Michael Aivaliotis

QUOTE(yen @ Jul 24 2007, 03:58 AM) In the end, you will have to decide of course. I'm not trying to convince anyone here. XControls are all about code reuse. If you develop more than one application (probably a system integrator) where you have repeating patterns in your UI development, then it behooves you to develop reusable UI components to reduce development time. The time invested up front to develop an XControl will pay off in the long run when you have collected an arsenal of powerful controls that you can whip out at any time to solve complicated UI problems. Brian's presentation is excellent as well. Like I've said in the past, "NIWeek is one of the only moments I wish human cloning was already a reality."

QUOTE(Aristos Queue @ Jul 28 2007, 04:12 PM) I'm not aware of this. You must have meant Mozilla... Uploading works fine in Firefox.

QUOTE(Justin Goeres @ Jul 26 2007, 08:58 AM) Damn, that looks just like you! It's uncanny.

QUOTE(MikaelH @ Jul 26 2007, 06:04 PM) I guess I could check but a bit lazy right now. Does this info get updated real-time with every window adjustment or only when LV shuts down?

QUOTE(dcooper @ Jul 24 2007, 08:44 AM) I agree, this is a nice idea. In the meantime perhaps you can try splitting up your panel into panes. This gives you some control.

I once shared a room with Norm who is also a LAVA member. I had a blast! If you're going alone, I highly recommend this. Also, as far as Justin is concerned. He's a personal friend, a blast to be around and an all around fun guy. You won't have any problems. Besides, who stays at the hotel during NIWeek anyway... Remember to use the secure personal message system here on LAVA for chatting with each other. Don't post phone numbers or email addresses in this thread.

QUOTE(yen @ Jul 23 2007, 12:07 PM) I'm not sure what you mean. I just checked the schedule. Steve is presenting on Monday, not Wednesday... :thumbup:

QUOTE(BobHamburger @ Jul 23 2007, 06:49 AM) Actually, I think he's already a professional in "the business" (http://www.markmalkoff.com/''>http://www.markmalkoff.com/' target="_blank">http://www.markmalkoff.com/).

On topic to this thread, I'd like to mention a tutorial that I posted here on how to accomplish this.

QUOTE(crelf @ Jul 18 2007, 08:29 AM) The RSS interval is every 5 minutes bang on.

I'm surprised you just noticed it. It's been there for a while. The links you mention are by accident and I should remove it from there (i can do that i think...). It's intended for general links in posts as shown below: http://forums.lavag.org/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=6386 It only pops up when you hover over the little balloon icon. Hovering over the link does not show it. If you hover over an RSS or a wikipedia link or something like that it actually gives you the text not just the image: http://forums.lavag.org/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=6387 Also, because I believe in choice (and i was expecting complaints), you can totally turn it off. Go to the portal and scroll to the bottom left. You will see an option to turn it off. OR, click on the top right of the snap window and select disable. http://forums.lavag.org/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=6388

QUOTE(Ben @ Jul 17 2007, 01:08 PM) Ah, you mean LAVOOP. I love it. :thumbup:

Too bad it's not going to be released for another year or so.

I would use XP because it will have longer lifespan than 2000. I'm concerned about the LV5.1 aspect. My main concern is the LV drivers. Will the old 5.1 Drivers even install and work on XP? I think 5.1 uses the old serial VI's which don't use VISA.

goop is good! I don't like labvoop. Sticking a b right next to a v makes it hard to say. Same with lvoop, or is it elvoop? More confusion.

Read this thread: System button with image

I actually like using subvi's because I can open them in their own window. I can put one on one monitor and another monitor and so on. I like viewing multiple VI windows independently. Also, you lose the modularity with your approach. It's a lot easier to reuse code and debug problems when you use subvi's. Perhaps we can still use subvi's but have a special viewing mode that - when switched on - you can zoom into the subvi diagram and see what's inside instead of opening it. Perhaps this is what you meant. If so, I agree.

Just went through the Microsoft demo. The LabVIEW block diagram is a different beast than the web browser. It seems a bit of a stretch in my opinion. Also, this is designed to shrink screens down, is this what you are asking? Shrink large block diagrams down to size? As far as I can tell this technology is not meant for any desktop application. The concept however is still valid and a very interesting one. Thanks for the link.

Enjoy: NIWeek 2007 Blog Now new and improved with included video...

A new addition from GB

Go with what works. I prefer to do things in native LabVIEW then relying on graphic tricks. It makes the code easier to edit by several developers. Sometimes, however it's easier to use animated GIF's. I think the reason for not having a variable GIF frame rate is because ideally this should be specified inside the GIF file and playing with that seems counterintuitive. Actually this is defined as an interframe delay. If you create an animated GIF with no interframe delays then LabVIEW pins this to 100ms as a safety factor. You can play with this by setting by placing MinMNGFrameDelay = xxx in your ini file, where xxx is the minimum delay in milliseconds. The smallest number this will honor is 10ms. This is old setting and not sure if LabVIEW 8.x supports it. If it does then we should add it to the [wiki]LabVIEW configuration file[/wiki] page.

QUOTE(Darren @ Jul 13 2007, 11:53 AM) Yes, I like it too. It will be in there.

I'm doing a presentation this year at NIWeek on XControls. I'm looking for examples of XControls that any of you have developed. If I determine that they are useful, I will present them at NIWeek and obviously give credit to you or your company in my presentation. You can either attach your XControl to this thread in a zip file or email it privately to me at: michael (at) aivaliotis.com

QUOTE(Aristos Queue @ Jul 10 2007, 06:52 AM) Yes, this works well. One other solution is to use rendezvous. Rendezvous are tailor made for this use case. Now you know where you can use those obscure functions.

Well, I played around a bit and I got it working. You can now drop data onto the graph, however the drag enter still does not work. See attached (8.2.1).