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QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 18 2008, 04:10 AM) Why? There are reasons to play games that don't involve high scores. I say leave them in, but maybe put a note on them saying there's bug. There's no need to take away the games just in case someone cheats...

QUOTE (bmoyer @ Mar 19 2008, 07:49 AM) I *think* it does do a clean unistall. As far as I can tell, it justs exposes all installed components (including those that are hidden from add/remove_programs) and then calls the standard windows uninstall to uninstall them, just like a normal uninstall wuold. So, in short - the advatnage of using this tool is that it exposes installed software that you would normally not see.

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QUOTE (crelf @ Mar 13 2008, 10:35 AM) No worries - I used http://forums.lavag.org/Manually-uninstalling-NI-products-with-MSIBlast-t10373.html' target="_blank">MSIBlast to uninstall the RTE, did a fresh install and it all works great now

NI has a tool called "MSIBlast" that you can use to manually uninstall their products if something has gone awry during a previous installation process. Here's a copy of the tool that I found this tool on the NI Discussion forums here. Of course, if you can use an uninstall shortcut, or add/remove programs, you should use those, but if you can't, this tool could help you out.

QUOTE (PJM_labview @ Mar 18 2008, 04:34 PM) QUOTE (Louis Manfredi @ Mar 18 2008, 05:39 PM) No harm, that I can see, if it looks like LabVIEW, so long as it responds in relatively predictable and graceful ways to the user's attempt to control it. Right - my customers want to test their products. I've never had a requirement of "does not look like it was written in LabVIEW"

Making "pretty" UIs are all very well, but the absolute number one most important thing is: does it meet the system requirements? If a requirement is that it look "cool" (which it never would be, as "looking cool" isn't easily measureable, so how can it be a true system requirement? ) then so be it. I absolutely admit that the UIs in the gallaries are visually appealing, but the real question is: "why are they appealing"? Is it because they're intuative? Colorful? Well laid-out? I've written a couple of articles on appropriate UI design. I feel that sometimes we get caught up in over engineering things without true and honest thought for both the system requirements and the end user. Wouldn't you prefer an app with an intuative UI that works, or an app with a pretty UI that doesn't? Article 1: User Interface Design - More than just a pretty face… Article 2: User Interface Design - Elemental Layout

QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 18 2008, 11:17 AM) Thanks - I didn't even see those down there. QUOTE (Phillip Brooks @ Mar 18 2008, 12:29 PM) Maybe placing a ... in front of the ... and ... buttons would reduce the "noise". Thanks for the clarification Phillip. I agree that it would be more intuative to have a small next to the QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 18 2008, 12:45 PM) There are four options here. Pick which one applies to your situation and use it. Got it - thanks.

QUOTE (bjzimmer @ Mar 18 2008, 08:46 AM) I'm glad to hear it

Is it possible to turn off the feature that automatically posts the text of a previous post when replying to it? For example: take a look at this post - I don't think that there's any value for the whole previous post to be included in the reply, and I think it would be more intuitive if it wasn't there by default when sending a reply, but instead you could put it there by pressing a button (just like the button on the NI Forums).Note to Members: even if you do want to include a quote from a previous post, I don't think it makes much sense to include the whole thing. Please take the extra 5 seconds to remove all the superfluous commentary that doesn't have any context with your reply.

I gotta say it: if you're doing motion control, you should really use motion control hardware. It's like asking: can I cut a steak with a stick of celery? Well, maybe, but you'd be much better off investing in a knife. Seriously: go to ni.com/motion - you'll learn a lot more there than asking randmo questions here.

Try this.

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Mar 16 2008, 11:53 AM) My thoughts exactly :thumbup:

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Mar 15 2008, 05:29 PM) I'd be more than happy with 8.2 - especially with the introduction of LVOOP. QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 16 2008, 12:03 AM) Maybe people should update their LAVA profile with the LabVIEW version used. Then I can query the database for a complete list. :ninja: Can you determine which of those users are active LabVIEW users? Maybe by number of visits? (I don't think number of posts is best, as I'm sure there are plenty of lurkers).

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Mar 14 2008, 10:31 PM) It's a juggling act. I think it's noble to strip down to the lowest common denominator and support the earliest version possible, but I'm not really interested in keeping v6.1 (or 7.1 either) just to support anything I create or edit for OpenG. Personally, while I'm not going to actively go out of my way to make everything in the latest version, I'm equally not going ot go out of my way to use the oldest possible version either. I'll be aiming at 8.x from now on, but I won't be necessarily sticking to it (eg: if it makes sense for me to use LVOOP, then I'll use 8.2, etc)

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QUOTE (Raymond Law @ Mar 14 2008, 12:29 PM) You're welcome

QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ Mar 14 2008, 10:42 AM) It's sooooo preeeettttyyyyyy...

QUOTE (Yen @ Mar 14 2008, 06:45 AM) ...and here I am - just as ordered I used to work in Sydney (I've been in the US for a few years now). There are a few integrators there (depending on where you're located). Your best bet is to probably have a chat to someone at the local NI office (have a chat with Jeremy Taylor) - they're in North Ryde (about 5 mins walk from Macquarie Centre on Byfield Street?). There's also a handful of companies that use LabVIEW - here's a couple that come to mind: Resmed (in NorthWest Business park now I think?) use LabVIEW for testing in R&D and/or V&V (I think?) Silverbrook (In Balmain & North Ryde) Optimum (In Redfern Business Park?) - there's a couple of extremely talented LabVIEW guys there that would be pretty damn exciting to work with. In fact, they're looking for staff right now. Matrix Consultants (system integrator in Maitland) - I'm not sure if they're hiring right now, but have a chat to Gil Smith (he's the boss up there) Madry Technologies (system integrator in Western Sydney) - they do a lot of biomedical/sound/vibration work - have a chat to Andrew (he's a top bloke) NVSI (system integrator in Top Ryde) - Have a chat to Ralph (I used to be the National Manager there) - they do a lot of primary industry work in both Oz and NZ I'm a little busy at the moment, but I'll post more ideas when they come to me

:thumbup: Great job Ben!

Does anyone know where the LabVIEW 8.2 RTE uninstaller is? It's not under Add/Remove Programs > National Instruments Software, and when I try to run the install it complains that there's already a newer version installed. [cross-posted to jkisoft discussion forum]

QUOTE (Tim_S @ Mar 12 2008, 02:08 PM) My money's on the ActiveX control.

QUOTE (neB @ Mar 12 2008, 01:51 PM) Like all cool things in LabVIEW: Use them wisely. While control references give us a lot of power, with power comes responsbility. Control references make for loosely-defined unit boundaries which makes unit testing challenging. That said, it might not be an issue for you if you're just playing around with some personal projects

QUOTE (Neonuro @ Mar 12 2008, 01:25 PM) Hey - that's what we do best Welcome back to the fold! Have a poke around the http://wiki.lavag.org/' target="_blank">LabVIEW wiki - I'm sure there's plenty of tidbits in there to keep you occupied for a while

QUOTE (jdunham @ Mar 11 2008, 01:17 PM) I can see how that would be difficult... QUOTE (jdunham @ Mar 11 2008, 01:17 PM) However if some of you are saying it's better, maybe I should give it another go. I am - as I said, it'll take some getting used to, but I find it difficult going back...