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This clip wouldn't have made me laugh so hard if I hadn't been through the "hooray for poo-poo" phase with my daughter myself. LOL...and scared that I am

QUOTE (Red @ Mar 22 2008, 08:16 AM) That was my experience as well, though my approach was different. I documented as I went, and was *minutes* away from having a broken arrow when the 4 hours was over. Good job, it looks like you are well on your way to becoming a CLD. Let us know how it turned out! :thumbup:

QUOTE (BrokenArrow @ Mar 21 2008, 12:17 PM) Hey, that's a good idea! I'll be sure to http://forums.lavag.org/www.jott.com' target="_blank">Jott it down so I can remember to use this next time. Thanks!

Welcome, not-so-new member

QUOTE (njg @ Mar 21 2008, 09:02 AM) It's definitely worth the time before-hand to install a fresh LabVIEW somewhere and get familiar with the way it "handles". I remember that I hadn't seen a fresh LabVIEW install for a while before my CLD exam, so it kind of jarred me for a bit when I started dropping big ole icons on the block diagram and my undo history only went back 9 events... then there is the pallete itself that I didn't realize how much I had customized on my work PC. The above posts are correct. TIME is the biggest factor on this exam. Simple, simple, simple. Simple Descriptions and icons, simple use of subVIs and typedefs (if needed), simple front panel. There is no point in making a fancy app that doesn't pass.

I like it! No to remember to look it up when I get back to the office...

And in some Australian courtroom, there is a scared little misunderstood robot screaming, "he made me do it! Do not disassemble!!" Johnny v.22?

QUOTE (gosor @ Mar 21 2008, 03:20 AM) Nope, not the only one. This has been discussed a fair amount already in the forums. Oh, and yes... I'm excited that there is a "rustling in the wind" that may indicate we could see something like this coming soon.

QUOTE (crelf @ Mar 20 2008, 01:38 PM) What?!? He hasn't been nominated for this yet?? For shame! Jim has been a considerable help to many people (like me) and deserves to be recognized for his tireless efforts. And he now owes me two beers...

QUOTE(crelf @ Feb 22 2008, 09:48 AM) One of the original hardware approaches was "let your mouse dangle from the side of the table and aim a fan at it" I suppose you could duct-tape a real mouse to it...you would just have to search for it when you returned to your desk.

I'm used to seeing cheap ones like This for $12-$13 USD As a side note, I never thought of the word origin of "rack" possibly being from the German "rake" (or vice versa). If that's the case, the shape of a typical cable rack does look like an upturned leaf rake...

QUOTE(rolfk @ Feb 22 2008, 02:03 AM) Initiating cool down.... hmm... its not working, she keeps staring at me QUOTE(rolfk @ Feb 22 2008, 02:03 AM) And yes if she doesn't know, who would. She created the whole IVision Toolkit after all! And we all appreciate it! Mad Props, Irene! :thumbup:

QUOTE(rolfk @ Feb 22 2008, 03:23 AM) Oops. Thanks for the correction, Rolf. This isn't the first time I've slipped up and equated VISA with LabVIEW. Bad orko...

QUOTE(DarkAcMe @ Feb 21 2008, 09:53 AM) I think my memory is corrupted too! Look at those eyes! A very exceptional looking woman. PS. Irene_he is most likely on the right track, so I have nothing to add. I just couldn't help myself...

I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would ever want to revert back to buggy ole LV8.0 hehe...

I've commented in the past about the weird autosizing behavior of typedef cluster constants when their data structure changes. In a typedef cluster, when adding/deleting an element, I guess I would be happy with something like this: If I have autosizing turned off, then the content changes, but the border remains unchanged. IOW, the cluster border remains static and the changed elements inside retain whatever I set them to be before adding/deleting (this includes their properties such as labels and size/position) If I have autosizing turned on, then the typedef border resizes to accomodate the change, but the content remains unchanged except for the new additions/deletions. If we're adding a new element to a typedef then it really doesn't matter to me what it looks like initially, it can just be the default size with no label as it is now. As long as the other elements that were set all pretty-like before remain unchanged. (BTW, I'm not crazy about hiding the constant data with an icon, but that's just my :2cents: )

QUOTE(chrisdavis @ Aug 20 2006, 05:53 PM) Or use that forgotten little icon in your National Instruments start menu: NI Spy (only works if your COMM port programs are written in LV) I like portmon when I have it available, but there are times on the test floor where I don't have internet and forgot my USB stick in my other super-hero outfit.

QUOTE(crelf @ Feb 15 2008, 11:26 AM) That's hilarious...I actually used this exact picture on a magazine project for college. I believe the main caption read, "Working too hard? -- Employees speak out about lack of breaks" or something to that effect. Thanks for making me smile again, Crelf It's nice to come up for air once and a while.

QUOTE(Justin Goeres @ Dec 17 2007, 04:13 PM) This functionality would be very benificial. Other scripting languages (Perl) handle substrings in this manner, where a negative number in the index switches to start at the end of the string. Of course, you can get the same by reversing the string, then reversing again after the substring is extracted, but a negative number would be oh so nice to use again...

QUOTE(BrokenArrow @ Dec 4 2007, 12:56 PM) This is odd... I understood (I thought) what Yen was talking about in his post, and went to work putting together a small example. When it was done however, it doesn't work all the time. http://lavag.org/old_files/post-3266-1196805366.vi'>Download File:post-3266-1196805366.vi (LV8.5) Notice that it *kind of* works if you play with it, but then it stops working. Not sure what is causing this behavior yet.

QUOTE(BrokenArrow @ Dec 4 2007, 12:56 PM) This is odd... I understood (I thought) what Yen was talking about in his post, and went to work putting together a small example. When it was done however, it doesn't work all the time. http://lavag.org/old_files/post-3266-1196805366.vi'>Download File:post-3266-1196805366.vi (LV8.5) Notice that it *kind of* works if you play with it, but then it stops working. Not sure what is causing this behavior yet.

QUOTE(TG @ Dec 3 2007, 08:06 PM) Herin lies the problem. The loop is not keeping the file reference between iterations. You just don't know yet where it is being lost Probe your file reference on the inside of your QSM, and put a breakpoint at the probe. You should be able to step through each iteration and see which one the file reference is going away at. Without seeing your QSM code, it is just guessing on my part, but my guess is an unwired shift register in one of your cases (timeout case? default case?) on the wire that holds the fileref. Let us know what you find.

QUOTE(Tomi Maila @ Nov 20 2007, 03:46 AM) I can't count how many times I've pointed out a tunneled error cluster in a co-worker's code and each time it's the same response -- "Ack! I forgot about that..." The majority of times, a shift register is definitely the right choice, so I agree totally it should be the default. PS. Sometimes I am the co-worker :laugh:

Talking with the client, it looks like they are more comfortable with a remote application that is controlling the cRIO VI via TCP. There goes that idea (for now) until I get more time to test this out fully that is. Thanks again for the help. I'm sure I'll be referring back to this thread in the future!

QUOTE(tcplomp @ Oct 17 2007, 09:28 PM) There is a tab control on the FP of the existing app... so this doesn't work correctly in LV8.2+?QUOTE(tcplomp @ Oct 17 2007, 09:28 PM) No events (I think) Hmm... there aren't any events in the existing app currently, but I was planning on bringing them in to the picture later...QUOTE(sachsm @ Oct 18 2007, 04:55 AM) I have found that network shared variables also make it very easy to connect your PC GUI with your cRIO app. This route gives you tighter control over cpu and network bandwidth. Shared variables can also be customized to be any LV data type or custom control. That is definitely something to consider. So basically build an app for the PC that sends values to the cRIO shared variables, kind of like a dummy front panel?