labview in labview

[jforan]

Is there a way to write a labview-like application with labview (without starting from scratch).  In other words, is there a labview.vi?

[LabViewGuruWannabe]

Huh?

Do you mean is there a labview .vi that is already written? Like an "Example" program? Um, yes. There are plenty of those.

Good places to start: Read the docs that are shipped with LabVIEW:
Getting Started with LabVIEW
LabVIEW Fundamentals
Guide to LabVIEW Documentation
LabVIEW Help

If that's not what you mean, could you perhaps rephrase your question?

B-)

[jrpe]

are you trying to ask if you can write your own programming language?? I think you need to rephrase your question and give some examples of what you mean.

[tst]

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jforan wrote:

Is there a way to write a labview-like application with labview

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Theoretically, I would say yes.

Practically, I would say a definite no for any number of reasons.

I assume the thing you're most interested in (since you're asking about existing VIs) is the graphic interface. LabVIEW is far from being the best tool for doing dynamic UIs. They can be done, but they require some expertise and will not be too efficient. If you want some examples, have a look here.

[LabViewGuruWannabe]

I've been really confused by some of the questions lately. I don't know if its me or the people asking the questions.

An example of a programming application that was written with LabVIEW is the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. I can only imagine the work involved in building such a program.

http://mindstorms.lego.com/

B-)

[Ben]

tst wrote "Practically, I would say a definite no for any number of reasons."

"Practically" is the operative word.

I am in the process of using LV to write something like LV at the moment.

The custom wants a sub-set of what LV does but does not want it to look like it was developed in LV and he wants it deployed as an exe.

I have extimated about 6 person-months of work to complete this project.

"Practical" you tell me.

Ben

[tst]

When you consider that LV has been in development (by a large team) for over 20 years, 6 months isn't that much, but the operative word in your case is "sub-set".

I actually think that the GUI part is the easier part in this case. The stuff that has to do with creating a language is the more complicated part and in this case you will suffer greatly because you're already using a very high level language which doesn't give you much control of the dirty behind-the-scenes stuff.