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LabVIEW 2024 Q3

Release Date(s)

July 16, 2024

Key Features and Changes

File Save Versions
UX Improvements for LVCompare
Preview: .NET 8.0 Support

LabVIEW 2024 Q3 was released on July 16, 2024.

New Features

Edit and save files for a previous version of LabVIEW (17.0 or higher)
- Adds a new Save Version option to Projects, Project Libraries, Classes, and Interfaces.
- Adds a new Save Version indicator to the VI toolbar.
- Adds a new version tag next to file names in the Project Explorer if the actual file version is different from the configured version (e.g., "My Function.vi [20.0]").
- New VIs are created with the configured version.
- VIs that use features incompatible with the configured version are saved in the earliest version that supports the feature.
- Incompatible features are reported as warnings in the Error list dialog.
Improvements for LVCompare
- Highlight items from either the differences or details list
- Arrow key navigation for the differences and details list
- Front panel position / size changes and cosmetic changes on the block diagram appear in italic
- Block diagrams can automatically scale to fit the selected difference
- Dialog positions of compared VIs can be swapped using the Swap VI Positions command

Preview Features

These features can optionally be enabled in the options dialog under Preview Features.

Enable .NET Core support (limited support for .NET 8.0)
- Enables .NET Core Support for Constructor Nodes, Property Nodes, and Invoke Nodes.
- Enables Support for int, string, bool, and char.
- Adds a new Select .NET Core Constructor option to the context menu of Constructor Nodes.

External links

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 |version=LabVIEW 2024 Q3
 |logo=File:LV2024.png
-|release=Currently in BETA
+|release=July 16, 2024
-|change_0=Develop in older save version
+|change_0=File Save Versions
-|change_1=New algorithm for LVCompare}}
+|change_1=UX Improvements for LVCompare
+|change_2=Preview: .NET 8.0 Support}}
-{{Ambox|type=content|text=LabVIEW 2024 Q3 is currently in '''BETA'''. All features are subject to change and may not be included in the final product.}}
+LabVIEW 2024 Q3 was released on July 16, 2024.
-{{Ambox|text=Different from past years, all BETA features are included in LabVIEW 2024 Q1 and may be enabled with INI tokens.}}
+==New Features==
+* Edit and save files for a previous version of LabVIEW (17.0 or higher)
+** Adds a new ''Save Version'' option to [[Project]]s, [[LabVIEW Project Library|Project Libraries]], [[LabVIEW Class|Classes]], and [[Interface (object-oriented programming)|Interfaces]].
+** Adds a new ''Save Version'' indicator to the VI toolbar.
+** Adds a new version tag next to file names in the [[Project Explorer]] if the actual file version is different from the configured version (e.g., "My Function.vi [20.0]").
+** New VIs are created with the configured version.
+** VIs that use features incompatible with the configured version are saved in the earliest version that supports the feature.
+** Incompatible features are reported as warnings in the [[Error list (dialog)|Error list]] dialog.
+* Improvements for [[LVCompare]]
+** Highlight items from either the differences or details list
+** Arrow key navigation for the differences and details list
+** Front panel position / size changes and cosmetic changes on the block diagram appear in italic
+** Block diagrams can automatically scale to fit the selected difference
+** Dialog positions of compared VIs can be swapped using the ''Swap VI Positions'' command
+==Preview Features==
+These features can optionally be enabled in the options dialog under ''Preview Features''.
+* Enable .NET Core support (limited support for .NET 8.0)
+** Enables .NET Core Support for [[Constructor Node]]s, [[Property Node]]s, and [[Invoke Node]]s.
+** Enables Support for ''int'', ''string'', ''bool'', and ''char''.
+** Adds a new ''Select .NET Core Constructor'' option to the context menu of [[Constructor Node]]s.
 ==External links==
+* [https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Announcing-LabVIEW-2024-Q3/m-p/4385622 Announcing LabVIEW 2024 Q3]
+* [https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/labview-2024q3-changes.html LabVIEW 2024 Q3 Features and Changes]
+* [https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/bugs/24/labview-2024-q3-known-issues.html LabVIEW 2024 Q3 Known Issues]
+* [https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/bugs/24/labview-2024-q3-bug-fixes.html LabVIEW 2024 Q3 Bug Fixes]
 * [https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Public-Beta-Program-in/Welcome-to-the-LabVIEW-Public-Beta-Program-in-2024/td-p/4350546 Welcome to the LabVIEW Public Beta Program in 2024]
 * [https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Public-Beta-Program-in/New-Feature-Developing-a-LabVIEW-Project-in-an-Older-Save/td-p/4350547 New Feature: Developing a LabVIEW Project in an Older Save File Format]