Michael Aivaliotis

It's really frustrating reading this thread because we can't see your code. Could you attach your code? Not pictures. The actual VI file. Based on the error dialog, this is what I came up with: The problem is solved in the above statement. "...allowing it to Create the NEW date folder (E.g. 100824) and transmit text data into the folder." Basically, the file does not exist yet. In the image I attached I'm showing the Read Characters From File.vi, however I'm not sure if you are reading or writing. So find the appropriate VI in your case. So if the folder hasn't been created yet then how can either a read or a write occur without error? Of course you will have an error if you haven't created the folder yet.

Yes! Thanks Mikael. What amazes me the most is how far the Russians got. And with a space gun no less.

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It takes balls of steel to release a LabVIEW toolkit product and I commend SAPHIR for stepping up to the plate. Having gone down that road, I can tell you it's not something any company should or can take lightly. I'll eagerly wait for a trial version and will provide any feedback I can to help test and improve the product.

Hmm, now where was that LAVA disclaimer. I had it around here somewhere.

Have you tried using the in-place element structure?

Benny LAVA 3.0. Our old friend is back. Take it easy *ussy! Watch embedded video or click here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeVV7e_ZC4w

LabVIEW 2010 should have the same or similar examples. You can also use LabVIEW 2010 to open the VIs in the Everyone folder on the CD.

You can download the LabVIEW 2010 trial and get another 30days from here: http://digital.ni.com/demo.nsf/websearch/14f9ce475127ade786256ac60070926c?opendocument

I guess I've been out of touch. When did this come out? http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209015

Wow, frightening, and funny at the same time. it's definitely something Monty Python would have done if they were still on the air. I can't see how anyone thought that this would be a positive commercial for the environmentalist movement. It's highlighting the "if you're not with us you're against" us mentality.

I would try to keep it simple. You can easily detect entry and exit of the parking lot with any switch type sensor. This means you need a digital input (on off) sensing device. If you make some assumptions that all vehicles enter and exit through dedicated entrance and exit paths then probably two sensing devices would be required. The rest is only software. Do you have to manage the payment system as well; or just tracking parking space availability?

I assume you mean LabVIEW VI Scripting. I don't see any problems.

Depends on what you want to do with it and how much you want to spend. But if you are a casual user that also wants to do Skype calls, then go for something like this: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=006 I recommend anything with a USB connection. Forget the analog plug type.

Thanks. I should hang around LAVA more often.

This is awesome news. A couple of weeks? I want it now!

That's whacky ShaunR! What type of image is that? Is it an animated gif? I can see that it works but when I replace your image with my animated gif it doesn't work. So all I can think of is your animated gif is a different format. Untitled 5-Mike.vi

I have a feeling that what you are trying to do is more advanced than what your experience can handle. However, this is how we all learn right? An XControl won't help you. An XControl is just a nice package. You still have to figure out how to do what you want. Once you figure that out, you can then create an XControl out of it if you want, but not necessary. I could probably implement what you want in pure LabVIEW using 2 picture controls and some other tricks, so it's definitely doable. But it's not something you can do in 5 minutes. I suggest you study up on picture controls. Another consideration is that you might want to change your design. You can probably use an array of picture controls which allows you to scroll through the images. Then when you hover over the one image you can overlay another array of images slightly shifted to the right. Many creative ways to do this but not easy.

For me, I found that startup issues are related to a corrupt LabVIEW.ini file. Specifically seen issues with the recent pathlist entries. For example, a VI or project in your recent paths list is no longer available. As a first step try renaming your LabVIEW.ini file and then see if LabVIEW starts properly. By doing this however you will loose your customized LabVIEW Options. So you would have to redo them. Another approach is just deleting all the recent paths entries.

You should be running 2009 SP1 anyway.

Actually, making a VI overlay is not a bad idea. I also took a look at John's example and think this may be the way to go. This allows you to make the status code a nice reusable module. You can pass the VI name to the overlay and inside it will have smarts to force itself to always be positioned on top of the VI named (have it running in a tight loop). You would need to add code that forces the overlay VI to track the busy VI.

Ok, here is where i learn something. How can you have the gif animated if the front panel is deferred? Perhaps I'm doing it wrong? Yes, it would be great to defer the updates of a specific control.