> Now I don't blame labview with being a terrible language, besides it is not
> meant for anything that can be done with some simple C coding
> However I have a project due and I need answers. My project involves a
> certain peice of data to be updated periodically
> without being reset, meaning when I have an indicator set to a certain
> number initially and through the program subtract some arbitrary number and
> then I want to go and subtract from it again I would like to subtract from
> the new value and golly gee Labview does not let me do that and No shift
> registers are not my answer I need something a little more effective so if
> there is any labview Gurus out there who think that they know the solution
> please besides posting it up send me an e-mail b/c I a
m not always checking
> up on these messages.
> I thank you for accepting my ignorance.
I think you are looking for a local variable or a global variable. This will
let you read the value from a control or indicator at one place on the diagram
and write it at another. This serves the same function as a shift register,
but since it updates the screen each time it will be slower. If you
want to
see the value each time inside of the loop, but have better response, then
use the shift register and connect an indicator to it.
I think the conceptual problem here is that a wire from a controls isn't a
reference, but a value. Changes to value do not affect the control unless
written back using a local variable. A control isn't analogous to a C
variable, wires and shift registers are.
In the future, it might be more effective to spend time describing your
problem in greater detail and less time slamming the language you are trying
to learn.
Greg McKaskle
