how to build anintractive questionare using labview

[oborminto]

Hi everybody,

 I am working on Curriculum Developement where I would like to come up with an automated LabView questionare as an alternative solution to existing paper-based questionaires. I'm interested in using labview but I have no idea how to begin. could someone please help me out.

   I really,Really need this help.

[RavensFan]

Start with a flowchart about how you would program this in any language even if you weren't using LabVIEW.

[oborminto]

Now that is not helping much, I just need even a slight idea how to organize the whole thing (i.e the controls and indicators to use,the block diagram functions to use etc), for instance how to capture this question using labview.

How comfortable are you with computers?

•  very comfortable
•  comfortable
•  uncomfortable 

regards

[AdnanZ]

Well, the above suggestion will really help you get started. For example, what kind of quetions will they be, multiple choice, one-word answers? Do you want to put these questions (and answers/choices) into a database or a file, so they can pop up whenever a new session is started? If you give us a clear idea of how the questions and answers will be formulated, where they will be stored, how you want them to be presented, we should be able to give you good pointers on what kinds of features you can use in LabVIEW, both front panel controls/indicators and block diagram code. To answer these questions, you might need a flowchart as suggested above.

[Dennis_Knutson]

If you start with a good design specification (and the flow chart would be part of that), then your implementation would be derived from that. For example, one of the specs requires you to load questions from a database. That would demand you write a code module to read the database. If you jump straight into coding, you oftenjust end up with a mess. The top down design has always been my preferred appoach.

All that being said, pPerhaps you are not very experienced LabVIEW programmer? If you were, some of the basics such as radio buttons, clusters, arrays, and state machines should already be in the back of your mind. If you are not experienced and these are foriegn terms, then you really need to start with the free tutorials.

[oborminto]

Thank you so much Adnan,I know I may sound stupid asking these questions but its because I need help and would really love to use labVIEW and understand it even better (am not big in programming much less using text based languages,but I love labVIEW and would want to explore it even further! thats why I opted to use Labview in building this interactive and automated questionare).

This questionare should capture almost all the information that is required,thus it will include both detailed and one word answers. check boxes and radio buttons if possible. as you have pointed out,the questions should be put in a database and the corresponding answers also to be captured in a database for later analysis.

My labVIEW knowledge is not wide but am going through some materials at the moment plus your support and I hope to accomplish this within the shortest time possible.

regards

[oborminto]

Thank you Dennis,you are right,am not an experienced labVIEW programmer,but with you peoples help,I intend to be one. Thank you for the tutorial suggeston.

I was slightly in a hurry coz I have to make a prototype presentation of this labVIEW questionare on Tuesday.

regards.

[Dennis_Knutson]

That's different. A prototype of the user interface is usually part of the design process. Here's something quick to get you started. Saved as 8.0 since you did not mention what version you are using.

[jcarmody]

Crossposted.