Where to place Sequence Locals in a Sequence Frame? up, down, left right?

[NIquist]

Uh-Oh! It looks like the torches & pitchforks are coming out. Run for the hills Johannes!

Of course it's all very good advice. You'd be surprised at how difficult it is to break out of bad coding practices once they're established.

And we're not mocking (or knocking) you. Most, if not all of us were in the same boat when we discovered LabVIEW. I wish I had known about this forum when I first started. (LV4, was it even around???)

Message Edited by NIquist on 05-20-2010 10:13 AM

[Ben]

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NIquist wrote:

Uh-Oh! It looks like the torches & pitchforks are coming out. Run for the hills Johannes!

Of course it's all very good advice. You'd be surprised at how difficult it is to break out of bad coding practices once they're established.

And we're not mocking (or knocking) you. Most, if not all of us were in the same boat when we discovered LabVIEW. I wish I had known about this forum when I first started. (LV4, was it even around???)

Message Edited by NIquist on 05-20-2010 10:13 AM

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No it wasn't around for LV 4. All we had back then was Info-LabVIEW, which is text only no code, no images! Its a wonder we ever figured anything out without images.

WE also had LabVIEW Technical Resource that only came out quarterly and was blue ink on manilla paper.

is it any wonder our code was a mess back then? The only examples we ever saw (aside from LTR) where the shipping examples.

I still think it is THIS FORUM that has really established the standard for LV programming.

Ben

[NIquist]

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Ben wrote:

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NIquist wrote:

Uh-Oh! It looks like the torches & pitchforks are coming out. Run for the hills Johannes!

Of course it's all very good advice. You'd be surprised at how difficult it is to break out of bad coding practices once they're established.

And we're not mocking (or knocking) you. Most, if not all of us were in the same boat when we discovered LabVIEW. I wish I had known about this forum when I first started. (LV4, was it even around???)

Message Edited by NIquist on 05-20-2010 10:13 AM

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No it wasn't around for LV 4. All we had back then was Info-LabVIEW, which is text only no code, no images! Its a wonder we ever figured anything out without images.

WE also had LabVIEW Technical Resource that only came out quarterly and was blue ink on manilla paper.

is it any wonder our code was a mess back then? The only examples we ever saw (aside from LTR) where the shipping examples.

I still think it is THIS FORUM that has really established the standard for LV programming.

Ben

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Now I don't feel so bad about all the embarrasing code I wrote back then.   Thanks Ben!

[Ray.R]

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Ben wrote: 

I still think it is THIS FORUM that has really established the standard for LV programming.

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... agreed ...

No, there weren't any forums back in LV4 days.  The only thing was some odd Bulletin Boards.  And I didn't know about Info-LV.

Will we be remembered when we're old and grey or when our ashes are spread over the ocean of blue screens....???

[Ben]

Info-LabVIEW is still alive and well.

Dr Scott Hanna still runs it.

THe following is a cut-n-paste from the 17-May-2010 issue that will tell you how to subscribe.

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[Ray.R]

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Ray.R wrote:  And I didn't know about Info-LV. (back then)

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Actually, thanks Ben.

I think I had joined Info-LabView at one point, but I would no longer remember what login or email address I would have been using at the time.

I should re-subscribe.

Thanks.