Community Nugget, 02/27/2008

[tst]

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Rod wrote:

1) I got the same problem of the BD alignment grid being turned off (as per craigc in msg 17)

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OK, now I see it too in 8.6. I didn't see what Craig saw because he mentioned the FP grid and this disables both grids, but only does it if you have the BD grid enabled. This definitely looks like an NI bug (I'm guessing caused by calling the Get Diagram Image method), but we'll need to look into it to see exactly what causes it and if we can work around it. You're welcome to try too if you'd like, since I don't know when I'll remember to get around to it.

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 2) If the BD is minimised when the CC tool is opened, the "All" option doesn't capture all of the BD.

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I'm not sure what you're talking about here. Your examples shows the entire BD just fine. If anything, it's the FP which is cropped.

Personally, testing your VI works fine in 8.6, both with the BD minimized and with the BD closed. I didn't run it on 7.0 at the moment, but I never remember seeing an issue like this there. You're saying that moving things around changes the result. Is it possible the CCT is capturing the visible portion instead of everything?

[Rod42]

Hi tst,

Thanks for the reply -- and my apologies. I've just rechecked; I must have been having a bad day when I wrote the message. Between seeing the problem, and writing about it I managed to swap the BD and FP in my mind, so it IS the (minimised) front panel that gets cropped, and moving front panel items around changes the extent of the cropping.  It only seems to affect the All mode. I know how to avoid the cropping (keep the window open), so it's not a problem for me, it just made me curious.  If I get a chance to, I'll investigate...

Incidantally, on an empty VI both FP and BD alignment grids get turned off.

Rod.

PS. The CCT is an indispensible tool in my documentation writing!

[TCPlomp]

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Rod wrote:

Hi tst,

I know how to avoid the cropping (keep the window open), so it's not a problem for me, it just made me curious.  If I get a chance to, I'll investigate...

Incidantally, on an empty VI both FP and BD alignment grids get turned off.

Rod.

PS. The CCT is an indispensible tool in my documentation writing!

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Some things to investigate:

• Does it happen at 'Hidden' FP as well
• Does it happen with multipane FPs

Good to hear you like the tool.

Ton

[tst]

The disabled alignment grid issue appears to be resolved in the current beta.

[TCPlomp]

Version 2.0 is released, I posted a nugget that Tst wrote.

Ton