The last version of the NI-VirtualBench driver was 19.0, which is compatible with LabVIEW 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.If your LabVIEW and driver versions are mismatched, the NI-VirtualBench driver will not support the newer LabVIEW version. There is a temporary workaround to include the NI-VirtualBench driver into LabVIEW. This should not have compatibility issues with the latest version of LabVIEW, however
this is not guaranteed.
As an example, follow these steps to add the VirtualBench 18.0 VIs into the LabVIEW 2019 library:
- Download NI VirtualBench Software
- Install or re-install NI-VirtualBench 18.0 and select Custom installation, then select LabVIEW 2018 Support to be installed.
- Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2018\vi.lib\, or the corresponding folder of your installation.
- Copy the VirtualBench sub-folder into C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2019\vi.lib\
- (Re-)Start LabVIEW 2019
Note: This workaround is only relevant for the base version of the LabVIEW release,
not the SP1 version.
Additional Information
Note: The above steps are not needed when you install a version of NI-VirtualBench along with a version of LabVIEW it supports, e.g. NI-VirtualBench 16.x with LabVIEW 2016, NI-VirtualBench 17.x with LabVIEW 2017 etc.