How to hide or disable LabVIEW help and Example Finder

[NI-hilator]

I am putting together a small test project for interviews.  I would like the candidate to be able to use the LabVIEW development environment, but I would like to disable or hide the Help and the Example Finder.  Is there a simple way to do this?

[aputman]

You can change the shortcut within the Options Dialog - > Menu Shortcuts.  Of course, this doesn't disable the help.

[NI-hilator]

I apologize, I pulled the trigger too quickly on this question: 

Removing the following folders seemed to do the trick and retains the context sensitive help (Ctrl+H)

C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2017\examples

C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2017\help

[altenbach]

... of course being able to efficiently use the LabVIEW help IS an important skill to have. I doubt that the presence of help and examples would elevate a poor candidate above the threshold.

Also there is the context help, of course. 🙂

[NI-hilator]

Thanks for chiming in... agreed, but then again isn't the CLAD exam is 'static' written exam without even so much as function names visible? 

[billko]

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@altenbach wrote:

... of course being able to efficiently use the LabVIEW help IS an important skill to have. I doubt that the presence of help and examples would elevate a poor candidate above the threshold.

Also there is the context help, of course. 🙂

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Even the CLD exam lets you use those features.

[Hooovahh]

I don't want to harp on a message others have said.  I'll just say I agree with others that artificially removing tools normally available adds unnecessary difficulty.  Not allowing a developer to use something they are expected to have available during their work, would make the test not representative of the job difficulty.  However being familiar with the tools and knowing where to find solutions is a valuable skill.

[NI-hilator]

I understand your perspectives.  Perhaps you can explain why the CLAD Exam a static test and not live using the LabVIEW development environment?

[RavensFan]

CLAD is a simple multiple choice test for proving the person understands basic LabVIEW concepts.  Thought there are often questions on there that are so obscure that no one should have to know them by memory.  That just makes them bad questions for the test, it doesn't make it a bad test format.

[billko]

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@NI-hilator wrote:

I understand your perspectives.  Perhaps you can explain why the CLAD Exam a static test and not live using the LabVIEW development environment?

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Many companies use questions off the practice CLAD as a quick knowledge test.