DIAdem Idea Exchange

Sometimes it is necessary to call a procedure with an optional argument. VB provides an opportunity to do so: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f25e2b6b.aspx. I created a little workaround which is not working in every case, for example not, when the optional parameter is at the last position of the argument list.

Call Example1(1,) 'throws an error message
Call Example1(1) 'throws an error message
Call Example2(1,,3) 'works

' Not working
Sub Example1(param1, param2)
    If VarType(param2) = 10 Then param2 = 0
End Sub

' Working
Sub Example2(param1, param2, param3)
    If VarType(param2) = 10 Then param2 = 0
End Sub

My idea is to introduce optional parameters for procedures in the argument list with the possibility to define a default value.

Sub Example1(param1, Optional ByVal param2 = 0)

In specification for MME files is defined that "Additional descriptors" are written with "." dot as first character of descriptors.

In Diadem the properties of channel cant begin with ".", so diadem replaces it with "_", but Diadem MME data plugin loads MME files without these properties.

Could you please implement it that it will load these descriptors as well?

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Now when i export data by MME export plugin, its doesnt collect and save Additional descriptors and after calling the function 'DataFileSave("", "MMEExport")' i must manually open each file created, parse it and add Additional descriptors by checking each line of the file. I got problem there when i got files with lot of values, because using functions "TextfileWriteLn" or methods of Scripting.FileSystemObject takes really long time.

If the data plugin export all descriptors, it would solve the problem im facing.

For example channel with 500.000 values takes minutes to "recreate" the file with just few new lines added.

Hi,

I'm been developing with Diadem for a year in a large company. We develop applications for our client trying to solve their issues and improving the data analysis and productivity. 

Now, we have 4 applications already released and one more is incoming and every time a new update comes, and especially when a big new version is, we find the same problem... Why Diadem doesn't have any standalone-like option?

In order to be able to run our app, our clients have to buy a Diadem license, at least the smallest one, and of course, our license. If we could make a runnable standalone application, installing previously some kind of runtime for Diadem, we will be able to make more attractive our application for our clients...

In addition, LABview have this option, you can make a Vi project and export it as standalone, library or exe application, making it independent to any license. (You have to install the runtime before to run the app). 

I will appreciate some answer,