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jtagg

Split-screen in DIAdem SCRIPT

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Active Participant on 10-04-2013 06:32 AM 7 Comment

When working in DIAdem SCRIPT, it is often necessary to work on more than one file at once. The way this is implemented at the moment is with tabs:

 

script before.png

 

However, it can be quite tedious to switch back and forth between 2 scripts for things like copy/pasting, comparing code or simply editing code on 2 files concurrently.

My suggestion would be for a SCRIPT editor with split screen functionality, roughly like this:

 

script after.png

 

With many users working with widescreens today, this would better make use of screen real-estate.

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TCPlomp

Add auto-save to SCRIPT, REPORT and VIEW

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 11-23-2010 09:39 AM 4 Comment

I was fiddling with some DIADem Scripts and manage to crash DIADem twice, unfortunatly my VIEW, REPORTS and SCRIPTS weren't auto-saved.

 

That is kinda bad, so please add an autosave option.

 

Ton

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Lukas.Doubek

Scripts panel, moving tabs/sheets of opened scripts

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 05-12-2016 04:15 AM 3 Comment

Changing the order of opened scripts (tabs) manually would be awesome feature. Now its a bit frustrating when u got scripts in different folders and you would like to change the order when you work on more than one script.

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Shawn_S.

Time shift data feature

Status: Completed Submitted by on 01-17-2012 03:00 PM 1 Comment

Lately there has been a need by many individuals to shift data for one reason or another.  Possibly the data was collected without using a trigger to synch everything or just collected with an inevitable delay.

 

Would R&D look into a function that could mark two points in a customer's data and then align/shift the data so a comparison may be done of one data set against another?

 

Thanks!

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ivoG

Code completion across different script files

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 04-30-2013 02:08 AM 3 Comment

It should be possible to use the code completion functionality for classes one has written, even when the class is in another VBS file and included by “ScriptInclude”. Now that competion feature works only if the class is defined within the same VBS file as one writes the code which uses this class. That would make the developers live much easier, I am sure I am not the only one who writes code which is distributed over several files Smiley Wink

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Simon_S

Advanced Search: search for several channels with different characteristics

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 09-09-2019 03:59 AM 2 Comment

 

 

Currently you can only search for one channel at the same time with the advanced search as shown in the first graphic. if you select two channels at once, no search results will be found.
Diadem Bsp1.PNG
 

It would be very helpful if you could search for several channels with different characteristics at once.

for example, one could look for measurements that contain a first channel with a particular property and at the same time contain a second channel with a different property. It would also be helpful if the different properties of the search were linked by setting the brackets.

here's an example

Diadem Bsp2.PNG

such a function would greatly facilitate the evaluation of large data volumes.
 
 
best regards
Simon
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Thomas77

Automatic indentation

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 01-26-2015 03:45 AM 2 Comment

Hello everybody,
My suggestion concern the SCRIPT tab. I think that it is necessary to implement a real automatic indentation function as you can find in most of Integrated Development Environment.
Indeed, when you write a VBS code, you have to structure your code manually while DIAdem could structure it automatically.
For instance, after an "if" and until "end if" DIAdem could insert a tabulation.


 

Thomas77, 

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carowjp

Support GUI (SUD) development using Python

Status: New Submitted by Member on 01-06-2022 10:22 AM 2 Comment

Having Python as a scripting language is great, however, Python is not (yet) supported to develop user dialogs. Dialogs must be developed using VBS. While a Python script file can be run from a dialog using VBS, this leads to many Python files containing snippets of code. Updating the approach for GUI (SUD) development would be a welcome improvement.

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biographie

DiAdem Scripting and Automation via LabVIEW code/sub-VIs

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 08-26-2010 10:21 PM 4 Comment

I am sure that this is far from a 'new idea'.  I have been using DiAdem 11.1, and have not looked at the new features of 2010 yet.  The new idea...use LabVIEW code to make scripts.  I know LabVIEW very well, that is how I make the TDMS files; but the idea of data analysis or automation comes to a standstill when you tell me I need to learn VB to manipulate or work with the data I just gathered beyond the canned toolsets already in DiAdem.  DiAdem needs to be like Teststand in this regard.  You can use different code types with Teststand, and it works.  And this needs to work in all the different categories of scripting or automation (Navigator, View, Analysis, etc.)  Any software package NI creates should have LabVIEW as the center point, and always require seamless integration of LabVIEW code.  I think that comes down to plain-jane good marketing strategy.

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JoshRew

Configurable Default View Graph Settings

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 08-01-2011 02:00 PM 2 Comment

Rather than asking for a change to the "Repeat Marker" to plot all the points (we'd prefer "Repeat Marker" in DIAdem VIEW to be "Every N Points" where N = 1 rather than "Up to N Points" where N = 100), I think it would be great if we could have a configurable DIAdem default set of VIEW items that could be saved via usercommand, script, or a file configuration so we could conveniently spread it to our users.

This could include colors, points and/or lines, "Repeat Markers" configuration, line width/size/fill.

 

The "Repeat Markers" option is the most important to us because we have had users in the past who didn't realize that they were only seeing 100 points of their data, which can be a very bad thing (for example if you've turned off curve color and are looking for outliers in 150 points of data).  On the other hand, I can understand not wanting to plot 2 billion points on a graph, hence the ability for an administrative body (or individual users) to configure the graph defaults.

 

-Josh

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ADobson

Search Word Highlight

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 01-17-2014 10:13 PM 2 Comment

My idea is to add the capability of word highlighting in scripts, much like most other programmers editors, this facilitates easy searching throughout a script and is an alternate way of finding a search match other than repeated F3 presses.

 

Word Highlight

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MaikThierer

Show Array in Debug

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 07-01-2013 02:43 AM 2 Comment

it is not possible to see which values are in an array.

on normal variables i can follow what happend while debuging the script.

 

it yould be great to show whats going on with my array.

display like an excel, or in first step like (22.5; 21; 99; ...) when you turn you mouse over the variable

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jaburmeister

Make DIAdem Python module available from outside DIAdem

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 11-30-2020 05:31 AM 1 Comment

We are very happy about the support of Python as additional language in DIAdem script.

It would be a really nice feature if the DIAdem Python module would also be available in Python scripts that are running not within DIAdem script but on a machine with valid DIAdem license.
This would allow to create Python applications that use DIAdem commands but do not require the user to explicitly open DIAdem and load a Python script and thus improve usability.
Another use case would be an improved communication between Matlab and DIAdem by calling Python code including DIAdem commands from Matlab as executing Python code from Matlab is possible.

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ADobson

Programmatically Extract Scripts from SUD Files for Version Control

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 02-06-2013 01:35 PM 8 Comment

We use scripts extensively to automate many tasks in a consistent manner, so we back these scripts up in a version control system to track changes and revert back to a know version if issues arise.

 

However, because we also use Diadem dialogs we need to create SUD files to house not only the menus but also the scripts that can be built into them. These SUD files are binary in nature and cannot be compared in the version control system, which is primarily a text based tool, and because the fileformat is unknown any differences at the binary level are not easily understood.

 

My idea is to have a tool that can parse a SUD file to extract the script associated with each dialog and export that script to a VBS file in a programmatic manner, such that multiple VBS files can be created quickly instead of having to open each SUD file and its many dialogs and then capturing the scripts. The benefit this brings is that there will now be the ability to track script differences in any text diff tool of your choice, it would not address any changes of a graphical nature within the SUD file, but that is not the motivation for this idea.

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Jim West

Diadem script engine

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 08-30-2010 05:31 PM 4 Comment

Create a version of Diadem that has no user interface. This version would merely run scripts for use in delivered custom solutions.

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ADobson

Goto Definition

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 01-17-2014 10:23 PM 5 Comment

This idea is borrowed from other programmers editors where you can select a sub-routine name or function name and then right click on this name to jump to where it is defined. The path to search for could be based on the currently open scripts within Diadem Script editor or it could be extended to all user commands currently loaded.

Goto Defined

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Duffy2007

Conditional Breakpoints in Script

Status: Declined Submitted by Active Participant on 06-13-2013 08:15 AM 2 Comment

It was nice to have a conditional breakpoint, so only if a variable reaches a value

the executions stops and i can continue with debugging.

 

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Thanks a lot.

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Pesmith8

DIAdem 2020 and Python scripting, How best to use VirtualEnv

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 08-05-2020 06:04 PM 1 Comment

Python Virtual environments allow better control of the dependency versions by project, that I find required. Mostly this is so that the dependencies/package versions are the same between the code as developed, and the code as used by users.

 

Would like NI to consider adjustments to the current python system so that it can use a virtual Environment. Some to consider, Venv. pyenv, VirtualEnv, PipEnv.

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JuliaDawkins

Allow vertical tabs in SUD control TabPageCtrl

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 07-05-2019 12:18 PM 3 Comment

I'd like an option for the tabs on the SUD dialog control, TabPageCtrl, to allow vertical placement, so the tabs would be on the left (or right) side of the tab control.  

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JoshRew

Script Interface Conveniences

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 08-23-2013 10:44 AM 2 Comment

I've been spoiled by using other scripting environments lately, and thought I'd suggest a few features that I feel would make scripting in DIAdem a little more convenient:

  • Check for un-dimmed variables when Option Explicit is turned on
  • Check for unused dimmed variables (very helpful for cleanup)
  • Check for variables that are used, but never initialized to a value

I feel these would be really useful for identifying and fixing bugs (especially for inexperienced script writers) and cleaning up old scripts, while not requiring major changes to the interface (although they could get really annoying if implemented incorrectly, may be difficult to implement in the back end, and may even require manual compilation to detect?).

 

Thanks!

-Josh