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QUOTE(Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 10 2007, 12:30 PM) Not on my old old old iPod - it's all in folders called F00, F01, F02... and they're named in seemingly quasi-randomly named four letter files.

QUOTE(tcplomp @ Mar 10 2007, 09:37 AM) That's perfect - thanks Ton! QUOTE(jaegen @ Mar 10 2007, 09:40 AM) The windows binaries download contains a dll. No idea how to use it, but it should work. Thanks - I was thinking of using those, but now Ton's come up with the perfect substitute

Robotic Beer Launching Refrigerator

QUOTE(tcplomp @ Mar 10 2007, 09:22 AM) Actually, yes it is I'm backing up my iPod, and when copying files from it (it's mounted as an external drive) they're all named xxxx.mp3 (where x = aplha character) and I'd like to rename them something human-friendly like ArtistName_AlbumName_TrackNumber_TrackName.mp3

From wikipedia: QUOTE Does anyone know how to read a file's ID3 tag? I'm not interested in editing the tags, just reading them. For example, I'd like to scan a folder for all the mp3 files and compile a list of, say, artists. Here's some more info on ID3 from wikipedia and the ID3 foundation.

QUOTE(Mike Ashe @ Mar 10 2007, 05:50 AM) They're prety cool, but you've forgotten about and - they're awesome!

QUOTE(dthomson @ Mar 10 2007, 03:02 AM) Is this the size of your cup?

QUOTE(LV Punk @ Mar 10 2007, 03:58 AM) Love it!

QUOTE(LV Punk @ Mar 10 2007, 01:05 AM) Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! You've been LV-Punked!

QUOTE(CRoebuck @ Mar 9 2007, 11:23 PM) Yeah - it's difficult to bias a wicket in favour of English batters: non existant.

QUOTE(martin@aerodynamics @ Mar 9 2007, 11:15 PM) If you have only one input and their datatypes are the same class, you can, however, create an icon that looks like a wire

QUOTE(CRoebuck @ Mar 9 2007, 10:38 PM) ...and a damn good drop it is too! :thumbup:

QUOTE(tcplomp @ Mar 9 2007, 04:31 PM) Don't apologize Ton - this is the place to rant! QUOTE(Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 9 2007, 03:27 PM) Call me Alpha, but I think this is the first time he has written something that sounds a bit normal... . Yeah - something that could actually be marketable...

QUOTE(Omar Mussa @ Mar 9 2007, 06:26 PM) :thumbup: Great idea Omar - TestStand is a great product, and highly configurable too (the operator inteface is written in LabVIEW with a bunch of ActiveX calls so you can write your own). The RunTime Licenses are also cheaper than they used to be a few years ago, so it's well worth a look.

QUOTE(Eugen Graf @ Mar 9 2007, 05:34 PM) Whilst completely "erasing" all three icons is indeed possible, it is very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very bad form.

QUOTE(PaulG. @ Mar 9 2007, 10:38 AM) Ewwwwwwww - that's not a picture I wanted before dinner!

QUOTE(REM1 @ Mar 9 2007, 06:11 AM) Well he accepted me, so he must be! Just to clarify: this isn't a public beta - your participation in the program must be authorized by NI.

QUOTE(yen @ Mar 9 2007, 05:43 AM) In America it's prounnounced "Maw", as in "Hey Maw! Get off the dang roof!"

QUOTE(AnalogKid2DigitalMan @ Mar 9 2007, 03:07 AM) Now you're talking! Nothing wrong with a good Irish Coffee

QUOTE(rafa @ Mar 9 2007, 03:05 AM) The term you need to research is "determinsim" - Windows is not determisitic at the microsecond level.

QUOTE(didierj @ Mar 8 2007, 08:00 PM) Coffee? Nah - I haven't had a good cup of coffee in over a year and a half. For some reason, my palette doesn't agree with coffee over here. But tea? Oh yeah! I like to start my day off with a cup of green tea, and, depending on my mood, move to a Russian Caravan, Irish Breakfast, or a Earl Grey with lemon in the afternoon. I've also recently discovered a Turkish balck tea which is delightful with lemon, or (dare I say it?) lime. You can take a boy out of the Commonwealth, but you can't take the Commonwealth out of the boy...

Epilogue: my Ma sent over a small jar of Vegemite at Christmas, and I offered it around at work. No one was impressed.

QUOTE(Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 8 2007, 03:30 PM) Yeah - we're skating awfully close to being OT, but I'm lovin' it! QUOTE(Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 8 2007, 03:30 PM) Well, again, that's my point. Do I have to check every front panel Item to prove to myself that it has the right value? I do agree - my frame of reference was different: I was thinking end user, not other programmer. QUOTE(Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 8 2007, 03:30 PM) [other programmers] are more dangerous. End users should always be forgiven when it comes to software. It's programmers that know better, but decide deliberately to behave badly. Yes - that's true. Although I do remember an end user mashing the keyboard with his hands trying to make my software fail (I mean like repeatedly pressing 20 keys at once in a quasi-random pattern) - when I asked him what-the-hell he was doing, he said he was testing my software cause a user might do this. I explained to him that, after some system training we give to all users, I don't expect my end users to act like gorillas. QUOTE(Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 8 2007, 03:30 PM) I'm 50/50 on that one. One thing I like about it is that no-one can override what the default is by right-clicking on it or anything. The default is defined by LabVIEW and stays that way... until NI decides to "fix it". I must admit that it took me a looong time to come around to using them - in principle I didn't like them when they came out, but I figured, after a while, they're just like any other function in LabVIEW - powerful when used properly, dagerous when not. QUOTE(Jim Kring @ Mar 8 2007, 02:16 PM) A string-typed Case Structure must have a default frame, so the only sensible thing to do is to make it a run-time error, since the compiler can't possibly catch this. So you win that argument... by default *sigh* very punny Jim All case structures (except for enums, where there must be one case for each enum value possible, and on case only) must have cases to cover the entire input range of the selector, so one needs to be carfeul with all of them. There may not be an explicit "default" case (eg: an integer selector could have "...1", "2...5", "6...") but it's really the same thing, and needs appropriate error trappping, if appropriate.

QUOTE(Jim Kring @ Mar 8 2007, 12:36 PM) You bit more quickly than I expected I, also, agree that, as a general policy, default tunnels aren't the best practise, but I certainly don't have a complete aversion to them. I don't have a huge problem with default frames in case structures either, as long as they are used properly - for example, in a string-based state machine (yes, there are occasions when they are a good idea - not many, but they do exist) I like to include a "Syntax Error" dialog to the user for testing. IMHO just about every function on the BD can be abused if the programmer doesn't know what they're doing, so there isn't much I think is off limits (things do exist that I won't do, but default values and default cases aren't two of them). I know that several people will disagree with me on this, and I didn't like the default tunnels when they were introduced, but I've grown to overcome my fear of new things to embrace them when it's appropriate. OOP is another great (more esoteric) example: a wonderful tool when used properly, a complete mess in the hands of those who don't know how, or sometimes more importantly, when to use it.

QUOTE(Michael_Aivaliotis @ Mar 8 2007, 07:58 AM) Sure, being explicit is a good idea, but there's nothing wrong with defaults either - as long as you know what they are. User's right-lciking on FP items under and exe doesn't allow them to set a defualt for the next time the app is run, so I'm not sure what the problem is. As Aristos pointed out, setting FP items ot default programmatically is great for UI components, but that's about it. Next you'll be telling me that the "use default" option on the output tunnel of a structure is bad form...