Michael Aivaliotis

The error message is implying that the application builder itself is broken. The AB prefix on the VIs stands for Application Builder.

Well I'm not using auto-populating folders but I'm using LV8.2.1 which doesn't have this feature BTW.

Um, well this is in 8.2.1 so it's probably fixed.

I have a project file that always shows an asterisk (like there are unsaved changes) every single time I open it. If I save it, then do a diff on the project file it doesn't show any changes.

What gives?

QUOTE (crelf @ Dec 24 2008, 05:54 AM)

...and now for some Christmas wishes, from me to you. (Check out the falsetto on this guy!)

Thanks for that horrible video Chris, now you've made my Christmas 2008 memorable you bastard!

The scary part is he thinks he's good. What a waste of studio equipment... dear god

Oh my god I can't stop laughing.

Thanks Irene! Happy holidays to all LAVA members from me as well.

Now with all that free time on your hands over the holidays, why not go over to our LabVIEW Wiki and write an article or two.

VCRs, the end of an era.

QUOTE (AndyDm @ Dec 3 2008, 07:29 AM)

My dream looks like this:

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If I were to post a doctored image of a triple monitor setup on LAVA, then I would at least use an image of the host website. Not the "dark side" forums. Sheesh.

I'm extremely happy to let everyone know that LAVA has a new addition to the moderator team. Let's all welcome Antoine Châlons. He will help with organizing posts, deleting spam and helping out around here in general.

We currently have two other moderators: Jim Kring and Chris Relf.

If there is anyone else willing to help out, just PM me and we can discuss. The more eyes the better.

All help is greatly appreciated! :thumbup:

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QUOTE (anandk @ Dec 8 2008, 04:23 AM)

Two things worth checking are :

1. Try with Manual Tuning with LayoutQuality set to max and keep the horizontal compactness to 2nd or 3rd position.

2. (Just for confirmation,) remove the shift register (or replace with tunnel) and see if that's any better.

Settings

Result:

Same settings and Shift registers changed to tunnels:

It's better but I still see a lot of unnecessary bends in the wires. I think priority must be placed on keeping wires straight above other factors.

I was working on another VI cleanup and something bad happened. There were several for loops that suddenly became overlapped with other structures. Also some structures resized beneath other objects.

Settings:

Result:

When I switched automatic mode off (into manual) it didn't do this. Thank god for undo!

I nuked God.

The last straw was when God put up a super long post full of URLs to garbage web sites... Yup, God's a spammer.

QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ Dec 9 2008, 08:02 AM)

Really? It should be fixed? Because I still get the ads and have for many months.

No, that's the only glitch in the system unfortunately. I can't hide the ads for the NI group when your secondary group is Premium. I'll put that on the list of things to fix.

QUOTE (BrokenArrow @ Dec 9 2008, 06:18 AM)

Anyway, I'm glad to help, but I'm wondering if the Community would be up for a simplification of the categories. Combining a few. Renaming a few. Among other things, maybe putting the General category down under the other categories so it forces users to consider all the options. This way, the "system" has more of a chance to take care of itself, at least that's the idea.

Most of the time people ask for more categories not less. I could move the General one down, but I doubt that will help much. See, there are several types of people:

• You understand how forums work and you care about categories, so you pick the right one.
  
• You understand how forums work but you don't give a crap about categories.
  
• You don't understand how forums work and you will never put it in the right category.
  

I don't always blame people for using the wrong category. The forums UI is not the best in resolving this. One feature I would love to see (which I can't find) is a way to select a category while you are editing your post.

In any case, clean categories will only happen if there are editors that can move things around when they see a problem. PM me if you are serious about helping.

Those ON OFF switches are pure gold!

...

Check this one out:

Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away, there used to be a hansom man, let's call him Michael Aivaliotis. Now this Michael fellow would take an hour out of his daily routine to read all the new LAVA posts that would come in and he would meticulously hand sort them and make sure each one was read and given a proper home. If the topic ran astray and seemed to be in the wrong category, Michael would move said post and give it a more suitable home under a new category.

This practice has not been performed now for many many months. These categories which he meticulously pruned and shepherded into existence are now disorganized and have fallen astray.

Michael is now looking for new leaders to take the reigns and help cleanup the forum categories and make sure every topic has a proper home. Who will be brave enough to step up to the plate?

Well people. I'm afraid that God is a spammer. For a moment there I thought we had a genuine contender for alfa's position. Unfortunately he (or she) is not at the same level as alfa. Just do a Google search for Charles Andrew Ososami and enjoy. Thanks to jpdrolet for the tip.

So it looks like I'm going to have to nuke him unless anyone objects.

Great Job Ben!

It's actually fairly easy to create a LabVIEW program that could post to LAVA. I've actually done that in the past and it works quite well. So it's definitely possible. The challenging part is the semi-intelligent response.

Sorry Norm, I meant to add you to the NI group and keep your Premium capabilities. Something like what I did for Mr. Mercer. It should be fixed now.

Normally these issues are resolved quickly without fanfare through the PM system.

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Dec 7 2008, 10:03 AM)

None, but I can't accidentally modify a typedef by just mistargeting an item in the right-click menu.

I don't think you're following me here. When you edit a typedef and save it, you are essentially applying a relink action to all typedefs wherever they are called. Even if, for example, a bundle or unbundle breaks. LabVIEW just does it and there is no asking you. Similarily, when you edit the connector pane of a VI and save it, why doesn't LabVIEW automatically relink all instances without asking you? I know the answer, but I'm asking that it should just do the relink. So you won't even need to have right-click option. It just works.

Also, I was rethinking Darren's proposed solution and I'm not sure I like it anymore. The reason is because you are creating a situation where LV sometimes relinks and sometimes does not. This will add more confusion than it's worth. Why does it work sometimes? Too very confusing for the end user.

See Here.

QUOTE (BobHamburger @ Dec 6 2008, 11:24 PM)

With a little creative coding, whatever behavior you really want can be accomplished right now with scripting; the relink function is accessible.

Thanks!

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Dec 6 2008, 07:39 PM)

Also, I would prefer having a confirmation dialog of some sort because Relink All Instances is an operation that can potentially change several hundred VIs whose windows I don't have open. I understand why Michael abhors dialogs, but in general an operation that's going to affect hundreds of files I'm not even looking at should both warn me before it does something and give me the chance to back out.

What kind of warning do you get when you change a typedef by adding, removing or renaming controls within it?