OK, but let's consider the source. He is a novice user, who got blindsided. His situation demanded a new computer and new software. What he got in the mail was LV8. He is struggling to debug code in 7.x with not a lot of help or training, then the program he inherited was broken in LV8. This post was the result of a rant. I remember having similar concerns when LV4 released and re-organized my palettes and forced me to change the way I did things. I was very unhappy, but I grew. I think we should not bash him for what he could have done, rather inform him on what he can do to remedy the situation. My original posting was meant to try and defuse the rant and make the posting more constructive. He posted a more detailed post asking for help resolving his problem, and I believe he is up and running.
There are always going to be things that we do not like as software is up-reved. Take your pick of the product involved. There are some great things in LV8 but there are also things that are annoying as heck. I dislike the express VIs immensly. Specifically for two reasons...There is always a running process in the background when using express VIs. If you use enough of them, your development machine bogs down. NI made good strides to resolve this in the upgrade to 8 but the problem still persists. 2nd, all express VIs are reentrant... enough said on that for good and bad.
NI, to date, has done a poor job documenting the project explorer window (PhEW). I believe part of this is due to a last minute change eliminating GOOP. How are we suppose to be using the PhEW? I find myself starting to develop utilities for giving the PhEW enhanced capabilities, like auto-indexing of VIs in a directory, PhEW refresh to allow me to check in/out using other tools etc, but this has proven to be very time consuming.
I am sure others are doing the same.
I embrace the future, and am actively using LV8, dealing with things I do not like and taking advantage of the many things that I do like/love.
My $.02
Paul
Paul
