I have been using Labview for about 2 years. I develop and deploy Labview programs to characterize custom CMOS linear imager devices that include first silicon( probe on wafer) and packaged devices. I was using for a long(a l-o-n-g) time HTB(formerly HP Rocky Mountain Basic) for similar work via GPIB, RS232. But it was slow(both S/W and H/W it supported). I converted to NI PXI & MXI H/W and Labview, and now the same packaged device that took 14 minutes to fully characterize now takes about 35 seconds!
I have recently moved to Labview 8.0 and my old code works. I only had to modify code for file I/O since some related vi's were no longer supported. After that, my code works fine. I have about 250 or so vi's loaded(most are my vi's). I like the event structure with dynamic enabling of controls.
Pardon me for a long post.
Khan
Xerox
Rochester, NY