LabVIEW Idea Exchange

Hello Guys,

as we are transforming our Testing Application deployed as Executables to something more "state-of-the-art", I found the Remote Panels solution could suite our needs.

Remote Panels are a nice solution, but they rely on LabView RTE and Browser Plugin on the Client Machine. I don't think this is state-of-the-art, since the Web Technologies Wars have are over and Plugins lost the Fight.

I found some similar ideas in the Idea exchange, but none of them hit the point directly. So heres my Proposal:

Replace the reliance on LabView RTE and Browser Plugin with a HTML 5,JavaScript and Websockets solution, that runs on any modern Webbrowser!

This would bring the following Advantages:

- support for any client operating system (even IOS, Android, etc. possible)

- seamless support for Remote Panels in modern browsers (neither Chrome, Firefox, IE will support NPAPI in the future)

- take advantage of all the PROS of modern web technology (e.g. responsive UI to support Touch UI targets)

- since no Plugin is needed, Clients will have no Security concerns (remember Adobe Flash concerns at Apple)

- no need for any NI customer to build an own HTML5 remote panel solution to bridge this obvious gap of Labview Functionality.

I know there are solutions for Windows Remote Control like VNC, but this does not offer a target UI adjustment for the application. So for example a Ipad Target will not change its UI to be Touch-friendly for the User.

I hope you support the Idea! Best regards and thanks for the Attention, Philipp

One of the many attractive things about LabVIEW, is the fact that if you can think logically, most likely, you could write LabVIEW code. However, there are lots of coding opportunities in the world, that require code that is developed in C or C++, especially products that use embedded SW.

Since "G" is based upon "C", I was wondering if it would be feasible to create a development tool that would allow the user to develop in LabVIEW, but also convert or create equivalent "C" or "C++" code that could could literally be inserted into a program. I've used the .dll creation utility for C developers to use in various "test" type applications, but have yet to find a way to use that method constructively for embedded projects.