Download LabVIEW Upgrade Notes Version 8.0

In previous versions of LabVIEW, if you set Auto-Center or Size the front
panel to the width and height of the entire screen for a VI, the VI did not
return to the edit mode position when stopped. The VI remained either
centered or the size of the screen. LabVIEW 8.0 returns the VI to the edit
mode position when stopped.
Setting Run-Time Language Preferences
You can set the language preferences for a stand-alone application in the
following ways. The methods listed first take higher precedence than those
listed later.
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Run the application with the –lang language command line option,
where language is the English name of the language you want to use.
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Add the following line to the .ini file for the application:
AppLanguage=language, where language is the English name of
the language you want to use.
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(Windows) If you do not specify the language you want to use in the
command line or the .ini file of the application, the application uses
the same language as the operating system.
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If the application does not support the operating system language, the
application uses the default language for the application.
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If you do not specify any of the above language preferences, the
application uses the first available supported language in alphabetical
order. If the application cannot use any of the supported languages,
LabVIEW cannot load the application.
VI Server Enhancements
The VI Server provides more detailed error reports than in LabVIEW 7.x
and earlier. For example, if an error occurs when you use the Open VI
Reference function, the error report states which VI is the source of error.
If you load a VI without a front panel, you receive an error stating that
LabVIEW cannot load the front panel. Error reports also contain the names
of specific properties and methods that produce errors.
Using VI Server References
The control reference constant was renamed to the VI Server reference.
You can place this reference on the block diagram and link it to the current
VI or application or to a control or indicator in the VI. You can use this
reference to access the properties and methods for the associated VI,
application, control, or indicator.
Use the Operating tool to click the VI Server reference on the block
diagram and select This Application or This VI to link the reference to the
current application or VI. You also can right-click the VI Server reference
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