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QUOTE(vituning @ Jan 4 2008, 05:43 AM) This probably doesn't answer your question, but you did say any input. I don't have a lot of experience calling external code through DLLs so anybody please correct me if I'm way off, but whenever I have had a "char *Input" to a DLL I have just used a string. It has always worked for me. Also, I noticed you initialized your arrays with 51 and 21 elements, but your description says the max is 50 and 20. The Initialize Array vi initializes the array with the number of elements that you wire to the dimension size input. For example, if I wire a 10 to the dimension size input I will get an array with elements indexed 0 to 9 (10 elements).

QUOTE(Norm Kirchner @ Jan 2 2008, 11:37 AM) Looks like a cool program. The site says it will eventualy become something else...any idea what? I'll have to play with it some more to decide if it's worth keeping.

QUOTE(venkatesh @ Dec 30 2007, 09:24 PM) After googling the error it appears that some people have had success installing NI-DAQmx. Here is the http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/950/lang/en' target="_blank">link.

QUOTE(Dan Bookwalter @ Dec 28 2007, 12:12 PM) ALT+0176 will give you a smaller version. Hold either ALT key and type 0176 on the keypad (you must use the keypad - the numbers above the keyboard will not work). ALT+167 = º ALT+0176 = °

I use Outlook as my RSS feed reader and I've noticed that it is sometimes difficult to determine where the quote from a previous post ends and the reply begins. This is especially true when there are multiple quote tags with reply comments dumped throughout. Is anyone else having this problem? Is there a way to make this division a little more obvious in the RSS feeds?

QUOTE(Tomi Maila @ Dec 28 2007, 09:46 AM) This is one to hold on to. Thanks!

QUOTE(Aristos Queue @ Sep 2 2007, 07:16 AM) I know this is an old thread, but I found it while searching for the "industry standard" method for using the alignment grid. Unfortunately it looks like I'll have to form my own opinion as there does not seem to be a general consensus. I generally use snap to grid with the spacing set to 8 and resize to grid turned on. I guess I'll stick with that for now. AQ's comment reminded me of the start menu in Windows. When I switched to Vista I finally decided to give the "new" start menu style that first came out with XP a try. The first thing I always did when I sat down to a new PC was change the start menu to "classic" style (Windows 95/98) and turned off the "use personalized menus" option. After 2 months of strugling with the default menu style (I had changed my XP box at home to use the default style as well) I have now happily set everything back to "classic". I gave it a try and decided I still hate it! That said I love the new banner menu system in Office 2007. Microsoft got it right on that one...

The help files for the DB Tools VIs use the older .hlp format. These files are normally opened using WinHlp32.exe, but this file does not ship with Windows Vista. Vista uses the newer .chm files. This can be resolved by manually downloading WinHlp32.exe from Microsoft (see Microsoft KB article 917607) but it would be much more convenient if the LabVIEW .hlp files could be converted. This has been assigned CAR #4FSAA8OK by NI.

QUOTE(Loganxyz3129 @ Dec 26 2007, 09:33 AM) Welcome to LAVA. I can't help you on this one, but I can give you some advice on how this forum tends to work. If you give a problem your best shot, then post what you have done so far, sample code if you have it, and specific questions about what you are stuck on you will usually get replies fast. If you post a generic "please do my homework for me" request, you will not generally get much help. There is a webcast available at http://www.ni.com/swf/flv/labview/us/vista/vr/ with a quick example of speech recog using the built in Windows Vista capabilities. Good Luck, Toby

QUOTE(BrokenArrow @ Dec 20 2007, 03:02 PM) The left bracket is used in forming regularexpressions, so you have to use the regular expression for left bracket "\[" (or "\\[" if you are using slash codes).

QUOTE(tcplomp @ Dec 18 2007, 10:48 PM) Thanks for the replies. This is the way I ended up doing it, I was just hoping there was something a little more compact. I googled the VI and found the patent that NI filed that describes it (Patent # 7159183 - Discussed under Figure 13) and it says: QUOTE name/order identifies the name or order, e.g. zplane order, of the object for which to obtain a reference. The name/order input may be a simple string, an array of strings, or a numeric constant. An array of names may be used if the object is a nested object. For example, to access the status boolean of an error cluster in an array called "myArray", the name array may be: ["myArray", NULL, "status"]. I thought I should be able to do something with an array of names to "drill down" to the indicator ["myPane", "myBoolean"]. Unfotunately everything I tried crashed LabVIEW.

I'm was playing with the Open VI Object Reference function today, but I'm having trouble getting it to work in one application. My front panel is divided into 3 panes and I'm trying to access a boolean indicator in one of the panes. I'm confused about the name/order convention that the VI accepts. Using just the control name does not work. I've tried Pane#/control name and many other variations of the same. Can anyone point me in the right direction (or is there an easier way to get the job done)?

QUOTE( @ Dec 18 2007, 08:27 AM) I don't understand what you are asking. Can you post a sample of your code with some comments that explain what you are trying to do?

QUOTE(Justin Goeres @ Dec 17 2007, 04:13 PM) That's creative, I like it. I was trying to come up with a way to use the Pick Line function, but all I had come up with was iterating through each line until the output was equal to the string to append (indicating you have passed the last line). It would be nice if there was a function that would return the number of lines in a multiline string or, like you mentioned, if this one would accept negative numbers.

QUOTE(Aristos Queue @ Dec 17 2007, 02:04 PM) I'll admit it. That is much more fun (and creative) than dropping balls on a scale (although both can waste a surprising amount of time). I haven't played Portal yet (I'll have to hold out until Christmas to see if Santa brings me the orange box), but Narbacular Drop is a neat game. It really makes you think in 3D.

QUOTE(jlokanis @ Dec 17 2007, 02:27 PM) Forget the book, just post the project when you're all done!

I am using a multiline string indicator to display test information as it happens. I occasionally need to overwrite the last line of the indicator. For example one test runs 50 times, so I display: Executing test XXX - Run 01 of 50 I then overwrite that line with: Executing test XXX - Run 02 of 50 etc. For now, I use the OpenG VIs to convert my string to a 1D array, overwrite the last element, and then convert it back into a string. I have attached my current method, but I'm thinking that there could be a more efficient way...any ideas? Thanks, Toby

QUOTE(Norm Kirchner @ Dec 15 2007, 10:31 AM) The better deal would be to buy it at ewiz.com for $26 and send in the $26 mail in rebate that Zonet is offering right now. http://www.ewiz.com/images/rebate/62%20-%20Zonet%20MIR%2012-10%20to%2012-21.pdf' target="_blank">Zonet MIR :ninja:

QUOTE(silver @ Dec 12 2007, 09:40 PM) You're almost there. You can use the Write to Spreadsheet File.vi in the File I/O pallete to write your data to a .csv file. Check the help file and examples to see how this vi works.

QUOTE(eaolson @ Dec 11 2007, 01:49 PM) That reminds me of my favorite math joke: What is the integral of 1/Cabin*d(Cabin)?

QUOTE(Aristos Queue @ Dec 11 2007, 11:39 AM) Clearly you just don't understand what constitutes a good time. It's not about the challenge, it's about the mindless waste of time and the feeling of triumph as you achieve a perfect equilibrium with your balls.

That's pretty good fun, but I probably should wait until I get home to play more so I don't get fired :thumbup:

QUOTE(Tomi Maila @ Dec 10 2007, 12:22 PM) That worked great. Thanks for the suggestion :thumbup: .

I want to make a splash screen that shows a progress bar as all the VIs in my program load. I can do this easily during development by using the List Directory VI to get an array of VI names and then use a for loop to create a reference to each one (thus loading it into memory). I use the iteration terminal of the for loop to drive the progress bar and I can display the VI name if I want to. See attachment. My problem is how to make this work once the application is built. Is there a way to extract the VI names from the EXE in LV8.5?

QUOTE(Stevio @ Dec 10 2007, 07:19 AM) There is an entire set of signal processing VIs that should do everything you need. I think they are part of the DSP toolkit.