Shortening binary numbers in case structures

[aeastet]

I am not tring to offend. I believe that anyone could develop the methods that we have. I have never seen anything like what we do in any of the code that I have repaired or supported for our customers. I have seen small parts of what we do. We have deveoped a programming system that allows me to have simple or complicated controls with a simple structure. I have better flow control than any program that I have seen using LabVIEW. We have developed modules that I can drop in and generate reports with excel or many other programs simply by attachig two wires. You can also open excel file by simply attaching two wires. I have never purchased a tool kit from LabVIEW as you are locked into what they want you to do instead of learning how to do it yourself. I see questions about how this or that doesn't work in the report toolkit for LabVIEW and how it is generally explained as windows problems where my report generator does exactly what people are looking to do (i.e. multilpe XY series in excel). We also have modules for high speed camera control, download, and video development, PNP database (that is right a data base with no development, connect two and sometimes one wire and the data base takes care of itself). It really seems that LabView wants to keep you in thier box a for you not to think. Just buy this and that from them and why try to develop anything on your own when you can just buy a version from them that doesn't work and pay for an upgrade that may or maynot fix all of the issues they have with this version which is what drove us to start developing our own code for things like this. Vision was the biggest train wreck tht I every spent money on.

Sorry to get on the soap box. The simple solution is a great way to do what you need to do here. I was not tring to say other wise. Just break out and develop your own personality instead of being put into the LabView box.

[tst]

I fail to see how using tools written by someone else has anything to do with coding style, but here are a few points:

• Yes, NI wants to sell stuff. That must come as a real shock to everyone.
• Yes, not all the tools that NI writes are great. Some even have bugs or poor design.
• Microsoft changes the ActiveX interfaces between Office versions. This breaks code unless you specifically account for it. Not just LabVIEW code - I have seen the same thing with .NET.
• For some people, writing a custom simple solution is the way to go. For others, using a more complex and generic solution written by someone else is better.

[Albert.Geven]

Thanks TST for your wise words.
People who are teasing with just words and show nothing have no value to me.

[altenbach]

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aeastet wrote:
It really seems that LabView wants to keep you in thier box a for you not to think.

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LabVIEW is just a product. If you think it forces you not to think, I would make sure to wrap some foil around your head.

If LabVIEW allowed you to do all these things it cannot be too bad, right? 😉

I did not get much information out of your vague ramblings of code superiority, but I can guarantee that my code is prettier than yours and flows better (whatever that means). You just have to believe my word on this! 😄

Message Edited by altenbach on 01-16-2008 12:18 PM

[Ben]

Christian wrote;

 but I can guarantee that my code is prettier than yours and flows better (whatever that means). You just have to believe my word on this!

Ooh! ooh! a competition!

My money is on Christian since his code almost always out perfroms mine and I know its great looking code, since he actually pulls back the curtain and let us look.

Ben