Jim Kring

QUOTE (Gary Rubin @ Jul 11 2008, 05:41 AM)

Congratulations, Ben!

Don't you mean http://forums.lavag.org/neB-m29.html' target="_blank">neB?

Congratulations, Ben, and thanks for being part of what makes LAVA and the LabVIEW community so great!!! :thumbup:

QUOTE (Eugen Graf @ Jul 12 2008, 04:25 PM)

Bla-Bla-Bla

QUOTE (crelf @ Jul 12 2008, 05:15 PM)

Please give us some context on that almost-statement - at least an emoticon.

How about an emotional song?

"Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa... I keep singing them sad sad songs... sad songs are all I know."

Gavin: Thanks for the great description of dictionaries.

Dan: You can find some documentation here. Also, take a look here:

Examples

<LabVIEW>\examples\OpenG\dictionary\

Help Docs

<LabVIEW>\help\OpenG\dictionary\Dictionary.htm

Cheers,

I have a buddy who picked up a box of durian hard candy that he picked up while traveling in the Philippines. He likes to bring the box out at parties and offers them to unsuspecting party-goers. It tastes OK at first, and then, as the candy starts to dissolve, so does the smile on the face of the victim.

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Hi All,

I've written a follow-up article on software reuse that I think will hit close to home for many LabVIEW developers. I know that it certainly describes some of the experiences and frustrations I've felt, over the years, while trying to reuse VIs. As usual, I'm interested in your feedback

• Top 5 signs you've lost control of your reusable VIs
  

Thanks,

-Jim

QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ Jul 9 2008, 10:54 AM)

The irony here is that in this case, I'm wishing my clone was exactly like my original. I'm not looking for customization. :-)

http://lavag.org/old_files/monthly_07_2008/post-17-1215654921.jpg' target="_blank">

QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ Jul 8 2008, 07:48 PM)

I have a VI that is reentrant [....] I'm trying to put together a user interface where the clones all open stacked up on each other [...]

Now, there's your problem: Reentrant VI clones weren't designed to be used for user interfaces. You should be using VI Templates

Next thing you know, you'll be asking to http://forums.lavag.org/Error-1446-Can-not-change-tip-strip-of-control-on-reenrant-instance-t10354.html' target="_blank">programmatically change FP control tip strips

[just jabbing at you... sorry for not actually helping]

Bob,

Welcome to the club. I've posted a short welcome announcement here.

Cheers,

-Jim

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Hi All,

I've written an article about a new feature in LabVIEW 8.5 that I think is really useful.

• LabVIEW 8.5 Feature - For Loop Conditional Terminal
  

As usual, your feedback is most welcome

Thanks,

-Jim

A unique identifier of your reusable VI is its name (including lvlib prefix, if applicable). For example, you can't (or shouldn't) have two different VIs installed in your user.lib folder that have the same name. So, creating an additional tracking ID is redundant.

Also, if you have needs in this area, you might want to mention them to the VIPM team. I hear they have a great system for helping manage reusable VIs and this might be just the type of thing that's on their radar.

QUOTE (boone_93 @ Jul 3 2008, 12:36 PM)

In the end for this doesn't Windows still win. Everyone that purchases one of these to run both Mac and Win OS still gets to sent a check to Microsoft for its OS and MSOffice.

Microsoft does get paid, but they don't win. Switching to Mac is one more step towards completely breaking away from Windows and the tradition of corporate desktop software that's released every 4 years (if you're lucky) and adds only more system instability issues.

A sign that it's time to switch...

At JKI, we look for great people who are and passionate about LabVIEW and have a minimum of CLD (CLA preferred), a history of significant contributions to the LabVIEW community (LAVA, OpenG, etc.), and a desire to make an impact on the world.

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 30 2008, 08:36 AM)

Well, if it's Shopping Channel Blooper Time, then I've always been a big fan of Ladder Mishaps.

Favorite: :thumbup: :thumbup:

2nd Favorite: :thumbup:

That just goes to prove you can get to heaven using a ladder -- especially a very tall one.

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 30 2008, 08:29 AM)

Good point :thumbup: . The only thing I've used the FP transparency for is to write a subVI that fades a window in or out over a defined time interval. I assume we've all done that. Has anyone used it for anything else? I guess I could maybe see using it to make a window throb when it wants attention, or recede to semi-transparent when it's not frontmost....

I think your point extends to nipples in general, does it not?

> Has anyone used it for anything else?

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you... or find some other way to keep you quiet

> I think your point extends to nipples in general, does it not?

"... throb... wants attention... frontmost... point... extends... nipples..."

Is something on your mind?

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Hi All,

I've written another article about some of the OpenG VI's I couldn't live without. I hope you find it useful.

• I couldn’t live without “Trim Whitespace”
  

As usual, your feedback is most welcome

Thanks,

-Jim

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 26 2008, 05:56 PM)

My Ma did *exactly* the same thing!

QUOTE (Yair @ Jun 27 2008, 03:45 AM)

I knew there was something special about you guys :thumbup:

You forgot to mention the sexy lingerie models.

When I was little we had a plastic bucket full of legos. My mom would go to thrift stores (we didn't have much money) and buy used legos and add them to the bucket.

I was too young to remember this, but my mother likes to tell a story of a friend of mine coming over to play legos and asking where the directions where. I said to him "legos have directions?"

To this day, I'm not much of a "read the manual" kind of person.

I have many happy memories of my bucket of legos and the unique things I would create.

QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Jun 26 2008, 01:29 PM)

This will be my first NI Week. Any recommendations on local hotels? I saw the list on the NI website, but I've never been to Austin before. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Here's my list:

• The Hilton is great because it is across the street and is pretty nice (pool, etc.) -- This is where a lot of the LAVA'ers (including me) are staying.
  
• The Omni has the best service for the price -- the rooms aren't as big, since it's an older hotel. I saw Quentin Tarantino staying there, last year, when he was filming 66th Grand Prix of Monaco
  
• The Driskill is more expensive (although not ridiculous) and has the best service and a cool vibe (piano bar, hide-covered couches, etc).
  
• The Courtyard Austin Downtown-Convention Center is also very close.
  

I bet he could get more money for his life if he had a girlfriend. But, then again, maybe that's why he's selling it (to raise the required capitol).

QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ Jun 24 2008, 06:36 PM)

What does an LVClass look like when we flatten it? The string has four parts:

Great info. I've added it to the http://wiki.lavag.org/LVClass' Data Storage Format' rel='nofollow' title='LabVIEW Wiki article on LVClass Data Storage Format' alt='Wiki article on LVClass Data Storage Format' style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #3366BB; color: #3366BB; cursor:pointer; text-decoration:none;" class="wiki">LVClass Data Storage Format wiki page. :thumbup:

QUOTE (nhollenback @ Jun 24 2008, 03:57 PM)

"team meeting" with "flip flops" - my kinda place! But, grey sneakers are only cool when worn with black socks & khaki shorts

I don't think that my wife would let me leave the house wearing shorts with black socks (I've tried similar things and it set off the security system).

BTW, are you coming to the LAVA/OpenG BBQ again this year, Nancy?

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 24 2008, 02:35 PM)

Wikipedia says http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Personal_life' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">those are New Balance 992s. So while you may be cooler than you thought you were, you must always remember that Steve Jobs is still slightly cooler than you.

No, wikipedia says he wears New Balance 992s -- I'm pretty sure that those in the picture are 991s. I just looked and the (newer) blue pair that I have are 992s.

confession... my wife picks out my shoes

QUOTE (tcplomp @ Jun 24 2008, 01:06 PM)

Has anyone else seen the following issue on Firefox 3 (here as well on the dark side)?

If I click inside the attachments string field a browse dialog pops-up.

I don't want that! There is a separate browse button next to it.

EDIT: And we have a mozilla thread

Ton

It's been annoying me, too. I usually paste my path into there, as I have a Copy Path to Clipboard File Explorer shell extension and I usually paste into the path field. Now it takes me an extra mouse click and really breaks my workflow.

On a related note, I wish I could drag and drop files into Firefox path inputs, like I can do with path controls in LabVIEW...

-Jim

Update: I just found this cool extension:

dragdropupload