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TheyCallMeTim

Bring back the Error Ring Constant!

Status: Completed
The Error Ring in LabVIEW 2012 and later provides this functionality.

Vanishing mysteriously in LabVIEW 8, the Error Ring Constant is much missed.  Sure, we all have our own copies squirreled away but it was still nice to find it there on the Additional Numeric Constants pallet.

 

For those who never used this little gem, it was a ring containing the name of the first 100 or so built-in LabVIEW error codes.  It was especially useful when using the Error Cluster From Error Code VI to create a quick error.  You would just pick an error that sounded something like what was happening (End of File, Argument Error, Device Not Found, or the ever popular Generic Error, to name a few) then add your own error message and you're done.

 

I realize that there are more sophisticated error methods available (user errors, etc.) but this was both simple and effective.

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TCPlomp
Trusted Enthusiast

OpenG has an (old) version of the enum.

 

Ton.

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MattP
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Update to old thread for anybody landing here from a search (like my customer did): a very nice implementation of the Error Ring is present starting in LV 2012.

Cheers,

Matt Pollock
National Instruments
Darren
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Status changed to: Completed
The Error Ring in LabVIEW 2012 and later provides this functionality.