03-15-2006 05:06 PM
03-15-2006 05:16 PM - edited 03-15-2006 05:16 PM
The Auto Tool rocks. I admit it takes some getting used to. And I definitely turn off the Auto Tool locking feature in Tools > Options (in case I do need to Tab or Space). In the rare circumstance where I need some tool behavior that the Auto Tool doesn't readily provide, I just shift-right click to bring up the Tools palettes and just keep going. Plus, the auto tool seems to get a little smarter with each LabVIEW release.
And just so y'all don't think I'm biased, there are NI people who disagree...one of my teammates, in fact, who is an old-school LabVIEW guy, hates the Auto Tool and has never switched to using it. But whenever I occasionally need to use an older, pre-autotool version of LabVIEW for whatever reason, I feel totally crippled having to Tab/Space every time I need a new tool.
You should find that after you get used to it, the Auto Tool speeds up your LabVIEW programming tremendously.
-D
Message Edited by Darren on 03-15-2006 05:17 PM
03-15-2006 05:20 PM
Absolutely! Use it 99.9 % of the time. The only time I go manual is to change text color.
Matt
03-15-2006 05:24 PM
03-15-2006 06:42 PM
I guess I belong to the old school. Never liked it.
-Khalid
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