Michael Aivaliotis

The reason you haven't read a single comment on what a piece of crap LabView is, is because this topic is about a patent infringment lawsuit. It says so right in the topic title. If you want to start a flame war then start your own topic instead of going off-topic. . Deterministic realtime control? Are you running the real-time version of LabVIEW on a real-time controller? Interesting article. It just re-affirms my opinion that the next replacement language to ladder logic is LabVIEW. I recently did a LabVIEW program that had to interface to a PLC "controller". I had the PLC programmer right next to me and we were programming in parallel various tasks. After viewing the speed at which I was able to program certain tasks, he asked me to take over the programming of most of the code in LabVIEW. For example, one task that would have taken him an hour to write in ladder logic only took me 5mins. Also, the lack of extensibility and compatibility with new technologies will spell the demise of PLC's.

Of course let's not for get our own homegrown Star Wars kid from Quebec. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/starwarskidv.html

LV 7.2 is out?

http://uploads.ungrounded.net/206000/206373_numanuma.swf (Let it load, hit the yellow 'Play' button, and click 'Play Without Subtitles') You should resize the screen smaller to see it better... It's one of those songs that stick in your head...

Hmm, I don't think NI has to do anything. I see no reason why you think that you have the right to any free publicity from NI. I think they have the right to refuse the publication of any product that they feel might impact their own homegrown products. As far as I can tell from your website, you are not an Alliance member company so i can't see any leverage you may have in that regard. Actually, as an Alliance member myself, I would be very upset to find out that you have received special treatment. So, in my opinion, (unless they have attacked you legally) NI has done nothing wrong here. You have many venues in which to promote your products and I noticed you have posted announcements both here in the LAVA forums, on the NI Discussion Forums and many other newsgroups and sites. Also, there is a 4-line announcement of your tool on the NI Devzone frontpage.

Jim, excellent link. I've added it to the bottom of my Guide (which I also recommend everyone to read). I want to emphasize one point that the Personal Message (PM) system on the LAVA Forums should not be abused. Please don't PM people on these forums for LabVIEW assistance. Especially after you've already posted your question on the Forums. It is a personal choice for someone to respond to a question on the Forums. A PM is Personal (hence the name). Would you go around town knocking on the doors of people you don't know asking for LV help? No, so why would you do the same on the internet? Most of the time, a PM triggers an email notification to the recipient which can be even more annoying. Please think twice before sending a PM. If the person has not responded to your question on the Forums then what makes you think they will respond in person? I think your chances of getting a response from thousands of readers is better than just a response from one.... 'nuf said.

That's great! Do you think you or someone else can enhance this to include nested (hierarchy) menus? This would make it complete... hint! Take a look at OpenGoop...

Here are two examples I scoured from the internet... Download File:post-2-1103178246.vi Download File:post-2-1103178263.vi

Here: Process Spawning

I'll start this off with a classic: THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Rick Moranis / Dave Thomas) Bob & Doug McKenzie (B: Bob D: Doug C: Chorus) B: OK, good day. This is our Christmas part of the album. You can play this at your Christmas parties, or to yourself on Christmas Eve, if there's nothin' else to do. D: Good day, eh? In case you thought, like, I wasn't on this part. B: Oh, I guarantee ya you'd be on. OK, so good day. This is the Christmas part, and we're gonna tell ya what to get..um...your true love forChristmas. D: Look out the window! B: Where? (chuckle) What are ya doin'?!? D: Snow, hosehead! B: Well, oh, it's the Great White North, and it's snowing 'cause it's Christmastime. Hey, hoser! D: What? B: Here's a quiz. (chuckle) Quiz for Doug... D: OK, I have my "thinking took" on. B: Yeah, right. What are the "Twelve Days of Christmas"? 'Cause, figure it out, right? Christmas is when? D: Um, the twenty-fifth... B: Right. And, what's the twenty-fourth...Christmas Eve, right? So.. D: That's two B: That's two. And, then what's after that? (pause) Boxing Day D: Wrestling Day B: Wrestl..get out! D: Boxing Day, yeah, yeah. B: That's three. Then, what's after that? Nothin'! D: New Year's! B: Four and what's... D: New Year's Eve? B: That's five. Where do ya get twelve? D: Uh, there's two Saturdays and Sundays in there; that's four. So, that's nine. And three other days which, I believe, are the "mystery" days. (Music starts) B: OK, this our Christmas song, just in case you don't know what to get someone for Christmas. D: There's lots of ideas in here, so listen and don't get stuck! (organ starts) By the way, that's ME on the organ. B: Oh, geez. D: You start... B: OK... On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A beer. D: On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, Two turtle-necks B: And a beer. On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, Three French toast D: Two turtle-necks B: And a beer. D: There should be more there, eh? B: Where? Oh, go! D: Fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, Four pounds of back-bacon B: Three French toast D: Two turtle-necks B: And a beer. D: ...in a tree. See, you need more. B: Oh..fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, Five golden tooks, D: Four pound of back-bacon B: Three French toast D: Two turtle necks B: And a beer...where? D: (with Bob) In a tree. B: OK, on the sixth...oo, go! D: ..Christmas, my true love gave to me, C: Six... D: Six packs of two-four B & C: Five golden tooks C: Four... D: Four pounds of back-bacon C: Three... B: Three French toast C: Two... D: Two turtle-necks C: And a beeeeeeeeer... B: And a beer (with Doug) in a tree. OK. On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, Seven pack of smokes, C: Nice gift! D: Nice gift. Oh...six packs of two-four B & C: Five golden tooks. C: Four... D: Four pounds of back-bacon C: Three... B: Three French toast C: Two... D: Two turtle-necks C: And a beeeeeeeeer... B: And a beer (with Doug) in a tree. Keep forgetting. D: Whew! This should just be the "Two Days of Christmas"; it's too hard for us! Go, hoser. B & D: On the eighth day of Christmas, may true love gave to me, D: Eight comic books (Chorus repeats right behind them, though one behind) B & D: Seven packs of smokes Six pack of two-four B: Five... C: (catches up) Five golden tooks Four pounds of back-bacon Three French toast Two turtle-necks ALL: And a beer... B & D: On my tree. B: Yeah, that beer is empty. OK, day, um... C: TWELVE! B: Twelve! D: Good day, and welcome to day twelve.. (Chorus starts up and Bob and Doug join in) ALL: Five golden tooks Four pounds of back-bacon, Three French toast Two turtle-necks And a beer in a treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! D: Where'd you learn to do that? B: Um, albums. D: So, like, that's our song. Merry Christmas... B: Merry Christmas! D: And good day! B: Good day! Ha-happy New Year, too. D: Shhh! B: OK, you know what you left out? D: What? B: Donuts! D: Oh, no! B: I told you to get donuts. Either on the ninth day, or the tenth day or the eleventh day, but I want donuts! D: OK, the song's over! Merry Christmas, everybody! B: ...or, on the twelfth day, you could've got me a DOZEN donuts... D: So,..go out to the stores and get some presents! B: You could've gone down, to, like, the good donut shops where you buy a dozen, you get another one free, and then it'd be thirteen for the "Thirteen Days of Christmas"! D: Next Christmas, you can get me a chain-saw! B: Take off! (As music fades:) D: Boy, that song was a beauty. It...it moved me. B: Yeah, I think it ranks up there with "Stairway to Heaven". D: What?

Go into the VI Properties>Window appearence>Customize>(disable: allow run-time shortcut menus)

I'm using 5.06. I don't remember how to do it in v2.26. I know you can do it though. From the website it looks like your version is not supported anymore.

Some more posts:

I'm going to add some posts from the mailing list into this thread for completeness:

Recent discussions on the Info-LabVIEW mailing list prompted a request to initiate a thread here for further discuss and to accumulate opinions on this topic. I've also attached a POLL to this message so you can vote on several licensing options. Feel free to vote or just reply to this topic with your opinion. The first email on the Info-LabVIEW mailing list that started this discussion is attached: Official information on NI Licensing can be found on NI's website here: ni.com/license

What method are you using to communicate with your database?

I've used Musicmatch Jukebox as well and it does the job. My favorite program however is Winamp. http://winamp.com It's Lama powered... :laugh:

First things first... Application builder is NOT free. You must purchase it from National Instruments for the version of LV that you are using. After you do this, read the documentation that comes with it and if you have problems or questions come back here so we can help you out. Do you have any specific Application Builder questions that you want answered before you purchase it?

I added 7.1.1 to the list of LV versions you can select in your personal profile configuration.

K, pressing the stop button on the toolbar next to the RUN button is a no, no . This is used only as a last resort to break your program if you've made a programming error and you are stuck in an infinite loop or something. You should always create a programmatic stop to your program. The method you use by enclosing code in a while loop is the best... you're on the right track. :thumbup:

Yes, there is no difference, however to copy the nodes from an other vi assumes that you already have another vi to copy from.

This is a good idea. I know there are many out there that have done this already. Perhaps we can release an OpenG package with this stuff.

This is interesting. Shouldn't there be a property node or something that you can use to re-assign a device? The reason why I say this is that I once had to swap a DAQ card out for another one. When I went into MAX, I saw my new card there and my old one was there listed with a red X thru it. When I deleted the old card from the list, MAX automatically prompted me and asked me If I wanted to swap all my tasks and global channels over to the new device. I was very surprised and pleased about this. There may be a way to tap into this feature programmatically.

Really? So is it illegal?

Jim, the site "http://makelovenotspam.com/" seems to be overloaded because I can't get in. Do you have the file you can upload here so me and others can get it?