VI Shots Podcast Guest Appearance
Michael Aivaliotis interviewed me for an episode of his VI Shots podcast. You can hear us chat about the Bookmarks feature in LabVIEW 2013, secret INI tokens (e.g. enabling Ctrl-B to bold text), and my...
View ArticleLabVIEW 2014
Make informed decisions fast with LabVIEW 2014! Learn more at ni.com/labview/whatsnew Here are some of my favorite features of this latest release: Preserving Data when Updating Type Definitions...
View ArticleQuickBold
Have you ever been editing text in LabVIEW and tried to use Ctrl-B to make text bold? It doesn’t work, because Ctrl-B is the keyboard shortcut for Remove Broken Wires. In LabVIEW 2013 and later,...
View ArticleBlog Shutting Down, Hopefully Temporarily
I regret to say that the Eyes on VIs blog will be shutting down on Wednesday, August 13, 2014. I hope to find a different web host to bring it back later. I’ll let everyone know via Twitter...
View ArticleMoved to New Web Host Successfully
Good news! A colleague at NI has helped me move Eyes on VIs to a new host. You should continue to have uninterrupted access to all the existing content.
View ArticleSilver Decorations in LabVIEW 2014
In LabVIEW 2014, we’ve added a Decorations palette to the Silver category. It contains some shapes that we believe work well with Silver controls. The palette looks like this: [Note: You may notice I...
View ArticleDarren’s Guide to SubVI Panels as Modal Dialogs
Darren Nattinger has posted an excellent “How To Guide” for using subVI panels as modal dialogs on his LabVIEW Artisan blog.
View ArticleLabVIEW 2015 Beta
In case you haven’t heard, the LabVIEW 2015 Beta program is currently active. I’ve already improved one new feature based on user feedback, so I encourage you to try out the Beta and join the...
View ArticleLabVIEW 2015
It’s NIWeek 2015, and NI has announced LabVIEW 2015! Check out the press release, watch the What’s New in LabVIEW video, and read about the new features in the Upgrade Notes. The biggest “new feature”...
View ArticleFiltering Search Results in LabVIEW 2015
LabVIEW 2015 has a few “unpublished” features, like the hyperlink display text that I mentioned in my previous post. These features have some rough edges but are available if you want to experiment...
View ArticleLabVIEW 2016 and NI Technology Preview
NIWeek 2016 was awesome and inspiring. Thank you to everyone who attended, presented, or worked on the logistics of this amazing event! The big news for LabVIEW was the release of LabVIEW 2016 with a...
View ArticleNIWeek 2017
It feels strange to be saying this in May, but it’s almost time for NIWeek 2017! For those of you attending NIWeek, please stop by the UX (User Experience) feedback area in the Expo. My teammates and I...
View ArticleLabVIEW 2018
I hope NIWeek 2018 was as fun and exciting for all the attendees as it was for me! If you weren’t able to attend, you can still watch the keynotes online. One of the big announcements was, of course,...
View ArticleNIWeek 2019
I had a fantastic time at NIWeek 2019! It was great to learn things, meet people, and catch up with friends. If you didn’t get to attend or there were sessions that you missed, the technical sessions...
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