executing, when it has not started yet.

This happens very infrequently.

Workaround: Delay the check long enough so that the project has actually started running when these functions are called.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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Passing a bitmap file containing negative heights to PlotBitmap or GetBitmapFromFile causes a non-fatal run-time error: Library function error (return value == -12 [0xfffffff4]). Out of memory.

Workaround: Modify the bitmap file header to have a positive height, reorder the pixels, and save the file.

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/28/2014
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SMTP servers reject email from InetSendMail because it does not send date information in the header.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/28/2014
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The intensity plot does not handle NaN values.

Workaround: Handle NaN values before passing the data to PlotScaledIntensity.

Reported Version: 4.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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Changing the active table cell can incorrectly send the EVENT_ACTIVE_CELL_CHANGE event multiple times.
If, inside a callback function that handles EVENT_ACTIVE_CELL_CHANGE, you do something to change the focus of the panel (for example, displaying a message popup), the event is sent a second time after the callback finishes executing.

Workaround: You can use the following code to handle the second, incorrectly sent event.

void CVICALLBACK FlagClearFunc (void *callbackData)

{

*(int *)callbackData = 0;

}



int CVICALLBACK TableCB (int panel, int control, int event, void *callbackData,



int eventData1, int eventData2)

{

static int ignoreNextEvent = 0;



switch (event)

{

case EVENT_ACTIVE_CELL_CHANGE:

if (!ignoreNextEvent)

MessagePopup ( "title", "message" );

ignoreNextEvent = 1;

PostDeferredCall (FlagClearFunc, &ignoreNextEvent);

break;

}

return 0;

}

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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Passing a scalar value as the mask parameter of PlotPackedDigitalLines causes a general protection fault.

Workaround: Ensure the mask value you provide has a data type that matches what you have specified for the dataType parameter.

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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Creating a .NET controller for a large assembly, such as Microsoft.mshtml, appears to cause a hang but eventually completes successfully.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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InetFTPGetDirList returns 0 on certain FTP servers despite the presence of files.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009 SP1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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The NIReport_Print function hangs on Windows 8 when you select Microsoft XPS Document Writer as the printer.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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The ANSI C Library type definition jmp_buf is of incorrect size for applications built in a 64-bit configuration.
Prior to LabWindows/CVI 2013 SP2, jmp_buf was defined to be 444 bytes. Starting in 2013 SP2, jmp_buf has a correct value of 452 bytes for 64-bit applications.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 08/22/2014
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calloc returns a pointer to invalid memory instead of returning null for very large memory requests.
This behavior is contrary to the calloc specification, which suggests it should return one of the following:

  • A valid pointer to a block of memory that is zero-initialized
  • A null pointer when the block of memory could not be initialized

Workaround: Allocate less memory.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 08/22/2014

 

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Stretching an image onto a canvas, picture, picture button, or picture ring control leaks memory.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/26/2014
Stand-Alone Applications and Distributions
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LabWindows/CVI distributions cannot install fonts on Windows Vista or Windows 7.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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LabWindows/CVI will hang when building a distribution for an executable that is signed with a certificate that is not available.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 11/18/2010
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When installing a LabWindows/CVI distribution with a private RTE install, the mesa and instrsup merge modules do not install locally.
LabWindows/CVI performs a private RTE install if you enable the Install LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine in the application directory option in the Edit Installer dialog box.

The instrsup merge module has not installed privately since LabWindows/CVI 2009. The mesa merge module has not installed privately since LabWindows/CVI 2010.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2011
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A 64-bit LabWindows/CVI distribution allows the end user to override the 32-bit National Instruments directory, but not the 64-bit National Instruments directory.
Even though you have built a 64-bit distribution in LabWindows/CVI, the end user will be presented with the option to change the 32-bit National Instruments directory. They will not be allowed to change the 64-bit National Instruments directory.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
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LabWindows/CVI 8.0 distributions cannot include the ActiveX container merge module if LabWindows/CVI 2009 or later is installed on the same system.
This issue occurs because the name of the merge module changed in LabWindows/CVI 2009, and LabWindows/CVI 8.0.x attempted to find merge modules by name.

Workaround: Create a copy of C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Merge Modules\ActiveX_Container.msm and rename the copy to C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Merge Modules\ActiveX Container.msm.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/28/2011
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Network variable and ActiveX support do not automatically get selected when building 64-bit distributions.
If you are building a 64-bit distribution that depends on network variable or ActiveX, their dependencies should automatically be selected when building a distribution.

Workaround: Manually check the network variable and/or ActiveX support components.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/30/2011
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Some Microsoft DLLs are automatically included in distributions built with LabWindows/CVI.
Some Microsoft dependencies are operating system dependent and should not be included in distributions. These dependencies typically already exist on most targets. If not, then they should be installed from a Microsoft distribution.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/06/2012
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The LabWindows/CVI low-level support driver CVINTDRV.sys contains a security vulnerability.
Refer to Does National Instruments Security Update 5Q5FJ4QW Affect Me? for more details.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/08/2012
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LabWindows/CVI evaluates the Drivers & Components dependencies before rebuilding the project.
When you create a distribution, LabWindows/CVI automatically checks the dependencies of your project outputs to recommend which drivers and components need to be included. This check occurs before checking if the project needs to be rebuilt. If changes have been made to the project since it was last built, this can result in an inaccurate list of driver and component dependencies.

Workaround: Rebuild the project before creating a distribution configuration.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/14/2012
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User specified icons are not displayed in Windows Explorer for larger sizes in Windows Vista/7.
In certain situations, the icon displayed may be a cached icon rather than the icon you have specified.

Workaround: Remove the cached icon.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
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Selecting the "Install LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine in the application directory" checkbox option in the Edit Installer dialog box does not work for 64-bit distributions.
The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine DLL files will be placed in the system32 directory instead of the application directory.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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The %application and %basename variables in the Version Info dialog box are based on the release configuration, instead of the current configuration.
These variables will have the correct value if the current configuration defines its own values in the Target Settings dialog box.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
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The Initial Patch Setup dialog box may cause the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash after selecting an incorrect installer path.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
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Applications that use the DIAdem Connectivity Library that are installed using a distribution built in LabWindows/CVI might generate run-time errors related to the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 run-time not being installed.
This issue occurs with distributions that include the DIAdem Connectivity Library support by selecting the NI USI component in the Edit Installers dialog box, but do not include the full LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine.

Workaround: Either include the full LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine in the distribution, or download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable package from the Microsoft website.

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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Creating a distribution for a project that uses the DataSocket Library does not automatically check the NI DataSocket 5.0 option in the Drivers & Components tab of the Edit Installer dialog box.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
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The Edit Installer dialog box shows the output associated with a custom release configuration as a .prj instead of .exe.
Building the distribution in LabWindows/CVI 2010 will cause an error because the user-specified files could not be added to the distribution. Building the distribution in LabWindows/CVI 2012 will not cause an error, but the default release configuration is used instead of the custom release configuration.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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The GetExternalModuleAddrEx function fails to load a DLL if it is not in the current working directory or the system path.
If you load a import library that is located in a different path using the LoadExternalModuleEx function, the GetExternalModuleAddrEx function will not be able to locate the DLL if it is in the same path as the import library.

Workaround: Make sure the DLL is in a directory where the system can locate it (e.g., the current working directory or the system path).

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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The default value for the Publisher option on General tab of the Edit Installers dialog box is "%company".
This value is not evaluated and the publisher appears as "%company".

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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The Installer path option for a patch distribution is still red after being updated when the distribution is moved.
If a distribution that contains a patch is moved, you must update the Installer path option. When you update the path, the installer path option will still be red.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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When building a 64-bit installer, there is no installation directory option for LabVIEW (64-bit).
When specifying Installation Files & Directories in the Edit Installer dialog box, you can choose [LabVIEW], but there is no option for [LabVIEW (64-bit)].

Workaround: When creating the installer, select [NationalInstruments] as the root for the component, and create the LabVIEW directory hierarchy underneath that directory.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 12/12/2013
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When a build distribution finishes, LabWindows/CVI continues to use 100% of the CPU.
If you build any distribution and then leave open the dialog box that shows the build was completed, cvi.exe will use 100% of the processor on which it is running.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 03/28/2014
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Autoselection does not work when including NI-HSDIO in an installer
When you create an installer, LabWindows/CVI does not automatically select NI-HSDIO even when it is part of the project output.

Workaround: Manually select NI-HSDIO if needed.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
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LabWindows/CVI does not automatically select .NET Support for projects that call .NET Library functions when you build a distribution.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 08/22/2014
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Symbols are not exported from executables built using LabWindows/CVI.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 4.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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PlotArc lacks accuracy for drawing a small angle with a large radius.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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Changing the axis range on a LabWindows/CVI graph plot with few points causes skewed plot lines.
Due to rounding errors, as points move further off screen, the plot lines become less accurate.

Workaround: Provide more points for your plot, or constrain the range of the graph in question.

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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If a LabWindows/CVI popup panel is not active, subsequent popup panels may appear behind the original popup panel.
This issue only occurs on Windows 7/Vista.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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The panel attribute ATTR_MOVABLE does not work with Aero enabled on Windows 7/Vista.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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LabWindows/CVI windows do not support Aero Shake.
Shaking the title bar of the LabWindows/CVI environment or LabWindows/CVI panels or pressing <Windows-Home> when a LabWindows/CVI window is active does not minimize other open windows. When Aero is enabled in Windows 7, the other windows should be minimized by the Aero Shake feature.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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Very large maximum stack sizes cause the "My Documents" button of LabWindows/CVI file select popup panels to fail.
After you click the My Documents button, only a white background displays. Your drives and network locations will not display.

Workaround: Reduce the maximum stack size.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/05/2010
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LabWindows/CVI file dialog boxes cannot open files accessed through the Libraries button on Windows 7.
Windows 7 introduced the Libraries button to the common file dialog boxes. LabWindows/CVI cannot open files that have been accessed by browsing through this button.

Workaround: Do not browse to files with the Libraries button.

Reported Version: 9.0.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 05/05/2010
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The frame of the increment and decrement buttons on numeric controls may not draw entirely.
When using Windows visual styles, the top portion of the frame of the increment button or the bottom portion of the frame of the decrement button may not be drawn depending on the font that is used.

Workaround: Slightly alter the font size or font face you are using.

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/03/2011
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When you select a value from a combo box table cell in edit mode, the table cell might not display the value you select.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/04/2011
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Numeric table cells do not coerce values when values are pasted from the clipboard.
If a table cell or range of cells is not in edit mode when a value is pasted from the clipboard, the cell will not coerce the value to the specified minimum or maximum values.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/09/2011
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The progress bar might not draw correctly when it is overlapped by other controls.
If your progress bar is updating automatically, a common mistake is to not process events for the thread that owns the progress bar as the progress bar is updating. For more information, refer to the help for the VAL_PROGRESSBAR_AUTO_MODE value for the ATTR_PROGRESSBAR_UPDATE_MODE attribute. However, even if you are processing events, the progress bar may not draw correctly.

Workaround: Toggle the visibility of the progress bar before it needs to redraw. For example, if you are manually updating the progress bar, you could do the following:




SetCtrlAttribute (panelHandle, PANEL_PROGRESSBAR, ATTR_VISIBLE, 0);

SetCtrlAttribute (panelHandle, PANEL_PROGRESSBAR, ATTR_VISIBLE, 1);

ProgressBar_SetPercentage (panelHandle, PANEL_PROGRESSBAR, newPercentage, NULL);



Otherwise, if the progress bar is updating automatically, you would toggle the visibility of the progress bar before you processed events, similar to the following:




SetCtrlAttribute (panelHandle, PANEL_PROGRESSBAR, ATTR_VISIBLE, 0);

SetCtrlAttribute (panelHandle, PANEL_PROGRESSBAR, ATTR_VISIBLE, 1);

ProcessSystemEvents();

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/09/2011
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The splitter control can disappear after is it dragged.
This issue occurs only on Windows 7 or Windows Vista with Aero enabled.

Workaround: Create a callback function for your splitter controls. In the EVENT_DROPPED case, hide the control, delay for a short amount of time, and then display the control. For example, adding the following code to the EVENT_DROPPED case of the splitter callback function should cause the splitter to display whenever it is dropped.




SetCtrlAttribute (panelHandle, PANEL_SPLITTER, ATTR_VISIBLE, 0);

Delay (.02);

SetCtrlAttribute (panelHandle, PANEL_SPLITTER, ATTR_VISIBLE, 1);



Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 03/10/2011
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Scrolling strip charts can have inaccurate values for min and max due to rounding errors.
For example, if your strip chart displays 100 points and you plot 100 points at a time, the end values may end with a value other than 99.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/27/2011
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Table row and column header separators do not line up with the row and column marker lines when Windows visual styles are enabled.
In Windows 7, the row lines do not match up. In Windows XP, the column lines do not match up.

Workaround: Disable Windows visual styles for controls.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
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The Run-Time Movable Control (movectrl.fp) custom control does not display a hand when moving numeric controls.
Normally, when moving a control by using the movable control custom control, a hand is displayed as the mouse cursor. However, an I-beam cursor is displayed for numeric controls.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
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GetScaledCtrlDisplayBitmap can hang for some scaling ratios.
For instance, scaling a graph from 400x801 pixels to 200x200 pixels will cause a hang.

Workaround: Modify the scaling factor until the hang does not occur.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
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VAL_SIZE_TO_PICTURE can significantly degrade the resolution of pictures if the pictures must shrink.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
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The bottom of some characters on the y-axis of a strip chart can be clipped incorrectly.
For example, the bottom half of the letter g will be clipped.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/27/2011
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Full ticks are not consistently drawn for many numeric controls.
When full ticks are enabled for numeric slides, knobs, gauges, dials, or meters, some full ticks will be drawn darker than others. This is because the full ticks are drawn multiple times at once, leading to darkening because of the alpha blending done by ClearType.

Workaround: Disable ClearType.

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/28/2011
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Tree items with ATTR_CELL_DIMMED can be toggled and do not draw completely dimmed.
If a tree item has ATTR_CELL_DIMMED set, you should not be able to alter its draw state, and the check box or radio button should also be drawn as dimmed.

Workaround: See the workaround proposed by jared here.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/28/2011
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Some items in the LabWindows/CVI status bar require a double-click to toggle, while others require a single-click.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/28/2011
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Some user interface controls do not draw Windows styles on mouse-over.
For example, the following controls and control parts should display as a highlighted blue on Windows Vista and later, but do not:
  • The inc/dec arrows for all numeric controls. 
  • The square push button and the square text button.
  • The list control scroll bar arrows and thumb.


Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/01/2011
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The Floating Style attribute of a child panel can cause displayed panels to display as modal behind other displayed panels.

Workaround: Change the Floating Style panel attribute of all child panels to Never.

Reported Version: 9.0.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/01/2011
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<Ctrl-Left Arrow> and <Ctrl-Right Arrow> do not work correctly in text controls on multibyte versions of Windows.
The text cursor does not correctly move to work breaks.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/01/2011
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Passing TRUE to the RestrictDirectory parameter of FileSelectPopup does not completely restrict the directory to the initial directory.
The user can select files from other directories by entering the path directly into the File Name control and by selecting a file from the previously selected files drop-down list.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/02/2011
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Calling GetPanelAttribute with ATTR_TITLEBAR_ACTUAL_THICKNESS returns undefined results if the panel titlebar is not visible.
The function should return 0 when the titlebar is not visible but instead returns an undefined value.

Workaround: Verify that the titlebar is visible using ATTR_TITLEBAR_VISIBLE before getting the actual thickness of the titlebar.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/02/2011
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Panels displayed with ATTR_WINDOW_ZOOM set to VAL_MAXIMIZE will not restore after showing the desktop.
You can show the desktop by pressing <Windows Key-D> or by selecting the Show Desktop button on the task bar.

Workaround: Call SetPanelAttribute with ATTR_WINDOW_ZOOM after calling DisplayPanel.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/02/2011
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Graph legend items are highlighted after calling RecallPanelState under some conditions.
This behavior can occur even if the ATTR_LEGEND_INTERACTIVE attribute is disabled.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
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LabWindows/CVI crashes when setting the Offset option for a graph if the Absolute Time Display Format is set to a very large number.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
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Printing UIR files resizes the table control in the print output.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/09/2012
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SavePanelState causes a General Protection Fault when called in a 64-bit application.
After the crash, the state of the save file is unknown. The crash occurs because of header information in the save file.

Workaround: Create a save file in a 32-bit application and use it for the 64-bit application. The save file created in the 32-bit application will have the correct header information. The missing information occurs when creating a new file, but does not occur when modifying an existing file. The save file created in the 32-bit application does not need to be related to the 64-bit application.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/10/2012
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If you save UIR files as older versions, LabWindows/CVI does not warn you that features that are unsupported in that version will not be saved.
When saving a UIR file as an older version, LabWindows/CVI does not warn you that some features that were not supported in that version will not be saved. These features cannot be saved because they did not exist in that version.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 01/10/2012
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Ring control label/value pairs precision does not persist when changed.
When the precision of a double or float label/value pair is modified in the User Interface Editor, the precision attribute is restored to its original value when the Edit Label/Value Pairs dialog box is opened again.

Workaround: This behavior occurs only if there is only 1 label/value pair. Multiple label/value pairs persist the precision attribute. If you want only 1 label/value pair, add a second label/value pair and then change the precision attribute. Close the Edit Label/Value Pairs dialog box by clicking OK. Return to the Edit Label/Value Pairs dialog box and remove the second label/value pair. The precision attribute will now persist this value.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 01/11/2012
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The x-axis of the digital graph displays improper divisions.
Large digital graphs with engineering or scientific display format set for the x-axis may display divisions and division labels that are inconsistent with other display formats.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 01/11/2012
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The table control displays a gap between the table cells and the bottom and right edges of the control when resized.
This is an effect of the control's 3D style and not a bug. Future versions will allow the frame to be made invisible with the ATTR_FRAME_VISIBLE attribute.

Workaround: Disable the Use Windows Visual Styles for Controls option for the panel.

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/06/2012
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Table control triggers a general protection fault after not cleaning up resources from an Out of Memory error.
If a table is made so large that an Out of Memory error is triggered, the table control does not properly recalculate the number of rows and columns. Any access to the table can cause a general protection fault.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/06/2012
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Graph controls display the x-axis name at an angle if you set the ATTR_XYNAME_FONT attribute to a metafont that rotates text.
The graph should not display fonts that specify an angle of rotation for text for the x-axis name.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/06/2012
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Deleting all lines from a text box control with no lines available to delete causes a nonfatal runtime error.
Passing -1 for the Number of Lines parameter of the DeleteTextBoxLines function deletes all lines from the index to the end. However, if there are no lines after the index, a nonfatal runtime error will occur.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/06/2012
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The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine may crash when unloading a DLL that contains a panel in a thread other than the main thread.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/07/2012
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Changing the panel title from a different thread can cause a hang.
Changing the panel title from a thread other than the thread that the panel was created in can cause a hang.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.5  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/07/2012
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MultiFileSelectPopup removes leading spaces from file names and returns an error.
The MultiFileSelectPopup function assumes that files do not have a leading space in the file name, but this is not always true.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/07/2012
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Panel toolbars are not fully discarded when created and discarded in a thread other than main.
Calling the Toolbar_Discard function in a thread other than the main thread will cause a Non-Fatal Run-Time Error to occur when exiting the main function.

Workaround: The error can be ignored because it only occurs when the application is exiting. Call SetBreakOnLibraryErrors (0) as the last statement in the main function to hide this error.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/08/2012
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Possible to see 100% CPU usage when a graph or strip chart is on screen and axis labels are visible
For this problem to occur at least one axis label must visible. When label strings get too close to the edge of the control, they will attempt to reposition themselves inward to avoid being cut off, but in some cases the repositioning algorithm will reposition to the same value and cycle endlessly. There is no visible behavior issue caused by this problem on Windows other than high CPU usage.

This problem is most likely to occur with one of the x-axis label strings if the x-axis has negative values or ATTR_FIXED_PLOT_AREA is enabled and ATTR_PLOT_AREA_LEFT is set too close to the edge.

Workaround: There are two workarounds:
1) Disable the axis label string.
2) Enable ATTR_FIXED_PLOT_AREA and then set ATTR_PLOT_AREA_LEFT (if the problem is happening with the left x-axis) to a value a few pixels over to the right until the problem stops occurring. The value this needs to be set to is dependent on the font and min/max of the affected scale so a precise value can't be given.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
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The Edit Tabbing Order dialog box does not allow you to modify the tabbing order of controls that are behind overlapping controls.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 5.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
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SetCursorAttribute does not return an error when passed an annotation attribute.
The SetCursorAttribute function will attempt to set an attribute that does not exist and can produce undefined errors.

Workaround: Do not pass annotation attributes to SetCursorAttribute.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
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Drawing a filled shape on the canvas with a pen width greater than 1 causes the filling to exceed the shape's border.
When the pen width for a canvas is greater than 1 and you specify VAL_DRAW_FRAME_AND_INTERIOR as the Draw Mode for the draw function, the filling will exceed the shape's border.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/09/2012
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The graph legend does not always match the angle of text plots.
The angle of the text in the sample plot of the graph legend may or may not match the angle of the text plot. Different behavior is demonstrated for various angles, font sizes, and fonts. Some conditions may cause the sample plot to display an underlined font when the plot does not use an underlined font.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/09/2012
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User interface control labels appear to resize when switching from Windows XP to Windows Vista or Windows 7.
The font size of the labels actually remains the same, but the rendering of the labels is handled differently in Windows XP than it is in Windows Vista and Windows 7. The larger label size causes the controls to resize.

Workaround: For the labels, disable the Size to text option in the Label Appearance section of the Edit Control dialog box.

Reported Version: 9.0.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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Changing a panel's width or height from the Attribute Browser doesn't update corresponding workspace status bar values.
The panel size values displayed on the right side of the workspace's status bar do not update when the panel's width and height attributes are modified from the Attribute Browser.

Workaround: Modify the panel width and height from the Edit Panel dialog box.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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The control or panel constant name in the Workspace status bar does not update when a panel or control is selected and the user moves another panel or control.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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Workspace status bar displays outer frame width and height when resizing panel.
When resizing a panel in the User Interface Editor, the status bar displays both the previous width and height and the new width and height. Both the previous and new values are calculated based on the outer selection frame rather than the actual panel width and height.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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Workspace status bar and property browser panel width and height are not updated when you undo a panel resize or cut/delete a panel..
If you resize a panel in the User Interface Editor, the workspace status bar and the property browser update with the new panel width and height. If you then undo the resize, the status bar and the property browser do not update the width and height to the old values.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/10/2012
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The Choose Date/Time Value dialog box displays an error message for an invalid date three times.
If you enter an invalid date, such as Febuary 31, in the Choose Date/Time Value dialog box, LabWindows/CVI closes the dialog box and its parent dialog boxes and displays an error message stating Value is invalid or out of range three times.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/14/2012
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Setting the Label text in the Edit Tree dialog box to a string greater then 250 characters can crash LabWindows/CVI.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/14/2012
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Saving a file with the FileSelectPopup function displays a "file already exists" error when another file with the same basename and no extension exists in the selected directory.
The file is saved despite the error.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 02/15/2012
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The Attribute Browser Width field doesn't coerce the value to the minimum control width.
If a value is entered in the Width field in the Attribute Browser for a control with a minimum width and the value is smaller than the minimum Width, the value is not coerced to the minimum. The coercion does occur for the Height property. The actual Width of the control is correctly coerced to the minimum width.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/15/2012
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The selection around the control does not redraw after setting a field from the Attribute Browser that changes the control size.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 02/15/2012
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Numeric control radix does not resize with control text size.
N/A

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 3.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 03/23/2012
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Tree control may crash when more than 200,000 items are inserted.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/17/2012
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Dimming ActiveX control does not terminate mouse tracking.
This behavior can cause problems if you dim the ActiveX control while doing a click and drag operation on the control. In this scenario, the mouse interaction continues even after the control is dimmed.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/17/2012
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Floating point format in UI controls allows too many digits before automatically switching to scientific format.
The floating point representation may show more digits than are represented by the underlying data.

Workaround: Use scientific format if you may need to display very large numbers.

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/18/2012
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Graph zoom selection box leaves artifacts if a control is moved over the drawing region in between frames.
If a control is moved over the graph's drawing region while creating a zoom selection box, the control may interfere with the drawing of the selection box and leave traces of where the selection box once was.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
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Some controls do not print colors correctly in bitmap printing when set to black & white mode.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
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Dragging the ring tank control value to change its fluid height at run-time may cause black lines to appear where the previous fluid height was.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
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Changing digital graph line label and bus label programmatically does not update the control labels if the plot does not contain any data.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/22/2012
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The mouse wheel scrolls the wrong control while ring control menu is displayed.
This behavior occurs if the focus is still on a different control when the ring drop-down menu is opened.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
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In some cases, the EVENT_LOST_FOCUS and EVENT_COMMIT events are not displayed in Operate mode when changing focus away from controls.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
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A tree item tooltip continues to display when the cursor is over a tree item and another active window is in front of part of the tree item.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
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The numeric control cannot have a transparent background.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/22/2012
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Sweep Line Color attribute for a strip chart is not saved when the UIR is saved.

Workaround: Modify the value of the Sweep Line Color attribute (ATTR_SWEEP_LINE_COLOR) programmatically.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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Passing an incorrect panel attribute to the GetPanelAttribute function causes a general protection fault.
For example, passing ATTR_LABEL_TEXT to the GetPanelAttribute function will cause a crash because it is not a valid attribute of a panel.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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Child panels in a tab control do not resize when the tab is resized and Scale Contents on Resize is enabled.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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The digital graph control does not limit the Line Label and Bus Label values string size to 255 characters.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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The CVI GUI Localization Utility will not advance to the Right Y Axis of strip charts if the Next button is clicked.

Workaround: Select the Right Y Axis item with the mouse.

Reported Version: 8.5.1  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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The Clear Translations menu item does nothing in the CVI GUI Localization Utility.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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ActiveX controls cannot be selected in the User Interface Editor with a mouse click if the control is dimmed.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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Mouse tracking is not aborted during a mouse click event if the control callback causes the panel to lose focus.
For example, a string control handles the EVENT_LEFT_DOUBLE_CLICK event and during the callback the panel loses focus by displaying a popup dialog. When the popup dialog is closed, the mouse will continue to highlight the string control text.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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ExcelRpt_WriteDataFromTableControl function does not support combo box, ring, or button cell types.
Picture cell types are also not supported, but Microsoft Excel does not have an equivalent cell type to accept the conversion.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/25/2012
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Popup dialogs appear in the same location where they were located the last time the dialog appeared in that process.
The file dialog will appear centered in the monitor of the active panel the first time a process with this name is executed. From this point on, it will remember where you have moved it and it will always appear in that same location.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Tree control tooltip does not use the character set of the tree.
Hovering over an item with the mouse shows a tooltip with the item label if the label is longer than the visible area of tree control. That tooltip uses the native character set instead of the character set specified for the tree control.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/26/2012
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Calling the GetCtrlVal function for the picture ring control may cause an "Assertion failed" error in the Event Viewer if the picture ring data type is set to " string (char *)".

Workaround: Use "int" as the data type for the picture ring control then use an enum or switch statement to reference the desired string.

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Changing the label of a tree item from the Label control or the Quick Edit Window does not update the corresponding entry in the Default Index option for that tree item.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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The LED control is rendered poorly when using default size.
The default size of 20x20 pixels causes the LED to look more like an octagon than a circle.

Workaround: Adjust the size of the LED to a different size. 17x17, 19x19, and 21x21 pixel sizes are recommended.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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When moving a tree control, the tree item being edited will not move with the tree.
This behavior can occur if the tree is connected to a splitter that is set to move the control. This will also occur in the Attribute Browser if the LabWindows/CVI environment is resized from the right side of the window.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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The index counts in the Default index option can have the wrong value if items are inserted in the tree out of order.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Inserting a tree column in Edit Columns/Cells dialog box does not update the currently selected column.
This behavior will cause a mismatch between the Label field and the currently selected item.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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Some Programmer's Toolbox functions do not support Lab Style controls.
The SizeRingCtrlToText, ConformCtrlBitmapToPanel, and RecessAllCtrlFrames functions do not support Lab Style controls.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 07/26/2012
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ATTR_XLOOSE_FIT_AUTOSCALING_UNIT attribute does not work well with log scales.
This attribute allows you to specify the base 10 logarithm of the loose fit factor. By the nature of a log scale, the same factor cannot be used for both the minimum and maximum value of the scale.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/15/2012
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Changing the value of a Numeric Thermometer or Numeric Tank control that is in Hot mode may cause a graphical glitch.
If the value of the control is decreased, then the separator line indicating the current value is not erased before being redrawn. Increasing the value does not cause the glitch because the line is drawn over by the fill of the control.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/19/2013
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Classic-style decoration controls that have rounded edges appear speckled.
Some of the pixels of the edges display as transparent instead of the specified color.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/20/2013
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In the Edit Axis Settings dialog box for a strip chart control, the Loose Fit Units field may be dimmed even if the Loose Fit option is enabled.
This can occur if the Auto Scale checkbox is disabled while the Loose Fit checkbox is enabled. Re-enabling the Auto Scale checkbox does not undim the Loose Fit Units field.

Workaround: First disable, then re-enable the Loose Fit checkbox to undim the Loose Fit Units field.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
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Opening a UIR file containing a tab control attached to a splitter control that is saved in LabWindows/CVI 7.1 causes an "Invalid control ID" error.
The example project events.prj contains events.uir, which will cause this error if saved in LabWindows/CVI 7.1.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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UIR files saved in LabWindows/CVI 8.1 and earlier that contain a knob, dial, gauge, or meter can corrupt the environment memory when opened in LabWindows/CVI 8.5 or later.
The memory corruption may cause the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.5  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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Passing the same index for the Item Index and the Relative Index parameters of the AreTreeItemsRelated function returns the incorrect value for some relationships.
If the Item Index and the Relative Index parameters are the same, the function should always return 0 indicating that they are not related through the specified relationship. However, the function returns 1 for the Sibling and All relationships.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/21/2013
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Strip chart control traces and legend do not scale correctly.
When the Scale Contents on Resize attribute is enabled for a strip chart control and the window is resized, then the trace thickness and legend are also scaled. When the window is resized to be larger, the thickness and legend are scaled accordingly. But when the window is resized to be smaller, then the thickness and legend do not scale down.

Workaround: Either disable the Scale Contents on Resize attribute for the strip chart control, or modify the ATTR_TRACE_THICKNESS attribute when the window is resized to be smaller.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 02/27/2013
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Plotting data to a graph control with the PlotXY function may add an additional invalid data point as the last value plotted for a specific input size.
The plot will contain one extra data point that is an undefined value. This will occur only for a small set of input sizes that are multiples of 199 data points. This issue was reported for an input size of 46,566 data points.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/28/2013
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Setting the ATTR_FIRST_VISIBLE_LINE attribute does not cause a text box control to redraw in some cases.
If the first visible line is partially shown and this same line is set for the ATTR_FIRST_VISIBLE_LINE attribute, then it will not cause the text box control to redraw. The first visible line can be only partially shown if the text box control is scrolled using the scroll bar.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2012  Added: 08/05/2013
364746

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Accessing a control array from a panel loaded multiple times in an application causes run-time error.
The application will report the following error: "Resource ID not found in user interface resource file."

Workaround: Create the control array during run-time using the NewCtrlArray function and InsertCtrlArrayItem function.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
366605

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A tree control of type string that has at least one item causes the User Interface Localizer to crash.
The following error is reported: "LocalUI (release x86) has stopped working."

Workaround: Either change the data type of the tree control to be non-string or remove all elements in the tree before localizing it.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
367216

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The Loose Fit Units of a strip chart control are reset to 0 when the Edit Axis Settings dialog box is re-opened.
If you set the Loose Fit Units option to a negative value in the Edit Axis Settings dialog box, close the dialog box, and then re-open it, the default value of 0 will be reset. This issue occurs only with the strip chart control.

Workaround: The value is saved with the control and is only reset to default when the dialog box is re-opened. Make sure to reset the value each time the dialog box is closed.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
382556

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Edit Label/Value Pairs dialog box uses wrong character set.
For string data types, the font used for both the label and value controls of the Edit Label/Value Pairs dialog box is the character set of the control's label, rather than the character set of the control's text.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
386552

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The User Interface Editor does not allow you to paint controls with the panel theme disabled.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
386878

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The DisplayImageFile function uses more memory than is necessary.
The function might use up to four times as much memory as the size of the file.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 3.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
391657

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The value of the eventData1 parameter is always 1 in a callback for an EVENT_COMMIT event of a graph cursor that is locked.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
392640

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Cannot duplicate panels with controls that are duplicated and attached to a splitter control.
You will receive error -153: "Item is already attached to splitter control."

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 7.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
396304

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LabWindows/CVI might crash when running out of memory during a table copy operation.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.1  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
399949

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Some printing functions may cause a general protection fault in 64-bit applications.
The following functions are affected:

FontSelectPopup
FontSelectPopupEx
PrintCtrl
PrintPanel
WaveformGraphPopup
XGraphPopup
XYGraphPopup
YGraphPopup


Workaround: For the PrintPanel and PrintCtrl functions, set the confirmDialogBox parameter to 0.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
400767

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Functions that take a Control List parameter may cause a crash in 64-bit applications.
The following functions may cause a crash in 64-bit applications:

AttributeMaxAndMin
DistributeCtrls
GetSelectedRadioButtons
PutLabelsOnLeft
SetAttributeForCtrls
SetCtrlsToAttributeExtreme
SetSelectedRadioButtons


Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
401736

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Controls with the panel theme disabled still render with the panel theme in the User Interface Editor and at run time.

Workaround: At run time, re-enable and then disable the ATTR_DISABLE_PANEL_THEME attribute after the panel has been displayed.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
403028

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Changing the value of ATTR_INTERPOLATE_PIXELS can leave the plot with extraneous data.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 4.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
413695

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Radial controls do not resize all elements proportionally.
Some controls will not scale all elements proportionally when the Scale Contents On Resize panel option is enabled and they are resized. Radial controls such as the gauge, meter, and knob must maintain a consistent aspect ratio for the radial portion of the control. However, this is not necessary for some elements of the control such as the label. These elements will not be scaled the same. This can cause elements to become misaligned or overlap.

Workaround: Use the splitter control to resize controls rather than the Scale Contents On Resize option. Refer to the docking.cws example for details on how to accomplish this with splitter controls.

Reported Version: 5.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/05/2013
369944

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The canvas control creates some undesired artifacts when rotated or moved around.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
382278

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The save button cannot be used in the Attribute Browser toolbar.

Workaround: To save changes made in the Attribute Browser, use File»Save or <Ctrl-S>.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
404129

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After rotating the markers of a gauge control, the needle becomes misaligned with the center of the gauge.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
423072

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The two panel attributes, ATTR_HEIGHT and ATTR_WIDTH, cannot be sized beyond a certain value, which depends on monitor resolution.

Workaround: Use a child panel, which does not have the same height and width limitations.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
427065

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The maximum window size is limited by screen resolution.
This maximum value is imposed during the LabWindows/CVI WM_GETMINMAXINFO message handler.

Workaround: Intercept the WM_GETMINMAXINFO message and change the maximum values as demonstrated in the following code snippet:

//Custom window procedure

static LRESULT CALLBACK MsgrWndProc (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )

{

switch(message)

{

case WM_GETMINMAXINFO:

{

if(largeSize)

{

//Modify lParam such that it uses the correct sizes

MINMAXINFO FAR *lpmmi = (MINMAXINFO FAR*)lParam;

lpmmi->ptMaxTrackSize.y = customHeight;

lpmmi->ptMaxTrackSize.x = customWidth;



largeSize = 0;



//Return 0 to swallow the event

return 0;

}

}

}



//Call the default window procedure and pass it the parameters passed to it

return CallWindowProc((WNDPROC)DefaultWndProc, hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);

}

Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
431566

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In the User Interface Editor, if you rotate a text message that has the Size to text option disabled, the resulting text message is drawn incorrectly, selected incorrectly, and inoperable.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
432165

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Under specific graph setting conditions, the fat line plot style renders incorrectly.
Instead of a solid line, the line appears half solid, half broken.

Workaround: Disable anti-aliasing or y-axis labels, or add a plot legend. Resizing the graph sometimes resolves the rendering issue.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
437605

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Graphs containing multiple plots with different plot styles show incorrect plot styles in the graph legend.

Workaround: Obtain the plot style programmatically.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
439046

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Toolbar click events do not cause numeric controls to leave edit mode.
If you are editing a control using the keyboard and subsequently click a toolbar menu item, the control does not commit the edit before the toolbar menu item click event is processed. If the control loses focus, the edit is committed.

Workaround: Commit control edits by calling SetActiveCtrl (GetActivePanel (), GetActiveCtrl (GetActivePanel ())); before reading the control value.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
441033

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A graph with log scale shows only two decades for a range of [1E-200, 1].
For the range of [1E-200, 1], only two divisions are created at 1E-200 and 1E-63.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
460638

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The picture command button can incorrectly show the resizing frame when the Size control to image Fit mode is selected.
The picture command button should not be allowed to change dimensions in this mode.

Workaround: Close and reopen the UIR file.

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
391647

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Changing focus from the graph control while you operate a cursor inside the control leaves the cursor at an intermediate position.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
402602

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The graph control plot can change size when the graph control changes size, even when the Fixed Plot Area attribute (ATTR_FIXED_PLOT_AREA) is enabled.

Workaround: Track the plot area and restore it after a graph control resize operation causes the plot area to change.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
415654

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When scrolling a tree control and the currently selected item line moves to the top or bottom of the control, it seems as though multiple items are selected.

Workaround: Change focus from the tree control. When the tree control loses focus, it redraws the item selection correctly.

Reported Version: 2010  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
424549

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The default values for the ATTR_HIDE_HILITE and ATTR_HILITE_ONLY_WHEN_PANEL_ACTIVE attributes do not persist for table controls when set in the UIR file.

Workaround: Set the values programmatically using SetCtrlAttribute.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
470189

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Resizing a knob control by operating a splitter control causes the digital display of the knob control to be positioned at the wrong coordinates.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
484206

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The image quality of some images loaded in a picture command button degrades after saving and loading the user interface file multiple times.
Reduction of quality is noticeable after 10 saves.

Workaround: Reload the original image from disk. You can do this programmatically by setting the ATTR_IMAGE_FILE attribute with SetCtrlAttribute.

Reported Version: 9.0  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
386088

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Predefined, non-metafont fonts look bigger than corresponding metafonts.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/26/2014

 

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Document last updated on 8/26/2014

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