Re: Driver Templates

2004-04-24 Thread Tom Hawkins
tly the problem is one of applying these principles of consistency or distinctiveness across the board. Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput Screening Analyst, Associated Octel ltd PO Box 17, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 4HF, UK +44 (0)151 355 3611 [

Re: Driver Templates

2004-04-20 Thread Tom Hawkins
collection of symbols became established as a standard. I'd be happy to pass on these comments to the appropriate person at NI and to offer more feedback if it's desired - would the 'product feedback' or 'ni.com feedback' form be appropriate? Tom Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput Screening Analyst, Associated Octel ltd PO Box 17, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 4HF, UK +44 (0)151 355 3611 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/

Re: Driver Templates

2004-04-15 Thread Tom Hawkins
NI obviously know what a graphic designer is (see the 3D controls in LV6 onwards), couldn't they get one to just spend a day or so on bringing some kind of order to this mess? Well written LabVIEW code should look beautiful - IMHO these symbols are an eyesore! Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput S

Re: Driver Templates

2004-04-13 Thread Tom Hawkins
ersion 7. In my LV5 installation the instrument driver templates are in examples/instr/insttmpl inside the LabVIEW program folder. Is this what you're looking for, or are these some other templates we're talking about? Tom Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput Screening Analyst, Ass

"Ross, Michael"

2004-03-30 Thread Tom Hawkins
need to be able to detect that they have pressed (for example) 'Q' and this should immediately change the focus to a different control, or is it OK that they have to press Enter to update the numeric first? These things might affect the best way to achieve what you are looking for. Ho

Re: [W] Data link Serial port

2004-03-25 Thread Tom Hawkins
No need for flaky time delays or polling the number of bytes at the port! If your current VISA version is less than 3.0.1, it might be worth upgrading - search the NI site for "visa 3.0.1" (with the quotes) to find the installer. Good luck, and once you're converted to the VISA w

Re: USB-serial

2004-03-23 Thread Tom Hawkins
that by default, VISA maps devices ASRL10::INSTR through ASRL13::INSTR to parallel ports, so you may need to remove these assignments in MAX before you can use all your additional serial ports. Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput Screening Analyst, Associated Octel ltd PO Box 17, Ellesmere Port, Cheshir

Re: QX3 Intel microscope

2004-03-21 Thread Tom Hawkins
bottom illumination! Thanks! Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput Screening Analyst, Associated Octel ltd PO Box 17, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 4HF, UK +44 (0)151 355 3611 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/

Re: Sorting 1d array of alphanumeric strings

2004-03-21 Thread Tom Hawkins
's sorting routines to work exactly the way you're looking for. You could try contacting the author, Stuart Cheshire, for details of the algorithm - his web page says this can be included in other products as long as it's credited. http://www.naturalordersort.org/ Dr Tom Hawkins

Re: [W] QX3 Intel microscope

2004-03-11 Thread Tom Hawkins
an make a hidden titlebar reveal. > >Snap images ... Can you elaborate please George? Do you mean that your G Toolbox can do this? By 'snap images' do you mean you know a way of capturing images directly from the camera? Thanks Tom Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput Screening Analyst, As

Re: [A] Infinite continuous logging of 16 TV (A+V) channels

2004-03-02 Thread Tom Hawkins
te and disc space, I believe DV is generally considered the entry level for 'professional' quality, and a DV stream is 3.6 megabytes per second. Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput Screening Analyst, Associated Octel ltd PO Box 17, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 4HF, UK +44 (0)151 355 3611 [EM

Re: [W] File Dialog.vi only shows unseen files

2004-01-28 Thread Tom Hawkins
u allow or deny other applications read access to the opened file? (sorry I can't check the exact name of the terminal without LV in front of me). If you're denying reads, I wonder if this interferes with the operation of the file dialog. Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput Scree

Looking for information on flow injection analysis kit

2004-01-08 Thread Tom Hawkins
f you go for information on obsolete instruments? Is there a specialist supplier of old manuals somewhere? Thanks in advance for any help... Tom Dr Tom Hawkins High Throughput Screening Analyst, Associated Octel ltd PO Box 17, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 4HF, UK +44 (0)151 355 3611 [