Hi

Great idea
maybe the start highlighting can be a yellow breakpoint and continue run a
green breakpoint.
maybe with a sign inside for our color blind co-wire workers

2007/8/20, Michael Ross <michael.e.ross@gmail.com>:
>
> 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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