Micro-Nuggets !!! ~~~~ Post 'em if you got 'em

[Christina_R]

Controls appearing on the diagram is a bug and not a supported feature. I very much recommend that you do not build VIs with them and report any ways you find to create them so that we can fix the editor.

[tbob]

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@Christina R wrote:

Controls appearing on the diagram is a bug and not a supported feature. I very much recommend that you do not build VIs with them and report any ways you find to create them so that we can fix the editor.

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Awww Christina.  Now you went and spoiled all their fun... 

[ShotSimon]

When selecting physical channels within NI Hardware such "NI DAQ Example Acq&Graph Voltage-Int Clk"

You could type:  Dev1/ai3, Dev1/ai1

To select Channel 1 and Channel 3

Or you can click browse and hold down ctrl and select individual Channels.

-SS

[JonN]

Lil' nugget to extract enum text:

[Yamaeda]

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@JonN wrote:

Lil' nugget to extract enum text:

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You can also use Scan from string to convert text to Enum, quite useful. 🙂 /Y

[paul_a_cardinale]

It's kind of complicated, so the easiest thing to do is just copy the one I posted, then change the boolean text to what you want.

If you really want to create one from scratch, here's how:

[paul_a_cardinale]

The editor won't let you do it.  It takes scritpting.  I discovered this while checking the error handling in a utility I was working on.  I had it do something I was sure would throw an error, namely, put a constant on the FP; but instead of getting an error, I got a constant on the FP.  Maybe it's best if I don't post the details.

[Christina_R]

I really hope no one is under the impression that everything you can do with Scripting is safe to do. Many Scripting properties and methods having poor or non-existent error handling. It's a powerful feature but requires careful, responsible use.

[SteveChandler]

How can we tell if we are being safe and responsible? Can it really hurt anything by putting a constant on the front panel?

[Ben]

The nature of this thread is drifting.

I have started a thread fragment in the Breakpoint to continue the discussion of scripting here.

Ben