LabVIEW 8.6?!

[Phillip Brooks]

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Learn More about LabVIEW 8.6

• To learn more about new LabVIEW 8.6 features, visit the LabVIEW 8.6 portal.
  

Link to:

http://www.ni.com/labview86/upgrade.htm

LabVIEW 8.6 Release Notes

Happy reading!!!

[ASTDan]

I can't get to the bug fixes page?

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch...625745D0048CDAF

I am assuming this will get unlocked next week.

Dan

[David Wisti]

In the upgrade notes I noticed the following:

Queue Operations Function

The Queue Operations palette includes the following new function:

• Lossy Enqueue Element

[JDave]

I looked at the upgrade notes, and not having done any beta testing I was quite happy to see a few upgrades that will be nice for me.

Updating properties of multiple items at once (though this wasn't too much of a surprise, given various hints)

Quick Drop for keyboard shortcuts to palette items (look familiar, Yair?)

and the Tunnel Wiring Wizard ! built into LabVIEW

[Val Brown]

QUOTE (JDave @ Aug 1 2008, 08:18 AM)

I looked at the upgrade notes, and not having done any beta testing I was quite happy to see a few upgrades that will be nice for me.

Updating properties of multiple items at once (though this wasn't too much of a surprise, given various hints)

Quick Drop for keyboard shortcuts to palette items (look familiar, Yair?)

and the Tunnel Wiring Wizard ! built into LabVIEW

What about the fix to the WMP container so that it can retain its size instead of resetting to the default sizing of the currently selected media file?

[Phillip Brooks]

QUOTE (David Wisti @ Aug 1 2008, 10:41 AM)

Queue Operations Function

The Queue Operations palette includes the following new function:

• Lossy Enqueue Element

Wishes sometimes really do come true! (October 2006)

Thank you, Aristos!

[viSci]

Anybody know if the new RT I/O variables will have an API associated with them to allow programmatic access by name?

[David Wisti]

QUOTE (Phillip Brooks @ Aug 1 2008, 02:16 PM)

Wishes sometimes really do come true! (October 2006)

Thank you, Aristos!

I can't wait to start using these lossy queues. I've been using Shared Variables as lossy queues but there is no way to preview or know how many elements are in a shared variables queues.

[Norm Kirchner]

Has anyone seen if you can now work/develop with an XControl even if it's loaded on a front panel?

[DerekLV]

QUOTE (David Wisti @ Aug 1 2008, 02:47 PM)

I can't wait to start using these lossy queues. I've been using Shared Variables as lossy queues but there is no way to preview or know how many elements are in a shared variables queues.

Forgive my ignorance, but what's a lossy queue? How does it differ from a regular queue?

Thanks,

Derek

[LAVA 1.0 Content]

QUOTE (DerekLV @ Aug 1 2008, 04:17 PM)

Forgive my ignorance, but what's a lossy queue? How does it differ from a regular queue?

Thanks,

Derek

Its a queue that is not guarenteed to delivery everything that was posted. It works like a conveyor belt with a bucket at the end. If a worker does not pick-up the widget when the belt shifts for the next new widget added, the oldest drops off into the bit-bucket.

Ben

[Aristos Queue]

QUOTE (Norm Kirchner @ Aug 1 2008, 02:56 PM)

Has anyone seen if you can now work/develop with an XControl even if it's loaded on a front panel?

You already can. Pop up on the XControl in the project tree and unlock it. When done editing, pop up and apply changes.This was possible since at least 8.2 and I think it was in 8.0 when XControls originally released. (I wouldn't know... I really didn't use 8.0... 8.2 was a bit more important to me... you can guess why...).

QUOTE (Phillip Brooks @ Aug 1 2008, 01:16 PM)

Thank you,

Aristos

!

You're welcome. Oh... and check out the Notifier functionality at the same time... another wish granted.

[Mark Balla]

QUOTE (Norm Kirchner @ Aug 1 2008, 02:56 PM)

Has anyone seen if you can now work/develop with an XControl even if it's loaded on a front panel?

You can do this currently in 8.5 from the project tree.

Your Xcontrol will look like this when you are editing

When you are done go back and apply changes

[Norm Kirchner]

Suppose I should start using 8.5.....

[jgcode]

The new of ability of the **NEW** web service looks fantastic and finally no run-time....

With the new LabVIEW Web server, you can deploy VIs as Web services, which you invoke via a request from a client using standard HTTP. Unlike options such as LabVIEW remote panels and shared variables, the clients you build to communicate with a deployed VI do not require the LabVIEW run-time engine, which means you can use any Web-based client technology, including common languages such as HTML, JavaScript, and Adobe Flash.

This all helps with integration into existing systems using NI hardware...

Good one! Can't wait to try it!

[JG starts counting down the days until DevSuite arrives]