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QUOTE (crelf @ Aug 16 2008, 10:02 PM) I understand what FPGA is saying, I agree, but I don't agree that this is the case 100% of the time. As there would be certain circumstances when it would be appropriate whether rare or not. And I was highlighting one - here is another: E.g. graduate entry level job..straight out of uni, no experience, all candiates have are certs/academic quals. The thing they are going to look at for sure is what you have achieved on paper (grades etc...) and references (as you have no experience). It gonna depend on the situation.

QUOTE (Yair @ Aug 17 2008, 01:41 AM) Yer fo shizzle. Nuthing beats sharing... I have done a "non moving" button looking ring but I don't like it cause a) it has a border so it doesn't blend into my toolbar b) it doesn't "depress" when you press it (cause its not a real boolean) So currently I gave up. If I get something good then I will post.

QUOTE (LV_FPGA_SE @ Aug 15 2008, 11:25 PM) QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Aug 15 2008, 11:57 PM) So what's the point in getting certified? Why not with all else being equal? If you are applying for a pure full-time LV programming position and you have Joe A and Joe B with equal Academic Quals for the job. The hirer's are familiar with NI products and knoq that certs aren't given out on weeties packets. Joe A has his CLA & CPI (and additionally certs for DAQ, RT, CRIO, & MV courses). Joe B with no LV certification - who are you going to lean towards off the bat? In fact, its quite possible Joe B's CV could be scraped up front. If the hirer's have no idea about LV certs then yes, its probably a waste of time. But IMO its no different to a uni degree. Its just a piece of paper, but its what the piece can do - to get your foot in the door thats important. Given the above example, if Joe A got the job because he looked more impressive on paper, then the cert is worth it. At the end of the day its who you know... turns out Joe B was good mates with the boss's son and got the job.

Captain thanks for the reply! I am possibly thinking xcontrol here for the boolean/dropbox aswell. Yair cheers for the suggestion...am searching away... I can't believe making app that look like MS Windows stuff is so much work (toolbars, status bars, handling resizing etc...) As for controls I am hoping in they will start appearing natively in LV very soon. In my opinion the more my GUI look like MS Windows (when they are running on Windows OS PC's) the better it is for my client: from a satisfaction, intuitiveness and quicker adaptiveness standpoint.

QUOTE (LV_FPGA_SE @ Aug 15 2008, 11:05 AM) Would be a cool party trick for a cRIO!!

QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Aug 13 2008, 11:42 PM) I was told but an NI Engineer that they are (or more correctly now - were) not allowed to get certified because once they did people would leave for higher paid jobs! True story.

QUOTE (alfa @ Jul 25 2008, 01:44 PM) I might be able to explain it.... http://lavag.org/old_files/monthly_08_2008/post-10325-1218809744.png' target="_blank">

I misread the title as Large Hardon Rap and didn't quite know what to expect...

QUOTE (crelf @ Aug 15 2008, 08:30 AM) Sweet. I might look into it further... Emu Export's and Swan Gold's it is

Can anyone make LabVIEW do this? 1) Symbols in a drop down type Menu (pref enum reurned) 2) Also combining a nice toolbar button with a drop down? Ie. I can do a standard hover-over/picture-depressed when pressed (but classic style) and want to combine it with a drop down. It would be nice if the RTM can be associated with symbols - so I could visually match up a toolbar button to it's run-time menu item - any rumors of this in future release? Cheers JG

QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ Aug 15 2008, 08:02 AM) Well IE8 must be super-freaken-secure because it won't even initialise the whole attachment toolbar http://lavag.org/old_files/monthly_08_2008/post-10325-1218760391.png' target="_blank"> Note: This is a serious post. This is not a romoshop and the page is completely loaded. Unless it is a new setting then IE8 need to be investigated?

QUOTE (crelf @ Aug 15 2008, 12:09 AM) Holdup :!: When I said Advanced I meant Advanced I (for CLA etc..) not the new LVOOP course. I actually have http://forums.lavag.org/Learn-OO-at-NI-Week-2008-t11444.html&st=15&p=50091#entry50091' target="_blank">posted whether there is a future course run by Mr Endevo in Australia (presumably over East) But alas no reply as everybody was at NI week I guess? Or nobody likes me? I am going with the later... Anyway your right - who better to take the course! Hopefully it will get rolled out to Aus soon - mind you the cruise looks sweet. Is this legit? Or has someone been smoking the crack pipe again?

QUOTE (Neville D @ Aug 15 2008, 05:40 AM) This is a good point. I guess when you deploy to RT you are looking to debug anything problems with the build running headless versus the dev environment. And anything specifc to RT is probably related to hardware (e.g. cFP - dipswitches, lights, IO) and so unless you mimic your hardware there is probably not much point and you are better coding in Windows. Still a cool idea tho....

QUOTE (TobyD @ Aug 14 2008, 11:40 PM) I was just messing about. I know what you are saying. I don't want to talk about the content of the exam (in case we are being watched ) only as much to say I think there is a big gap between some of them. I am not complaining either! But my exam had like an 8 page spec and my colleugues 3 pages! Now thats a big difference and there was a lot of wiring to do. Which is evident from the number of VIs used to get the job done. And we are both at the same level, and the same speed. Consquently, they finished around 2hr mark and I took the whole 4hrs. I also found they same on the practise exams e.g. security was way quicker then the car wash Please note this is all my opinion and everyone codes differently, at different implementation and different speeds - but I thought it a mention.

QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Aug 14 2008, 06:31 PM) Or more specifically: you have to be a CLD in the field you wish to teach (Teststand, LV, CVI)

Another question for the LV-VMWare forum Great question...have no idea tho! The below is for a desktop to a RT. You would need a license for Pharlap or Vxworks tho. Requirements for a Desktop PC as a Real-Time Target Cool if it did work....

QUOTE (jgcode @ Aug 2 2008, 07:21 AM) Ah bugger it - sign me up for the http://forums.lavag.org/NI-LabVIEW-Cruise-t11452.html' target="_blank">cruise.

QUOTE (mballa @ Aug 14 2008, 11:53 AM) Hey mballa - how cool is it teaching something you are passoniate about!! I used to teach in academia as a postgrad but I only did it for the cake and at the end of the day did not enjoy it. I recently had the oppurtunity to do a little LabVIEW teaching and holy cow - its was fantastic! A) You have a wealth of info to share coz day-in day out you do LabVIEW and when you have spare time you spend it experimenting with LabVIEW /trolling LAVA forums B) You know your subject almost inside out (you know - for that level) C) No need to stress, its just damn relaxing ties into AB D) You know answers to querky questions - ties into AB E) You have a tonne of examples to draw from, ways to explains things, mistakes you made, off-subject topics to discuss, books to references, know examples on the web F) Lets face it - its just plain fun! G) And probably the most rewarding - you get to learn so much about yourself and LabVIEW at the same time (hey I thought I knew that, how can I explain that better, damn I didn't know you could do that!!) Yay!

QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Aug 14 2008, 08:45 AM) The local FSE tells me this type of training is not avialable in Australia !! Whats up with dat? As I would be interested to do it Can anyone confirm?

1) "No LV-RunTime required on client-side" was the press release - hence the beauty of this product Which beats remote panels as you need the smaller RT But now the trade off is coding in HTML, Javascript, Ajax etc... Check these and associated links for more info: http://www.ni.com/labview86/upgrade.htm http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/7350 Other if interest: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/7749 http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/7738 http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4728

QUOTE (TobyD @ Aug 14 2008, 02:16 AM) Thats not nice!

QUOTE (neB @ Aug 14 2008, 03:48 AM) lol , I like the suttleness.... QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Aug 13 2008, 09:10 PM) If you're into watching this sort of psychological train wreck (I know I am, but I feel a little dirty afterwards ), check out the one where invisible waves are rocking her house, and also the one about the moon. Freaking brilliant - keep them coming ! :beer:

QUOTE (jdunham @ Aug 14 2008, 05:37 AM) Even for a lone-developer this is a really important point. You should ALWAYS have a working version of the code available. Even if you continually doing a branch, merge, branch, merge for changes - this is way safer as jdunham mentioned: especially with paying customers. QUOTE (jdunham @ Aug 14 2008, 05:37 AM) I totally agree that if you are working alone, you don't need any kind of locking (check-in/check-out) I don't agree 100% with this comment. More correctly IMO the logic should be: 1 developer, 1 OS = no check in/out As I lone user you can be programming on multiple workstations. As a lone developer I use a laptop & a PC. Throw in a high usage of virtual machines on the PC and now I have alot of potential copies. Granted I usually stick to one OS normally there is still potential for copies. Hence the reason I am looking to go to Perforce and run it off my server and use check in/check out. I just makes sense to me. Having been stung by the above two points (hey its all a learning curve for me) .

Congrats dude! :beer:

That was awesome! Cheers!