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View File Unrestricted Invoke Node.xnode One of the difficulties with editing XNodes without the license is that invoke nodes for the XNode class don't show any methods. This XNode acts pretty much like a real Invoke node, but it allows access to all possible methods. You can also right-click and replace it with a real Invoke node. Submitter paul_cardinale Submitted 11/06/2018 Category XNodes LabVIEW Version 2018 License Type BSD (Most common)

Done!

I a similar vein. The toolkit gives new starters a lot of examples on how to use prototypes in LabVIEW - in small, easily digestible chunks IMO it has enormous value as a teaching resource and as an exemplar of coding style.

I don't think it's just you. For my part. I work with companies that require approved suppliers so using any third party software is an admin nightmare. Because of that and the length of my whispy white beard, I have accrued my own software which is unencumbered by other licences and can be used by the aforementioned companies because I am approved. Certainly there are some features that have been added to LabVIEW when before only openG had those features (getting type def info and auto indexing array springs to mind) and Rolfs zip package is much, much faster than NIs. But a lot of the functionality was just replication of NIs (like most of the string functions). There were a few gems in there like the inifile being able to write anything (but I think MGI toolkit outpaced that and besides, I moved to SQLite a while ago now). And, as you mentioned, removing array duplicates and it's ilk. But, like you say, they are not hard to write and the incestuous dependencies means that when you want a banana you get a banana, the gorilla holding the banana, the tree the gorilla sits in and the whole jungle surrounding it. Package that with some BSD 2/3, LGPL, GPL and god knows what else ad nauseum and it makes an otherwise fine package difficult to actually use in anger.

Ask them about BridgeVIEW