Hi Michael and all > Yes, LV7.1 has this feature and the scrolling is > faster than PJM's utility.
Actually, the NI version work in a somewhat different fashion. I think NI might have thought it better than I did. Instead of moving the whole diagram(or panel), they are just moving a "visible area" rectangle (representing the visible area of either the diagram or panel) over the diagram (or panel) image. Upon looking at it, I realized that it probably was a smarter idea as it simplify a lot of issue and will probably result in faster scrolling. I tried to see if I could port NI version to 7.0, and it did not work. Among other thing NI is calling library function nodes (within LV I believe) which might speed up the scrolling. Another nice feature of NI version is that it will update the picture whenever the diagram(panel) changes. In my last release (1.5.0) of the tool, I used so locked VIs from NI version to do the "synchronized" scrolling. > Also, in the NI version, you cannot apply the > viewer to various loaded VI's or VI's on disk. This is true, also Bird's Eye View is working for Labview 6.x and 7.x :) > One thing I would love to see in the NI > implementation is the ability to hook into the > viewer programmatically. The whole NI package is located in: .LabVIEW 7.1 Root \resource\dialog\zoom_out.llb and I think the LV hook is the following VI: ZoomOut_LaunchZoomOutTool.vi PJM --- Michael Aivaliotis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Probably eventually might be quicker than you > think. The link below > > lists the new features in 7.1, fourth on the list. > > > > And no, NI isn't just ripping off the idea, it has > been in > > the works for > > awhile, but had to wait for some notifications > before it worked well > > enough for us to support. Whichever you use, > remember it > > isn't meant to > > encourage large diagrams. SubVIs are GOOD. So > enjoy. > > Yes, LV7.1 has this feature and the scrolling is > faster than PJM's utility. I don't mean to downplay > the usefulness of the Bird's > eye view utility. I think it is a great example of > well written code. Also, in the NI version, you > cannot apply the viewer to > various loaded VI's or VI's on disk. > > One thing I would love to see in the NI > implementation is the ability to hook into the > viewer programmatically. This would allow the > ability to program our own usefull tools around the > viewer window. > > Michael Aivaliotis > <http://mmwis.com> > <http://lavausergroup.org> > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/
