I have mostly put this in the category of things I should learn to do
better, but maybe that is not the only solution.

I like any idea that makes the highlighting more "ergonomic." I don't feel
like I am handicapped particularly, but I have some trouble scanning all
that is happening when I use highlighting. I have always felt like the the
multitude of moving dots are just not enough, to hard to follow. I think
some persistence of the trace would be better also. And a bigger pause
button. And a speed knob. Maybe even make the roll button be an
accelerator pedal during execution.

Maybe along with the dots could be a persistent highlight along the wires.

Mike

On 8/20/07, Torben Laursen <tla@microlex.dk> wrote:
>
> I got this idea for a new tool in LabVIEW and sent it to NI, but I am
> curios to hear if others think it would be useful:
>
> In LabVIEW execution highlighting is used to show the execution of a VI.
> Unfortunately it is only possible to turn the feature on or off manually
> possibly in combination with break point to skip over loops etc. to save
> time.
>
> My suggestion is to make a new "Execution Highlight Point" that can turn
> highlighting on or off.
> So when execution reaches the highlight on point the the execution
> highlight is automatically turned on until a highlight off point is reached.
> The Execution Highlight Point should have scope within the VI, meaning
> that highlighting is turned off automatically when the VI ends.
>
> This will make it possible to focus debugging on the relevant part of a VI
> and skip time consuming loops etc. automatically.
>
> This tool would be relevant to all versions of LabVIEW on all platforms.
>
> Best regards
>
> Torben Laursen
> microLEX Systems A/S
>
>


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