Michael Aivaliotis

- make sure you watch all the links on the right side - there's heaps of them!

Yes, I HATE those ads! I love this one:<br>

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<br>I also like the Linux sidekick guy. Well done.

Pretty cool!!

I am not sure how to answer the question of what percentage of my total development uses GOOP, but nearly every non-trivial application employs some OOP analysis, design, and implementation.

Pitty I can't select more than one option...

Here is a revised poll to reflect the recent release of LV8.20

Dude! the Autotool is my favorite LabVIEW enhancement. I always lock it on. Can't live without it. Now with the Aristos tip, it's even better!

It's not the rugged good looks, the unassuming smile, nor is it the deep voice or the fawn trousers - this is why the ladies The Captain!

http://forums.lavag.org/index.php?act=modu...=si&img=813

I think the worst offenders (less in violating jurisdiction and more in spending US tax dollars) it the X-Files. Just off the top of my head, I can remember Mulder and Scully going to Puerto Rico, Canada, Sweden, Russia, Hong Kong, the arctic circle (either in Alaska or in Canada, I don't remember) and Antarctica. When you consider that they work for the FBI, that's in charge of domestic investegations, that's quite some spending.

C'mon, Everyone knows that FBI and CIA work hand in hand on a global stage...

Having lived on both sides of the border, i can tell you there are lot's of reasons that the FBI would love to be able to walk on over to Canada and perform arrests (lax Canadian marijuanna laws for example), but just can't.

I've seen other movies where this has happened. It seems that whenever american law enforcement want to fight crime in Canada, the borders magically dissapear. In Die Hard: With a Vengeance the bad guys are chased by the US police over the border and the chase continues into Canada without skipping a beat. :laugh:

Just finished watching the movie flightplan. Yes, believe it or not... I have a life. What struck me as odd, was to see the FBI in Canada! I'm sure it would seem just as odd for an american to see the RCMP on US soil. After the movie, I did a search to confirm what I already knew was true: To quote moviemistakes.com:

Factual error: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are shown checking baggage in the final scenes at the same time that FBI agents are making arrests. The flight landed in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. According to the Criminal Code of Canada, any crime committed during an international flight that ends on Canadian soil is deemed to have been committed in Canada. That being the case, the RCMP as the national police force has full jurisdiction. There is no way the FBI would be involved at that point.

I know it's "just a movie" but errors this blatant look so bad on the filmakers, and gives false information to an unsuspecting viewer.

Todd, Have you seen this thread?

http://forums.lavag.org/index.php?showtopic=2165

I'm not sure if it covers your problem but there is a lot of info in there.

Here is a link to a document describing the decisions made in the current implementation of OOP released in LabVIEW version 8.20.

LabVIEW Object-Oriented Programming: The Decisions Behind the Design

I've also attached a PDF version.

Download File:post-2-1155627547.pdf

Here's a video showing the Tribot in action.

Download File:post-2-1155538350.avi

Well, Thanks all for the support and the love...

Not so much a mistake.

The Beta 8.20 has closed and it will be shipping soon. They are using it here at NIWeek already.

Well, I picked up my mindstorms and it's here with me at NIWeek.

Here's an interesting article on the marketing side of programmable construction toys (mindstorms).

http://www.techuser.net/lego2.html

I just submitted this VI to the Code Repository, but will post it here considering that with NI Week it may not get reviewed for a while.

NXT Now shipping

http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=8527&am...mp;d=11&t=5

I wonder what SSP costs for it?

From my experience in developing projects, being gone for 5 days doesn't really make a difference in the long term success of a project. My guess is you're not just 5 days behind schedule. It actually might help to take a break, step back and evaluate the situation. Taking off for 5 days however might leave the client wondering if your company is taking the project seriously. It's more of a public relations issue than actually getting work done.

I've been at an employer where all personal improvement activities such as conferences and seminars where cut-off because projects were behind schedule. In retrospect it turned out that all projects were always behind schedule. No matter how much you push, projects get done when they get done, no sooner.

This could be a little tricky because the enum control doesn't have an equivalent selector object. It only has an increment decrement. The selector equivalent is the entire text field. Pasting a down arrow there will replace the text field and is messy.

I would suggest, instead to decouple the GUI requirements from the diagram data requirements as indicated in the image. This way you can use whatever you like as a control and still get the benefits of enum datatypes on the diagram.

I actually like flat buttons that raise when you hover over them. Only available in LV8 though.

The next must-have app will not be written in G.

The dialog label in the controls palette is very special. You can use this label to label wires on the diagram instead of using your own colors. What makes the dialog label different from the default label is that the background color inherits the color properties of whatever object or background you place it on. Normaly, this label is used on front panels because it allows you to label dialog frames properly. Windows XP color themes contain various shades and textures which cannot be represented by a single color. However a nice bonus is the benefit of labeling wires without having to play with the colors. You must select this label from the controls palette to drop it since it's not available on the functions palette.