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QUOTE (BobHamburger @ Jan 6 2009, 05:25 PM) ...but IMHO the CLAD isn't about establishing one's professional use of LabVIEW - it's more for the college student/grad/beginner to show a foothold in LabVIEW, certainly not mastery of it. I think saying that the questions are all "...pretty much pointless minutia that does not truly establish the test-takers LabVIEW expertise or lack thereof." - IMHO that's just not true. Sure, it's not as comprehensive as a CLD exam, but I still think that there's plenty of value in the CLAD accreditation - the aims of each are very different. Would I hire someone who was only a CLAD? That depends on what I'm hiring for. If I'm hiring for a professional LabVIEW engineer that I want to know will hit the ground running, then I'd put them through a CLD-style exam first (we do that when we interview). That said, would a co-op/intern with a CLAD on their resume be considered more highly than one without? Yes - because it shows that they've at least a passing interest in LabVIEW.

Everyone that's replied so far in this thread is right, but here's a little clarificaiton: you're not converting a class to a cluster, you're returning the data of an object as a cluster (it's an important distinction). Also, one of the great powers of OOP is encapsulation - you're protecting your object data from public access, and exposing all of the data of an object to the public is usually considered bad form - unless you really have a reason to do it.

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Jan 5 2009, 05:57 PM) Yeah - that's got to be related.

How do you all feel about online services that hold on to your backups for you? It's true that it's a convenient method of off-site-ing, but just how secure is it? How comfortable are you using it? Ten years ago, uploading all your personal files to another party online was considered madness due to the (perhaps irrational) concerns over security, so what's changed in our psychies that have made this more acceptable?

QUOTE (ASTDan @ Jan 4 2009, 12:46 PM) Whew! Imagine what would have happend if you hadn't been able to get your data back. On second thought, don't imagine that QUOTE (ASTDan @ Jan 4 2009, 12:46 PM) What I learned is to have a backup strategy while traveling. Yeah - we have offsite backups at work. Whenever we're on the VPN, it acts as though we're in the office, so automated scheduled back-ups still happen in the background, and we have access to SVN for our SCC seamlessly. If there is no (or poor) internet connection, then it depends on how long we're going to be out of range: if it's a short time then we use the same external hardware approach, but if it's a long time (especially if there are multiple developers) then we can take a standalone PC with us to act as a daughter SVN server (or we can designate an engineer's laptop to take on this task). Then we can either snyc the repositories at night when the link speed is usually better (and when we don't have to wait aronud), or sync it when we get back to the office. The possibilities are many Anyway - I'm glad to hear that you survived the crash with little pain :thumbup:

QUOTE (zyh7148 @ Jan 4 2009, 05:30 AM) If the error is the only problem that you have with that method, then I suggest you find out what the problem is and, if it can be fixed, continue with that method. What's in the "error report"? Have you talked to NI about it?

QUOTE (zyh7148 @ Jan 3 2009, 10:20 PM) Tell us about the bugs.

QUOTE (crelf @ Dec 2 2008, 01:09 PM) Since I upgraded my media centre to Vista Home Premium (Vista media center is awesome, and it works great with my extender) the backup capabilities have been limited, so I'm now using Genie Backup Manager. It's very easy to use, has lots of features, and also integrates with an online vault (paid service).

QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ Jan 1 2009, 10:53 PM) I, too, would have no problems if it went away in future versions. I was disappointed when that feature was released, as, IMHO, it circumvents the whole reason to have the project in the first place: to have virtual links to everything required by a project. It takes us back to the pre-project days before LabVIEW 8. The only reason I can think of using it is if I had a folder of purely dynamic VIs that is added to, deleted from, edited in some way outside the contaxt of the project. That said, I would still want to update my project - because that's the place that everything should be linked from - otherwise you're just trying to hide things from other developers.

QUOTE (PaulG. @ Dec 31 2008, 02:40 PM) Especially when you're doing a lot of property and/or method node work, or woring with parallel loop architectures, I say limit scrolling to one direction only (horizontally or vertically - never both).

I just put together a pretty complex and comprehensive prototype application for a customer in only a few days and without the knowledge that I've gained here from LAVA it would have taken me twice as long, and that, once again, reminded me how valuable this independant community is. I know that I spend a lot of my time on LAVA screwing around (and screwing with other members at times ), but I truly appreciate that everyone is here and working so wonderfully as a community. I don't say it often enough, but special thanks must go to the volunteers behind the curtain that keep things humming along: Michael_Aivaliotis (admin), Jim Kring (mod), Antoine Châlons (mod), mballa (LAVAcr mod) and Dan Press (LAVAcr mod). Thanks to everyone that contrbutes here in the forums, in the LAVA Code Repository, in the LabVIEWwiki and those who financially support the infrastructure that's needed to keep LAVA alive: the premium and corporate members. It'd be great if we didn't need $ to be as successful as we are, but without the paying members, well, we just wouldn't be here. I'd also like to add a special shout-out to all the NI folks that are actively contributing members - it's vital that LAVA and the NI community coexist, and your expertise is most welcome and often relied upon (especially when it comes to those odd way-out-of-the-box ideas that we couldn't mature ourselves without a little inside knowledge). Thanks for being part of us! In summary, it's been a good year here at LAVA. I've certainly gotten a lot of great benefits from being part of the LAVA community, so I offer a very personal and heart-felt thank you to everyone. See you all in 2009

:!: Sorry folks: unfortunately this year's "Dipps for Turkeys" has been cancelled, so you'll have to wait another year to see me make a fool of myself. :!: Want to see me freeze me bits off for charity? I'm participating in the 17th annual "Dipps for Turkeys" on the 4th of January! "Dipps for Turkeys" is a fund raising event organized by a downtown Detroit bar called "Honest? John's", and has hundreds of locals dive into the frozen waters of the Detroit river to raise money to buy turkeys for local families. So where do you come in? If you'd like me to post post-dipp video in this thread of me putting myself in mortal danger to raise a couple of bucks for the under privialged, please donate. Every amount helps, so even if you throw $5 my way then you can rest assured that someone won't go hungry. PS: For those playing at home: spot the V I Engineering, Inc employee in the video for bonus points PSS: Yes - most years they actually have to get scuba divers out in the river to break up the ice before eveyone jumps in. PSSS: If you're ever in town, you should visit "Honest? John's" anyway - they have a BLT there that will stop a bull, with 30 full rashers of bacon (no, I've never been able to finish it...)

QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ Dec 24 2008, 11:22 PM) Can't... stop... watching... It's so bad it's good.

QUOTE (Ton @ Nov 21 2008, 10:36 AM) I'd like to use these for options dialogs in my own applications - nothing makes less sense than reinventing the wheel. Has anyone done any work with these VIs? This looks really interesting, and I'd love to see an example, if anyone has one to share...

QUOTE (Antoine Châlons @ Dec 26 2008, 02:05 AM) Ha! I love that one! Here's another of my favorites: ever wanted to know what the internet looks like? Watch this...

QUOTE (jcarmody @ Dec 23 2008, 07:01 PM) That reminds me of Moss from "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487831/' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">The IT Crowd" If you've never heard of this show - do yourself a favour and get it. :!: US Viewers: get your hands on the UK version of this show before NBC ruins it when they launch their new bastardized version this spring. I'm not going to say that it's going to be crap, but they haven't had a good track record when it comes to trying to Americanize non-US shows (eg: The Office, Kath & Kim).

QUOTE (jgcode @ Dec 24 2008, 08:49 PM) Bugger me - of course it is. Thanks mate!

We have a new TALM (Totally awesome LAVA Member): Rolf Kalbermatter.

Can you set "Scale all objects on front panel as the window resizes" dynamically? Here's the static method: But I don't see see it in the properties list for dynamic control:

QUOTE (AZoptics @ Dec 23 2008, 04:43 PM) You say that you can see the images in one app (non-firewire), but you can't see them in your firewire app - that confuses me. Is your camera a firewire camera or not? If you can't see the images in MAX then your LabVIEW application has no chance in seeing them. QUOTE (Neville D @ Dec 23 2008, 08:20 PM) Try some of the example programs. That's a great suggestion - at least that will confirm if it's your the configuration (which I'm almost sure it is) or your software. QUOTE (Neville D @ Dec 23 2008, 08:20 PM) Post some code, its hard to diagnose otherwise. Another great suggestion :thumbup:

QUOTE (Antoine Châlons @ Dec 24 2008, 06:23 AM) I'm not sure that LMGTFY is a good idea - the first two search results point directly back to this thread

QUOTE (Irene_he @ Dec 23 2008, 01:52 AM) Well said Irene! It's been a good year for LAVA - thanks to everyone for contributing - that's what keeps me coming back. ...and now for some Christmas wishes, from me to you. (Check out the falsetto on this guy!)

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Dec 23 2008, 10:55 AM) Yes, Todd's Mr. "http://anengineeringmind.blogspot.com/' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">An Engineering Mind".

QUOTE (AZoptics @ Dec 22 2008, 05:36 PM) It sounds like the camera hasn't been configured on one of the systems. Open Max and see if you can get an image in there.