labview viewer

[gdwebb01]

Hi,

I'm documenting some code for my PhD thesis. It has taken me 4 years to write, very big - 60 subvi's, 12 libraries etc.

I will need to present a copy for the examiner to look through, but must assume (s)he doesn't have access to LabVIEW. Print to jpeg produces 758 image files, which clearly isn't practical. The print to html keeps crashing.

A free viewer would be very useful! Has anything changed since the last post on this thread?  

Thanks

Graham

[yenknip]

The LabVIEW evaluation would be able to open and view all of the project items

[johnsold]

Graham,

Although you may not be in a position to make this argument, I would claim that anyone reviewing a LabVIEW based dissertation needs to be competent at LV and would likely have access.  I would be very wary of a reviewer who did not.

Lynn

[smercurio_fc]

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@johnsold wrote:

Graham,

Although you may not be in a position to make this argument, I would claim that anyone reviewing a LabVIEW based dissertation needs to be competent at LV and would likely have access.  I would be very wary of a reviewer who did not.

Lynn

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Indeed. After all, is your PhD for programming in LabVIEW, or is it for something else? Are they evaluating your programming prowess, or your algorithm? An algorithm should be presented differently so it can be evaluated by someone who doesn't know the specifics of the programming language you chose to implement the algorithm. Could the algorithm be implemented in C and your PhD thesis still be valid?

[gdwebb01]

Lynn and smercurio_fc,

You are both correct, I am not being judged on my LabVIEW skills per se. I am documenting the algorithms at the moment, which can be implemented in many other languages, but it would be a nice bonus to give the examiner a LV viewer. If anything they would be able to get a better idea of how much work has gone into my programming!

I imagine it would be a relatively simple task for NI to produce an image viewer that hyperlinks the VI images together according to the VI hierarchy. All the info is there in one form or other.

Graham