Archived: LabWindows™/CVI™ 2012 and 2012 SP1 Known Issues by Date

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Overview

This document contains the LabWindows/CVI 2012 and 2012 SP1 known issues that were discovered before and since the release of LabWindows/CVI 2012. 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 date they were added to this document. To view the issues organized by category, visit the document linked below:

Known Issues by Category

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Known Issues by Date

The following items are known issues in LabWindows/CVI 2012 and 2012 SP1 sorted by Date.

126708PlotArc lacks accuracy for drawing a small angle with a large radius.
128084Uninstalling LabWindows/CVI from Windows Vista does not completely remove context menu file associations.
140926Changing the axis range on a LabWindows/CVI graph plot with few points causes skewed plot lines.
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.
186565LabWindows/CVI distributions cannot install fonts on Windows Vista or Windows 7.
189843The Perforce 2009.1 client may cause LabWindows/CVI 2009 to crash.
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.
193733Launching the DataSocket Binding dialog box may cause LabWindows/CVI to hang on Windows 7.
194450LabWindows/CVI windows do not support Aero Shake.
206504Building debug versions of very large projects may cause LabWindows/CVI to run out of memory.
209745Very large maximum stack sizes cause the "My Documents" button of LabWindows/CVI file select popup panels to fail.
210086The LabWindows/CVI environment may hang while debugging with the Variables or Watch windows open.
41414 4DDCC0IOA small memory leak exists in network variable creation.
216549LabWindows/CVI installs KeyHelp.ocx, which contains a security vulnerability.
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.
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.
237998Cannot link some uuid.lib symbols in a 32-bit program.
257397Debugging a multithreaded real-time program with watchpoints may cause the real-time target to hang.
44669 4HK7LF7KThe WordRpt_SetHeader function might not always work as expected.
285461Attaching the LabWindows/CVI debugger to a C++ DLL might result in significant performance degradation.
283594clang does not recognize the _export and _import qualifiers.
284771When using third-party compilers, linker errors refer to temporary object files.
284293Using a WebBrowser ActiveX control from a thread created in a LabWindows/CVI thread pool leaks memory.
277739Compiling a file with a syntax error can cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
281013Calling DDC_SaveFile often while creating a TDMS file using the TDM C DLL or the DDC Library can result in errors.
227324LabWindows/CVI cannot copy files to the VXIPnP directories on Windows Vista and later.
255345TDMS_CloseFile can take a long time to complete when the LabWindows/CVI debugger is attached.
257029The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine creates windows in its DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH handler.
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.
303637Scrolling strip charts can have inaccurate values for min and max due to rounding errors.
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.
306163The PeakDetector function does not recognize peaks of a sine wave when the sampling rate is very high.
306206The clang external compiler does not correctly handle the long double data type.
308191A multi-project workspace with projects targeting both 32-bit and 64-bit can incorrectly display import libraries.
309112LabWindows/CVI 8.0 distributions cannot include the ActiveX container merge module if LabWindows/CVI 2009 or later is installed on the same system.
295246A source file containing a very large array of structures might fail to compile.
296666Regenerating DAQmx example code can sometimes fail to regenerate code.
293672Some user interface controls do not draw Windows styles on mouse-over.
257160The LabWindows/CVI debugger can hang when LoadPanel fails in a DLL with variables expanded using the Specific Type option in the Variables window.
291945Compiling a very large array in debug mode can be very slow.
292070Passing TRUE to the RestrictDirectory parameter of FileSelectPopup does not completely restrict the directory to the initial directory.
37498 44K3HK07Variables defined inside of a block statement cannot be added to the Watch window.
37666 3TJ0IB7KPanels displayed with ATTR_WINDOW_ZOOM set to VAL_MAXIMIZE will not restore after showing the desktop.
329035LabWindows/CVI Conversion Wizard does not transfer 'Compile with precompiled include file' setting to 'Precompiled Headers' setting in Microsoft Visual Studio.
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.
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.
332047LabWindows/CVI stops responding while searching for an inaccessible network location.
314106The x-axis of the digital graph displays improper divisions.
311364Function name displays twice in the function prototype tooltip when the return value is const or volatile.
322979Drawing a filled shape on the canvas with a pen width greater than 1 causes the filling to exceed the shape's border.
333163The Choose Date/Time Value dialog box displays an error message for an invalid date three times.
334992Watch expressions become inactive after switching configurations.
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.
322905Files in a project may not display source control icons when a LabWindows/CVI project is associated with the Perforce client.
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.
334920Corners of Source Editor windows are painted black in non-tabbed Workspace when opened.
329405Numeric control radix does not resize with control text size.
335405Cannot link some odbccp32.lib symbols in a 32-bit program.
335982MultiFileSelectPopupEx cannot select multiple files if the first file in the list does not exist and the second file does.
351981Dimming ActiveX control does not terminate mouse tracking.
357212The save icon does not dim after saving a file.
359402Third-party compilers do not enable C99 extensions even if you enable the Build with C99 extensions option in the Build Options dialog box.
360351NI Automotive Diagnostic Command Set and NI ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit cannot be activated through NI License Manager.
362376The Programmer's Toolbox function ListCreate leaks memory.
360485Passing NULL to SingleToneSignal for the searchType input parameter causes a fatal run-time error.
360745Cannot launch the LabWindows/CVI Help from the Help menu when a help tooltip is visible.
361054Attribute not valid error when auto-declaring a variable
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.
362123Gamma, GammaC, and Beta functions compute regularized form, which is not accurately described in help.
362403Saving a copy of the UIR as an older version causes the currently loaded copy to switch to that version.
363056Floating point format in UI controls allows too many digits before automatically switching to scientific format.
363196Attribute passed is not valid error when declaring a variable in a function panel.
363456Compiler warning when using __int64 in switch statement expression in a 32-bit configuration.
353320Attempting to edit a "??" entry in the Memory window causes an error.
354449Very long strings in the Edit Distributions dialog box may crash LabWindows/CVI.
356348Using the TCP Library from multiple threads may cause a deadlock when combined with locks in the user's TCP callbacks.
361691The GetAllBreakpoints LabWindows/CVI ActiveX Server Interface function does not set numBreakpoints output parameter.
361840For values of x that are very large, sin (x) returns x instead of returning a number between -1 and 1.
337950Graph zoom selection box leaves artifacts if a control is moved over the drawing region in between frames.
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.
340055Breakpoints may be missed when attaching to a non-debuggable process that calls a debuggable DLL in multiple threads.
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.
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.
348295A panel containing an ActiveX control disappears when the mouse hovers over the control if the titlebar is not visible.
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.
351155LoadExternalModule does not guarantee that the module loaded is 16-byte aligned.
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.
354481User specified icons are not displayed in Windows Explorer for larger sizes in Windows Vista/7.
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.
356470Building the sdk\stdio\demo.prj example project in a 64-bit configuration against the clang compiler causes an unrecoverable internal error.
356708The Source window cursor can persist after selecting text and editing a variable tooltip.
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.
359304The modulo operation with 64-bit integers in a 32-bit configuration may produce incorrect results.
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.
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.
364220Welcome Page PDF links do not work unless you are using Adobe Acrobat.
309845Tree control tooltip does not use the character set of the tree.
362404The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine displays incorrectly in LabVIEW Application Builder and TestStand Deployment Utility.
366229The CVIXMLGetNumChildElements function does not count child elements included in an XML entity.
352509ATTR_XLOOSE_FIT_AUTOSCALING_UNIT attribute does not work well with log scales.
373262The Ini_WriteToRegistry and Ini_ReadFromRegistry function panels incorrectly list OS compatibility as Windows 9x/NT/2000.
380010The Recessed Menu Ring control does not display the correct character set when there are enough entries to cause it to display a popup instead of a drop-down menu.
383001The PlotText function does not place the text at the specified y-position.
383629The PlotText function does not display text with the background color specified by the Background Color parameter.
384834Changing the value of a Numeric Thermometer or Numeric Tank control that is in Hot mode may cause a graphical glitch.
386081Items in the Resource Tracking window can be expanded only if they contain at least two items.
372694A static library created in LabWindows/CVI may contain undefined debug symbols from cvistart.lib under certain conditions.
372773User interfaces that use the NI Dialog font with a size other than 11 point may have text positioned incorrectly when upgraded to LabWindows/CVI 2012.
373393Classic-style decoration controls that have rounded edges appear speckled.
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.
363759The %application and %basename variables in the Version Info dialog box are based on the release configuration, instead of the current configuration.
365226A new project created with the Command Line Application template may have the Create Console Application checkbox disabled.
365244An internal error is reported when switching control types in the Select Attribute Constant dialog box when the filter does not match any items in the new control type's tree.
366249The help text for the DirSelectPopupEx function lists the incorrect values for the Selection Status return value.
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.
368267The Initial Patch Setup dialog box may cause the LabWindows/CVI environment to crash after selecting an incorrect installer path.
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.
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.
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.
369553Variables in the Interactive Execution Window are not immediately evaluated in watch expressions.
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.
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.
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.
371295Starting a drag and drop copy operation on a file in one LabWindows/CVI project and ending it as a drag and drop operation in another project leaves both projects in a bad state.
371665Selecting to Generate Custom Control Code for the NI Vision Image Control Custom Control results in a Redeclaration of 'Rect' error when compiling the source file.
379345The options in the Control Settings section of the Edit Numeric dialog box for integers are always displayed as decimal values.
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.
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.
388073The Show Prototype tooltip displays the help button for macros when the previous Show Prototype tooltip was for a function with help documentation.
388199Passing the same index for the Item Index and the Relative Index parameters of the AreTreeItemsRelated function returns the incorrect value for some relationships.
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.
371711Side-by-side error message may be displayed when including header files in the Interactive Execution window.
378420The CNVGetFolders and CNVGetVariables functions return string arrays that show the incorrect number of elements while debugging.
376796Creating an AppDomain in .NET using the mscorlib.fp library causes a System.OutOfMemoryException to be thrown.
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.
348302ActiveX controls disappear when the mouse hovers over the control and the Title bar Visible attribute for the title is disabled.
362220The Save Copy of UIR As command changes the currently open UIR file to the selected version.
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.
368470The wrong text is selected after dragging multiple lines of text in the Source window into the middle of another line of text.
369889Opening a project for a static library with the debug configuration set in LabWindows/CVI 2012 or earlier will cause the static library to have link errors when built.
369950The Edit Installer dialog box shows the output associated with a custom release configuration as a .prj instead of .exe.
372312The LabWindows/CVI debugger may not be able to differentiate versions of a DLL loaded from different paths when unicode characters are in the path.
382556Edit Label/Value Pairs dialog box uses wrong character set.
383210Tree control column numbering is inconsistent in the Edit Tree dialog box.
384581The GetExternalModuleAddrEx function fails to load a DLL if it is not in the current working directory or the system path.
386160Cannot load attribute info for a .fp file when the associated .sub file is encoded as Unicode.
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.
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.
389505LabWindows/CVI crashes when an invalid value is entered in the Attribute Browser and the user switches windows before committing the value.
389944Table cell value of ATTR_CHECK_RANGE changes after setting ATTR_DATA_TYPE.
390072A memory leak occurs in the FileBrowser_GetSelectedFiles function when no files are selected or an error occurs
390596Control tooltip may appear instead of item tooltip for the tree control in some cases.
391055Auto indent does not place the cursor in the correct location when pressing the Enter key after a break in a switch statement.
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.
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.
395751The EVENT_VAL_COERCED event is sent to the control twice when the event is triggered by the control losing focus.
396240Applications might crash when mouse hovers in blank areas of the table control.
396304LabWindows/CVI might crash when running out of memory during a table copy operation.
396479The Menu key on the keyboard does not activate the context menu in the User Interface Browser.
396825The default value for the Publisher option on General tab of the Edit Installers dialog box is "%company".
397059The GetMonitor functions fail if the monitor configuration changes.
399264The Find command may miss some search matches if the Whole word option is enabled.
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.
400825The RouteWinMsgToPanelCallback function may cause a crash when used 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.
401814LabWindows/CVI might crash when renaming a function in a function panel when the Tools»Enable Auto Replace option is checked.
402187UDPMulticastSubscribe produces a non-fatal run-time error when specificying a source address.
402901Launching the server help from the function prototype tooltip of a LabWindows/CVI Automation Server function causes a script error.
403028Changing the value of ATTR_INTERPOLATE_PIXELS can leave the plot with extraneous data.
403448The numeric control's display format cannot be set to Engineering format.
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.
404327LabWindows/CVI may crash when changing the default calling convention of a library after it has been built.
405357Hovering the mouse over the scroll bar at the bottom of a function panel window may cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.
407329Selecting Rebuild from the Batch Build dialog box causes a memory leak.
407339Minimum and Maximum numeric fields for a table cell are shown as decimals even when formatted as hexidecimal.
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.
409819The Installer path option for a patch distribution is still red after being updated when the distribution is moved.
410015Badly formatted hInstance when LoadPanelEx reports an error.
410129The canvas control turns green when resized on a monitor with 16-bit color depth.
412997The output of a 64-bit custom configuration is converted to 32-bit when the distribution is opened in LabWindows/CVI 2009 or earlier.
413695Radial controls do not resize all elements proportionally.
427985LabWindows/CVI 2013 accepts only lowercase .ico extensions for application icons.
440070The Find Next feature of the Find dialog box does not move to new results on subsequent uses.
440951When building a 64-bit installer, there is no installation directory option for LabVIEW (64-bit).
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.
394758When a build distribution finishes, LabWindows/CVI continues to use 100% of the CPU.
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.
411417The project icon shows modified state (*) when no changes have been made to the Target Settings dialog box.
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.
429202It is impossible to set multiple cells in a table control to unsigned char in the User Interface Editor.
432526An Assert! error occurs when using the CVI GUI Localization Utility.
437134GetCVIState and GetCVIStateEx sometimes return the wrong state between the build-time and run-time of a project.
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.
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.
369944The canvas control creates some undesired artifacts when rotated or moved around.
371953The intensity plot does not handle NaN values.
375449Upgrading LabWindows/CVI breaks paths to Clang in .ecc configuration files.
375463File icons may obscure full pathnames in the Project Tree.
382278The save button cannot be used in the Attribute Browser toolbar.
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.
404129After rotating the markers of a gauge control, the needle becomes misaligned with the center of the gauge.
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.
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.
412591Building a project that has a long file path causes LabWindows/CVI to crash.
415644The label of multiple tree items in the User Interface Editor cannot be edited simultaneously.
421591Active tooltips do not update when the tooltip text changes programmatically.
421593Tooltips are not sized correctly when the tooltip text contains horizontal tab characters.
423072The two panel attributes, ATTR_HEIGHT and ATTR_WIDTH, cannot be sized beyond a certain value, which depends on monitor resolution.
424944Creating a .NET controller for a large assembly, such as Microsoft.mshtml, appears to cause a hang but eventually completes successfully.
426915Oval and arc plots appear partially transparent, depending on their fill color.
427065The maximum window size is limited by screen resolution.
429320InetFTPGetDirList returns 0 on certain FTP servers despite the presence of files.
429854The Find in Files feature fails when searching all files (*.*) in a directory containing .svn-base files.
430723Two attributes in the CNSGetEndpointAttribute function panel display their data type as double instead of unsigned long long.
431112Opening the Graphical Array View from the context menu causes LabWindows/CVI to hang.
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.
433158LabWindows/CVI stops tracking resources after user code raises an exception.
437605Graphs containing multiple plots with different plot styles show incorrect plot styles in the graph legend.
437791LabWindows/CVI does not handle edge-specific maximization when restoring from a minimized state.
438055The text style of multiple user interface elements cannot be modified simultaneously.
438547The Functions in File dialog box immediately starts scrolling up when opened.
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.
438896LabWindows/CVI does not display a warning message when both a main and a WinMain entry point are defined in a source file.
439046Toolbar click events do not cause numeric controls to leave edit mode.
439723Building the LabWindows/CVI NI-FGEN example, FrequencySweep5454.prj from the command line fails.
440964SingleToneInfo does not return a reasonable result when frequency is set to 0.
441033A graph with log scale shows only two decades for a range of [1E-200, 1].
442192LoadExternalModule fails with status -1 [Out of Memory] when the project is compiled for Debug64 configuration.
445803Autoselection does not work when including NI-HSDIO in an installer
456105The Source Code Browser tab order is not preserved on subsequent workspace loads.
460638The picture command button can incorrectly show the resizing frame when the Size control to image Fit mode is selected.
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.
382850The NIReport_Print function hangs on Windows 8 when you select Microsoft XPS Document Writer as the printer.
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.
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.
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.
412829LabWindows/CVI crashes when building a DLL with a type library at a long path.
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.
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.
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.
434406LabWindows/CVI no longer displays a warning while debugging a real-time application if threads are still running on the target when RTmain exits.
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.
446788LabWindows/CVI does not automatically select .NET Support for projects that call .NET Library functions when you build a distribution.
461922Enabling Show Grid and Auto Divisions in the Edit Axis Settings dialog box for the right y-axis causes incorrect x-axis tick marks to appear.
463328LabWindows/CVI does not install the 64-bit .NET merge modules.
463921A tooltip containing Invisible is incorrectly displayed in the Memory Display window after maximizing and restoring the window.
466209The DebugPrintf function truncates large strings when printing to the Debug Output window.
466280If LabWindows/CVI does not have an activated license, running compile.exe fails silently without reporting a licensing error.
466714In the User Interface Editor, the immediate transfer of default row / column / table data types to cells does not work for intptr_t data types when the original data type is int or int64.
466763LabWindows/CVI does not show enough digits of precision in tooltips or the Variables and Call Stack window.
467070The Maximum and Minimum fields in the Edit Table Cell dialog box are not wide enough to show int64 values.
468617The ClipboardPutTableVals function fails to copy picture cells, even when the cell range consists of only a single cell of type VAL_CELL_PICTURE.
470189Resizing a knob control by operating a splitter control causes the digital display of the knob control to be positioned at the wrong coordinates.
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.
476881Symbols are not exported from executables built using LabWindows/CVI.
477231Incorrect confirmation prompts appear when exiting graph or chart dialog boxes.
477287The Options»Preprocess Source File feature truncates output after 1024 characters on a line.
479052Selecting Run»Install Program to Real-Time Execution Target for the first time can crash the development environment.
484206The image quality of some images loaded in a picture command button degrades after saving and loading the user interface file multiple times.
485043While DisplayPanel executes on a specific panel in the main thread, if one or multiple secondary controls perform operations on the controls from that panel (e.g., SetCtrlVal), those controls may disappear.
386088Predefined, non-metafont fonts look bigger than corresponding metafonts.
414435Stretching an image onto a canvas, picture, picture button, or picture ring control leaks memory.
461432Taking the address of an array within a union within a structure causes a false Argument too small fatal run-time error.

 

Known Issues

IDKnown Issue
126708

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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
128084

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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
140926

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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
144640

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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
176800

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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
186565

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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
189843

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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
193088

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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
193403

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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
193733

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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
194450

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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
206504

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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
209745

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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
210086

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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
41414
4DDCC0IO

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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
216549

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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
236157

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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
256901

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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
256488

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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
255342

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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
257004

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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
257264

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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
237998

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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
257397

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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
44669
4HK7LF7K

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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
285461

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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
283594

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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
284771

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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
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
277739

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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
281013

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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
227324

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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
255345

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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
257029

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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
289949

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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

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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
303637

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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
304359

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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
306163

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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
306206

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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
308191

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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
309112

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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
295246

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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
296666

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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
293672

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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
257160

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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
291945

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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
292070

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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
37498
44K3HK07

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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
37666
3TJ0IB7K

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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
329035

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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
331932

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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
326106

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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
332047

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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
314106

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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
311364

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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
322979

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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
333163

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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
334992

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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
316397

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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
322905

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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
333571

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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

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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
334920

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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
329405

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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
335405

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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
IDKnown Issue
335982

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MultiFileSelectPopupEx cannot select multiple files if the first file in the list does not exist and the second file does.
The selection error occurs only if the first file in the selection list does not exist and an existing file appears later in the list.

Workaround: Ensure that the first file in the selection list exists.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: N/A  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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The save icon does not dim after saving a file.
After a file is saved, the save icon is not dimmed. Once you click anywhere in the LabWindows/CVI editor after saving, the icon will then dim.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: N/A  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
360351

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NI Automotive Diagnostic Command Set and NI ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit cannot be activated through NI License Manager.

Workaround: Activate the toolkit through the NI Activation Wizard in LabWIndows/CVI. To launch the NI Activation Wizard, click the Activate Products button in the LabWindows/CVI Message that displays when you launch LabWindows/CVI.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 07/17/2012
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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
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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
360745

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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
361054

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Attribute not valid error when auto-declaring a variable
The error occurs only when auto-declaring in some function panel controls or within a function call in the source editor. The error can be ignored.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  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
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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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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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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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Attribute passed is not valid error when declaring a variable in a function panel.
The error is incorrectly displayed and can be ignored.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 07/18/2012
363456

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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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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
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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
356348

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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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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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
347056

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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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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
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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
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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 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
350412

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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
350752

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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
350944

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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
351155

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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
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
354451

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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
354481

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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
355331

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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
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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
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Building the sdk\stdio\demo.prj example project in a 64-bit configuration against the clang compiler causes an unrecoverable internal error.
Building the project located at C:\Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\CVI2012\samples\sdk\stdio\demo.prj causes the unrecoverable error.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  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
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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
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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
359304

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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
360314

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
364220

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Welcome Page PDF links do not work unless you are using Adobe Acrobat.
Most of the links in the What's New in LabWindows/CVI section of the Welcome Page do not work as expected. The link to See All Feature Descriptions works correctly.

Workaround: Set your default PDF reader to be Adobe Acrobat.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 07/25/2012
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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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The LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine displays incorrectly in LabVIEW Application Builder and TestStand Deployment Utility.
The Run-Time Engine will appear as "NI LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine @package.release.year@" instead of "NI LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine 2012". The incorrect text will appear in the LabVIEW Application Builder and TestStand Deployment Utility, but will appear correctly in the LabWindows/CVI Edit Installer dialog box.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  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
352509

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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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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
380010

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The Recessed Menu Ring control does not display the correct character set when there are enough entries to cause it to display a popup instead of a drop-down menu.
This issue occurs for some non-English character sets when the Windows Language for non-Unicode programs option is not set to the correct Locale.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/19/2013
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The PlotText function does not place the text at the specified y-position.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/19/2013
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The PlotText function does not display text with the background color specified by the Background Color parameter.
The background color is always transparent.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/19/2013
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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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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 static library created in LabWindows/CVI may contain undefined debug symbols from cvistart.lib under certain conditions.
If a project that is in a Debug configuration has its Target Type switched to Static Library, the configuration does not automatically switch to Release, even though static libraries can only be built in a release configuration. If the static library is built while still in a Debug configuration, the library will contain undefined debug symbols.

Workaround: Set the project configuration to a Release configuration. The menu will show that it is already set to Release, but you should reselect it anyway.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/20/2013
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User interfaces that use the NI Dialog font with a size other than 11 point may have text positioned incorrectly when upgraded to LabWindows/CVI 2012.
This is a side effect of fixing an issue where the Microsoft Font Substitution registry key was ignored.

Workaround: Add a registry key named DialogFontName of type REG_SZ and value "MS Shell Dlg" at the following locations:

For 32-bit Windows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\National Instruments\CVI\cvirte
For 64-bit Windows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\National Instruments\CVI\cvirte

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/20/2013
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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
375719

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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
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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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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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An internal error is reported when switching control types in the Select Attribute Constant dialog box when the filter does not match any items in the new control type's tree.
The error reports that "There are no items in the list control." However, you can ignore the error.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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The help text for the DirSelectPopupEx function lists the incorrect values for the Selection Status return value.
The correct values are as follows:

VAL_NO_DIRECTORY_SELECTED 0
VAL_DIRECTORY_SELECTED 1


Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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 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
371295

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Starting a drag and drop copy operation on a file in one LabWindows/CVI project and ending it as a drag and drop operation in another project leaves both projects in a bad state.
If you start the drag and drop operation on a file with the <Ctrl> key pressed, but release the <Ctrl> key before dropping the file while moving the file to another project, both projects will be in a bad state.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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Selecting to Generate Custom Control Code for the NI Vision Image Control Custom Control results in a Redeclaration of 'Rect' error when compiling the source file.

Workaround: Move the line to include ImageControl.h after userint.h.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/21/2013
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The options in the Control Settings section of the Edit Numeric dialog box for integers are always displayed as decimal values.
If the format of the control is changed to a format other than decimal (e.g. hexadecimal), then the options in the Control Settings section are still displayed as decimal.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  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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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
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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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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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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
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Side-by-side error message may be displayed when including header files in the Interactive Execution window.
The following error message may be reported by the Interactive Execution window: "SXS: RtlQueryInformationActivationContext() - Caller asked to use activation context from hmodule but passed NULL."

Workaround: You can ignore this error message.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 02/22/2013
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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
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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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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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Opening a project for a static library with the debug configuration set in LabWindows/CVI 2012 or earlier will cause the static library to have link errors when built.
Only LabWindows/CVI 2013 and later support the debug configuration for static libraries. The project containing the static library must be set to the release configuration in LabWindows/CVI 2013 before it is opened in LabWindows/CVI 2012 or earlier.

Workaround: Set the active configuration to a release configuration.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 08/05/2013
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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 LabWindows/CVI debugger may not be able to differentiate versions of a DLL loaded from different paths when unicode characters are in the path.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2012 SP1  Added: 08/05/2013
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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
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Tree control column numbering is inconsistent in the Edit Tree dialog box.
The Edit/Columns Cells dialog box shows the column indices as 1-based (e.g. "Column 1 / 3"). However, the Edit Column dialog box uses a 0-based index for the dialog title (e.g. "Edit Column 0").

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  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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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.  
  3. Convert the encoding to ANSI.
  4.  


Reported Version: 6.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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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
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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
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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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LabWindows/CVI crashes when an invalid value is entered in the Attribute Browser and the user switches windows before committing the value.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Table cell value of ATTR_CHECK_RANGE changes after setting ATTR_DATA_TYPE.
If you change the value of the ATTR_DATA_TYPE attribute for a table control cell or range of cells, the value of the ATTR_CHECK_RANGE attribute will change to VAL_IGNORE, regardless of what it was before for that same cell or range of cells.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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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.  
  2. Right-click the File Browser instrument driver in the Library Tree and select Edit Instrument.
  3.  
  4. Click Attach and Edit Source in the Edit Instrument dialog box. This option opens FileBrowser.c in the Source window.
  5.  
  6. Locate the FileBrowser_GetSelectedFiles function in the source file.
  7.  
  8. In the case statement for numSelected < 1, replace the return statement with goto Error;.
  9.  
  10. Move the Error: label before ListDispose(list).
  11.  
  12. Build FileBrowser.c.
  13.  


Reported Version: 7.0  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Control tooltip may appear instead of item tooltip for the tree control in some cases.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  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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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
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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
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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
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The EVENT_VAL_COERCED event is sent to the control twice when the event is triggered by the control losing focus.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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Applications might crash when mouse hovers in blank areas of the table control.
When the mouse hovers in areas of the table control where there are no rows or columns, the LabWindows/CVI Run-Time Engine might crash. Even if the table area is full, there always is at least a one pixel border to the right of the last column and below the last row of the table. The likelihood of a crash is low, but more likely for larger tables.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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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
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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
396825

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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 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 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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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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The numeric control's display format cannot be set to Engineering format.
If you attempt to set the Display Format of a numeric control to Engineering, the following error message is displayed three times, "The attribute value passed is not valid." The format of the control is not set to Engineering mode.

Workaround: Change the Display Format programatically using SetCtrlAttribute:

SetCtrlAttribute (panel, ctrlID, ATTR_FORMAT, VAL_ENGINEERING_FORMAT);

Reported Version: 2012 SP1  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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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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Hovering the mouse over the scroll bar at the bottom of a function panel window may cause LabWindows/CVI to crash.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  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
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Minimum and Maximum numeric fields for a table cell are shown as decimals even when formatted as hexidecimal.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 08/05/2013
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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 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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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
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The canvas control turns green when resized on a monitor with 16-bit color depth.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  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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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
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LabWindows/CVI 2013 accepts only lowercase .ico extensions for application icons.

Workaround: Rename icon files to have a lowercase .ico extension.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP1  Added: 09/30/2013
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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 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 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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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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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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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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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
422871

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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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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
432526

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An Assert! error occurs when using the CVI GUI Localization Utility.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  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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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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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 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
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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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Upgrading LabWindows/CVI breaks paths to Clang in .ecc configuration files.

Workaround: Edit the .ecc file to point to the version of LabWindows/CVI you are trying to use.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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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
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
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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
383011

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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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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
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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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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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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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The label of multiple tree items in the User Interface Editor cannot be edited simultaneously.

Workaround: Edit items one by one or set their values programmatically.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
421591

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Active tooltips do not update when the tooltip text changes programmatically.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
421593

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Tooltips are not sized correctly when the tooltip text contains horizontal tab characters.

Workaround: Use white space characters instead of horizontal tab characters for tooltip text.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
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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
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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
426915

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Oval and arc plots appear partially transparent, depending on their fill color.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
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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
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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
429854

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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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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
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Opening the Graphical Array View from the context menu causes LabWindows/CVI to hang.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
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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
433158

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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
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
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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 text style of multiple user interface elements cannot be modified simultaneously.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
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The Functions in File dialog box immediately starts scrolling up when opened.
When a ring control contains items that can no longer be displayed on the screen, LabWindows/CVI opens a modal dialog box containing a list box with all the items in the ring.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  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
438896

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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
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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
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Building the LabWindows/CVI NI-FGEN example, FrequencySweep5454.prj from the command line fails.
The command line build fails with the following error:


Unable to open file "c:\...\Shared\CVI\toolslib\custctrl\niModInstCustCtrl.fp" (File not found).

Workaround: Save the project file once in the development environment to fix the paths. Subsequent command line compiles work without error.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 05/07/2014
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SingleToneInfo does not return a reasonable result when frequency is set to 0.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 05/07/2014
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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
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LoadExternalModule fails with status -1 [Out of Memory] when the project is compiled for Debug64 configuration.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013  Added: 05/07/2014
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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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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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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
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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
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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
382850

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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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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LabWindows/CVI crashes when building a DLL with a type library at a long path.
The crash can also happen if opening a function panel with a long path.

Workaround: Reduce the total path length of project files.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 08/22/2014
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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
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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
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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
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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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LabWindows/CVI no longer displays a warning while debugging a real-time application if threads are still running on the target when RTmain exits.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  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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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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Enabling Show Grid and Auto Divisions in the Edit Axis Settings dialog box for the right y-axis causes incorrect x-axis tick marks to appear.
Enabling these settings for the left y-axis does not result in incorrect tick marks.

Workaround: Uncheck Auto Divisions in the Edit Axis Settings dialog box for the right y-axis and change the Divisions setting to a specific number.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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LabWindows/CVI does not install the 64-bit .NET merge modules.
The merge modules cvidotnet_x64.msm and cvidotnet_gac_x64.msm should be installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Merge Modules.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  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 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
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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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In the User Interface Editor, the immediate transfer of default row / column / table data types to cells does not work for intptr_t data types when the original data type is int or int64.
The new value becomes int64 instead of intptr_t. The same applies to the unsigned versions of these data types.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 08/22/2014
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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
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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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The ClipboardPutTableVals function fails to copy picture cells, even when the cell range consists of only a single cell of type VAL_CELL_PICTURE.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: 2013 SP2  Added: 08/22/2014
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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
473170

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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
476881

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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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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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The Options»Preprocess Source File feature truncates output after 1024 characters on a line.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
479052

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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
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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
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While DisplayPanel executes on a specific panel in the main thread, if one or multiple secondary controls perform operations on the controls from that panel (e.g., SetCtrlVal), those controls may disappear.
The controls show up on the panel after hovering the mouse over them.

Workaround: In a multithreaded application, you must use a thread synchronization mechanism to prevent secondary threads from changing the value of controls while the main thread calls DisplayPanel. One such thread synchronization mechanism is the critical section.

Reported Version: 2012  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/22/2014
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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
414435

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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
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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

 

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