Darren's Weekly Nugget 04/19/2010

[LabBEAN]

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tst wrote:

Unfortunately, that post is probably a waste, as I'm guessing most people don't remember that LV used to ship with such a card back in the days when NI would still consume a forest the size of Brazil for its documentation and thus don't get the reference.

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NI stopped shipping the glossy reference card?  (SRL doesn't include doc's, so didn't realize.)  We hand these out at classes and user groups, and they seem to be a hit.  See attached.  When I asked for a "master-list" I didn't realize this was the master list...

[GovBob]

That card is also available in the manuals folder under LabVIEW.

[JackDunaway]

R.I.P. DJ Supersoak

[ceties]

There is one shortcut I discovered recently just by chance Ctrl-Shift-R. It might be handy for somebody.

 

Message Edited by ceties on 04-20-2010 02:19 AM

[tst]

I'm not sure if NI stopped shipping the card altogether, but I don't get it anymore, nor the other documents.

[JackDunaway]

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ceties wrote:

There is one shortcut I discovered recently just by chance Ctrl-Shift-R. It might be handy for somebody.

 

Message Edited by ceties on 04-20-2010 02:19 AM

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This does not work for me, and I have tried on 3 versions. Is there an environment setting?

[RavensFan]

That pixel ruler looks like a pretty useful thing to use for some front panel arranging.

But I don't see what that has to do with Ctrl-Shift-R.

[tbob]

I printed the ruler and glued it to some cardboard stock, then cut it out.  Makes a handy-dandy tool.  I used it to measure the width and height of my monitor, and it measures 1680 x 1050 pixels, just like the setting I set.  Of course if I change the setting, the ruler will still measure 1680 x 1050.  If one could bring up the ruler with a keyboard shortcut, would the ruler re-size to match the screen resolution?

[ceties]

Sorry guys. My bad. I just realized that it also works outside LabVIEW. I tracked it down to pickpick screen capture (http://picpick.wiziple.net). It has global shortcuts. Sorry for the confusion.

[JackDunaway]

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ceties wrote:

Sorry guys. My bad. I just realized that it also works outside LabVIEW. I tracked it down to pickpick screen capture (http://picpick.wiziple.net). It has global shortcuts. Sorry for the confusion.

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I had a hunch that was an add-on separate from LabVIEW. But not just because I couldn't get it to work on my LabVIEW - the gradient was the tip-off. And, if there was one, it would look more like this: