Darren's Occasional Nugget 07/24/2012

[rolfk]

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@for(imstuck) wrote:

Also you now need to put controls down for any default values you want. This could result in hidden controls on front panels that could get to be confusing for additional developers picking up the project.

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I'm aware of that but consider that post in the context of the original post. Then it's a very logical extension not a constraint.

And I usually only have this problem for situations like in the idea exchange situation and my solution has been always either to use the Index Array  with -1 index or the Resize Array solution as explained by GregR.

[Darin.K]

I am wondering if this is a feature or a bug about to get fixed in a future version of LV. http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Article-The-Diagram-Disable-Structure-causes-bugs/m-p/704646#M322808

[rolfk]

Well considering that there was a CAR issued I think this was recognized as bug and not as feature. What that exactly means (a bug is by definition a behaviour that doesn't match the documented behaviour and can always be fixed in two ways: Change the documentation to describe the actual behaviour or change the implemenation to adhere to the documentation) is hard to say. Also NI does not publish any timelines for fixing bugs. The best you can get is an admission that a specific bug has been adressed and the fix will be included in the next release, but even that is by exception, not as a rule. Normally you can see it on the list of bugs addressed in the release notes.