TestStand 4.1.1 is now available for SSP customers

[Josh_W]

TestStand 4.1.1 is available for download. TestStand 4.1.1 includes many bug fixes and some performance improvements. Refer to the TestStand 4.1.1 Readme.html file for information on using TestStand 4.1.1 side-by-side with previous versions of TestStand or on upgrading prior versions of TestStand to 4.1.1.

TestStand 4.1.1 requires activation, so you must have SSP. You can also purchase an upgrade to TestStand 4.1.1. You can download 4.1.1 here: TestStand 4.1.1 Evaluation.

Note: If you use the TestStand Deployment Utility to create installers that include custom commands, refer to KB 4RI8D1T3 for information about a known issue in TestStand 4.1.1.

[Bojer]

Great.... or not.

I am getting very tired of upgrading... or as the real word should be reinstall, when you make a service release like this one, then it should be an upgrade, and not a fresh install.

On my site we have 30+ testers, and every time that I need/wants to upgrade to a new version, then I first has to uninstall the old version (takes about 2 hours for each tester), and then install the new one 1½hour..... so I normally don't take the first version like 4.0, because the history tells my that the first version is full of errors, so I wait for the first bug release.

So please NI start to think about how your SW is used in the real world, we (or I) cant upgrade 2-3 times each year, but we still want the bugfixes, it should be able to do it as an update, what do you think was happening if there where coming 2 new Windows versions each year...

Kind regards Thomas

[j_dodek]

Hi Thomas,

I agree. On my site there will be only 10+ Testers. This week i have received the 4.1.1. SSP paket from NI. At the monenten they were closed!

From upgrading TS2, TS3, to TS4 i dont uninstalled. I just upgraded. So all versions are present on the maschine !

With VersionSelector i switch through the versions i like and figure out if everything is working well under latest version.

Another thing NI should think about is LabViewVersions and TS:

I have TS2.0 programms that use dll from VC6,8 or CVI6,7,8 in the same file. They run under all new TS versions without any modifications!!

But it is impossible to  run vis from LV6,7,8  under the same TS. Well masscompile ! but then they wont run under old stuff.

Well i am not afraid of upgrading TS. But of masscompiling a !!TESTED!! vi to new vi-version.

Greetings

Juergen

[Josh_W]

j_dodek,

I have started another thread to continue this dissusion in. 

You can find it here: Using Multiple Versions of LabVIEW with TestStand

[Bojer]

What about me, could I have a kind of answer ???