Labview 8.6 first impression

[Pnt]

I just downloaded the Labview 8.6. So here is my first impression.

It has not large improvements, so i think that is the reason it is called 8.6 and not 9.

One nice feature is the ability to make Express vis. (this was an extra toolkit i think).

This is very usefull if you have vis with many inputs which are complicated and not easy to remember. Instead of using the help window to explain each input (which is not very handy), now you can use express vis. Express vis are easy to use by other programmers too. So if a company has more than one Labview programmer, this will be a very usefull tool.

Although i think Express vis have a performance hit. If you need speed use normal vis.

One other nice tip is the ability to autowire input and output tunnel in multiple cases. You don't have to go to every case and wire it, anymore.

Something i did not like: Decorations still, can not have a name ! Everything in front panel should have an ID, and it's ref should be easy to access from block diagram.

[Ray.R]

Thanks for sharing.  I didn'r realize that it would be available for download before NI Week.

I agree with you that decorations should at least have an ID which can be referenced from the Block Diagram.   I had an application where it would have been useful.  Ended up using a TAB control instead 😞 

R

[altenbach]

A link always helps:

Introducing LabVIEW 8.6

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[tst]

Try clicking Ctrl+Space.

I'm sure you'll also find one of Darren's nuggets about this in the coming weeks.

[tst]

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tst wrote:

Try clicking Ctrl+Space.

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P.S. I've been using a similar tool for quite some time.

[muks]

Thanx pnt for sharing your feeling abt 8.6. by the way have you any idea of the release of the next imaq?

[Pnt]

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muks wrote:
have you any idea of the release of the next imaq?

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I have no idea. Maybe someone else can help.....

[Aashish_M]

Have a look at NI Vision Acquisition Software. This is the latest set for LabVIEW 8.6.

[Xavier.Berger]

Joe,

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but you already can access to decoration programmatically by using a panel reference,
then you have a reference for all the decorations of your panel ...

Here is a little exemple :



Xavier


Message Edité par xa le 08-06-2008 02:10 PM

[Mythilt]

Yeah, the problem there xa is that there is no easy way to 'know' which decoration is which.  You can access the decoration, but the only way to know that you have the flat box under your positioning buttons instead of the arrow pointing to the nuke the world button is trial and error.  If there were a label associated with the decoration, it would make life much much easier.