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If we are talking about automating factories, isn't Factorio the game of choice, rather than Minecraft? 😋

It was mentioned once or twice...

I agree that git in its entirety has become very complex. So much even, that they literally have to divide commands into categories... 🤦‍♂️ Talk about feature creep... However, a typical git user needs maybe 10 commands regularly and perhaps the same amount occasionally for specific tasks (like recovering from a detached head) and edge cases (like rewriting history). I found it actually much easier to just teach those few commands, than to increase the learning curve by adding another tool on top of that. Don't get me wrong, UI tools are very useful - specifically for users that are entir

A typical solution for this is to regularly exchange a "heartbeat" message between your top-level VI and running clone(s). That way, if either the top-level VI or clone doesn't respond within an expected timeframe (i.e. 60 seconds), the system can react accordingly (i.e. spawn a new clone, report an error, or - in case of the clone - shut itself down).

Here are some more potential flags: Private function calls (anything offered by "SuperSecretPrivateSpecialStuff") Undocumented function calls (anything from <labview> that is not on the palette, except those hidden gems) Functions that access files in the user's scope (desktop, documents, etc.) Although the question is about malicious LabVIEW code, there are other points to consider: Any form of harassment, racism, etc. as part of the codebase (file names, free labels, VI documentation, error messages, etc.) Non-LabVIEW files like pictures, videos,

Here is my second part including some doubts. Please note that I make a few assumptions about the nature of this idea, so take it with a grain of salt. This will immediately flag all existing (non-malicious) packages as malicious, because each one will fail at least one of those checks. Just try running those checks on the OpenG packages... Also, most of those points only indicate potential technologies with which one could build malicious software. They are certainly not indicators of malicious software on their own. Not just that, but it also limits the options for the kind

I have two responses to this. Let me start by contributing further suggestions. No invisible code - that is hidden code inside structures that have auto-grow disabled. No PPLs No binaries (DLLs, executables, ZIP files, etc.) - except if the source code of the DLL is included or can be obtained via open source channels attributed in the package. No unlicensed packages - a reusable package without license is worthless. No broken/missing VIs - bad code is not reusable. No viruses, etc. - just use your average anti-virus protection to verify each package. W

Welcome to Lava! There is no way to intercept WaitForNextEvent, other than generating the event it is waiting for or the timeout occurring. It is, however, possible to handle the event directly in LabVIEW. Are you familiar with .NET Event Callbacks? Use the Register Event Callback function to execute a callback VI to generate a user event for an Event Structure. The event structure can then take care of the timeout as well as other events that may end execution prematurely. Here is an example. For simplicity reasons I didn't include error handling and the callback VI, but you should

What you describe sounds very similar to our situation, except that we only have a single top-level repository for all stations. If you look at a single station repository of yours, however, the structure is almost the same. There is a single top-level repository (station) which depends on code from multiple components, each of which may depend on other libraries (and so forth). * Station + Component A + Library X + Library Y + Component B + Library X + Library Z + ... In our case, each component has its own development cycle and only stable code is pulled in the top-level re

You don't have to do a silent installation. If you follow the instructions, it will create a .spec file that you can customize (it's just a text file), so that it behaves like the standard installer but with different default values. It will only do a silent installation when you use the "/q" option. Omit that flag to do a regular installation.

Welcome to LAVA! You can customize the installer with a spec file. If I remember correctly that also allows you to specify the installation directory. Here is a KB article for how to create the spec file (scroll down to "customizing installation"): https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019Ld6SAE&l=en-US

I use git submodules. Do yourself a favor and don't use them. There are many pitfalls, here are just a few examples: If a submodule is placed in a folder that previously existed in the repository (perhaps the one you moved into the submodule), checking out a commit from before the submodule existed will cause an error because "files would be overwritten". So you'd have to first delete the submodule and then check out the old commit. Of course, after you are finished you'd have to checkout master again and update your submodule to get it back to the current version. rm submodule/ -rf

I agree, the window is most likely built-in so there is no way to change it. Not sure if this is useful, but there is a way to customize the behavior of the override retooler: https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Use-of-MUST-OVERRIDE/m-p/3286047/highlight/true?profile.language=en#M960301 This could be useful if you want to change the general outcome of the override operation (i.e. add an error case, remove the Call Parent function, etc.).

Here are my points: By default it should list about 15 to 20 of the most recently updated packages. That way even new packages get promoted and it doesn't feel "static". I want to select between a few high level categories (i.e. Frameworks, Utilities, Drivers). I want to specify the version of LV that the package should support (it should take older package versions into account). Each package should provide some key facts: Name, version, author, summary, picture, rating, price, download count, download button. I want to open the details page if I find a package

Here it is, CAR #1103428 I should probably mention that this is expected to be fixed in LV2020 SP1. It doesn't sound like there will be a fix for LV2019, unfortunately.