I just encountered an issue with a Labview project.
Background
The software in question is usually a standalone application, but for the sake of debugging purposes we found a way to run it in the Labview environment with the source files.
Issue
When we press the run command (which is not broken btw), it starts processing the files I guess, and at some point a folder explorer will pop up without further detail on what it is requesting. We have been trying to select the MAIN folder (where the MAIN.VI is), the SOURCE folder which contains all the VIs and subVIs of the project, but either way it just updates a log tab with the text "The application has stopped"(which I assume is due to us not selecting the correct file/folder).
I guess my main questions are,
Is there a way to tell what this pop up is expecting us to select?
Are there known function blocks which could be asking for a file/folder path?
Additional information*
A couple of months ago, someone knew this path and we have run it correctly, but he just forgot it, so that is why I am certain that it works this way. It runs in a Labview 13 environment.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Greetings.
Try searching the VI Hierarchy by name for likely culprits:
Open a VI or project and select View»VI Hierarchy to display the VI
Hierarchy window.
Initiate a search by typing the name of the item
you want to find anywhere in the window. As you type the text, the
search string appears, displaying the text as you type. LabVIEW
highlights one item at a time whose name begins with the search
string.
If there is more than one item with a name that begins with
the search string, press the Enter key to search for the next item
that matches the search string. Press the Shift-Enter keys to find
the previous item that matches the search string.
I'm pretty sure all the LabVIEW primitives that can display a file or folder dialog have either file or folder in their names but if that doesn't help you could also try save or write.
If you find more than one result, set breakpoints on them before running the code. When execution reaches the breakpoint it will halt and highlight the breakpoint position; you can then use the Step In / Step Over to check whether that's the node that triggers the dialog (and the Pause button to continue execution if not).
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Sorry - I'm a total newbie with InstallShield. I've inherited an InstallShield 2013 project that presents the user with a dialog that let's the user select a SQL Server and based on their selection sets a value in a config file. That's not working, so I opened the project in IS and looked in the Text File Changes under System Configuration and there's nothing there that would do this. So how do I figure out where this is happening (or not happening in my case), and then how do I get it to work? I need to set both data source and initial catalog in a file called server.config.
So how do I determine what the user selected and then save that in this file? It looks like I can set up a Text File Change, but how do I access the values selected by the user? And how can I figure out where the "code" is that is supposed to be doing this?
Thanks,
Ben
I would try to track this from the dialog and controls in question, or by following the value through a verbose log. Since you say it doesn't work today, there will probably be an interruption in the flow I describe below, and since you don't know the full state of the installation project, it may be hard to identify. So search from what you know.
Top down: what gets configured
First, find the dialog that you fill out as a user making the selection. Then figure out the property that the particular control is associated with. Now you've got a thread; pull on it.
Search in the direct editor for references to the property. If the property is named MYCONFIG search for just that: MYCONFIG. You'll probably find some sort of use that looks like [MYCONFIG] instead, which is typically a format string specifying to use the value of MYCONFIG. You may also have to search all the files related to your project, as Custom Action implementations can be code stored outside of your InstallShield project.
The use may be in a ControlEvent, CustomAction, or some other table. If it's in a ControlEvent, it may be used to set another property. Ditto if it's in a CustomAction that sets properties (type 51) which may be easier to understand in the Custom Actions and Sequences view. In that case, also search for the property that gets set.
If you find it in a table like ISSearchReplace* or ISXml*, or IniFile, it's probably part of the Text Files Changes, XML File Changes, or INI File Changes, and that view should make it easier to understand.
Maybe that thread dead-ends somewhere. A property gets set, but never referenced. So try to search from the other end.
Bottom up: what gets written
If there are text file changes, xml file changes, ini file changes, or custom actions that reference the file you need updated, see where they get their information. Try to follow it back. If they're well written, you should be able to identify the property (noting that one called CustomActionData comes from a property matching the name of the custom action it's used in), and then trace that further back using the same ideas as above, but in the other direction.
Where's the problem?
If the threads don't connect, that's probably the problem. It's also possible that a custom action lacks permissions but doesn't reports a failure, or that the file name or path got misconfigured somewhere along the way. Look for small things like that if things look like they should work but don't.
It turns out that I misunderstood the problem and the project was never set up to change that value, so all I had to do was set up a Text File Change and it works perfectly. Thanks #Michael Urman for the thorough response - I really appreciate it!
I'm using PhpStorm 10.0.4
When I start typing characters in project tool window it searchs for files containing typed text.
Is it possible to change this behavior so only files that begins with typed text would be matched?
Is it possible to change this behavior so only files that begins with typed text would be matched?
AFAIK no. There are no GUI settings for this at all.
Plus, this Speed Search is used in many places/tool windows and search logic is the same.
P.S. If you need to search for files .. why not try more appropriate (in general sense) Navigate | File... instead?
Speed Search only finds items in already expanded nodes (as it's a basic search on already displayed text) .. but Navigate | File... will look for files everywhere in the project.
It's not possible directly but you can create and use a scope for that.
Open Settings and go the Appearance & Behaviour -> Scopes. Create a new scope, give it a name (let's say "My Files") and put file:*/c* in the Pattern edit box.
In the big list of files under the Pattern edit box you can preview its effects. The files that are included in the scope are colored in green, the directories that contain included files are colored in blue.
This simple pattern selects only the files whose name start with c, in all directories. You can use slightly more complex filters using wild cards, include or exclude entire directories etc. With a little practice you can create filters that match usual needs pretty well.
When you are pleased with the scope definition, close the Settings box and go back to the Project view. Click on the arrow next to Project and you'll get a list of views of the project files. All the scopes you created should be there. Select "My Files" and only the files (and directories) included in that scope will be displayed in the Project view.
It is not a dynamic filter, you have to work a little to set it up, but it is useful when you work on large projects, with thousands of files, and you need to hide the files not important for your task.
I have a number of letter templates which I want to populate with data from my MS Access database and am unsure how to go about it.
The way I want it to work is as follows:
User is viewing a record within MS Access;
User presses "Generate Letter" button;
Choice of .doc/.docx templates (which I already have) appears;
User selects template and presses 'OK';
Letter is generated and populated with data from active record;
Once user is finished with letter, pressing 'Save' will attach it to active record;
(Ideally) any generated letters will appear within the attachments of each record (I have already created the attachments section - this is just for context)
How do I go about achieving this in MS Access 2013? I cannot seem to figure out nor find anything which deals with this specific problem.
The "Generate Letter" button should produce a pop-up form. That form will have either a combobox or listbox (depending on what you see fit) that displays the list of available templates, as well as an "OK" button.
Alternatively, you can place the combobox/listbox on the main form and the "Generate letter" button next to it, assuming your main form has a subform that's displaying the data.
You will then do a Mail Merge with only the active record. Once that's done, the most difficult part will be storing the "Save To" path in one of the fields. You could possibly use an OLE field, but saving the path to the file is my preferred method. I say it's the most difficult part because I'm not sure how you can capture that without using a standard dialog box.
For the word merge and selection of a template, try my super easy word merge example here:
The sample I have can be found here:
http://www.kallal.ca/msaccess/msaccess.html
Above sample is specially designed to enable ANY form with ONE LINE of code.
Thus, each time you build a new form, you can word merge enable it with great ease. (with one line of code).
Make sure you read the instructions from above, and you should eventually get to the following page
http://www.kallal.ca/wordmerge/page2.html
The above handles all of your issues a requests with the exception of the last step in which you save the path name to the document (and I recommend you don’t save the document in the database – but only path names to a folder). Grabbing the file name is also possible with my sample.
In PhpStorm I get a read mark on the upper right side of the code window if there's a PHP bug in the file. That's great. What I like to have is a list of all files which have this read mark.
Any ideas?
To get the list of all files with errors and warnings use Code | Inspect Code. It's possible to specify what inspection profile to use, which directories to scan. Custom Scope provides a flexible way to include/exclude certain directories or files from the inspection results.
Slightly off-topic, but may be helpful. If you need to jump through all the errors in a file (for example, CSS file), open up the file and and hit the F2 button on the keyboard. Repeat it to cycle through all the errors. To navigate back to the previous error, hit Shift + F2
I'm using NetBean's Compile on Save setting, and it's really handy when I'm editing a single file. But when I'm dealing with a pair of (or more) class files and am switching between the files, I have a problem:
The Task tab is nearly worthless since it is littered by HTML "error" messages(+) from many dozens of HTML files in the project that are generated by some external tool. The number of HTML errors swamps out any actual Java errors.
What I want is one of:
A way to tell NB to ignore the directory with the HTML files ("help").
A way to turn off HTML "errors" or even to specify HTML2.
A way to filter "Task" errors by file type, parent folder: all Java is under "com".
I've perused the settings and properties, but found nothing that helps.
<rant> Yet another reason I hate an IDE that use the "Take Everything in the Folder" approach.... </rant>
+ = The files are valid HTML but probably not XHTML. Plus, half the messages end abruptly, with something like: "Unexpected tag <TD> found, expecting one of
I found the answer, or at least one that works for me (NB 6.8, YMMV):
In the Tasks tab, click the filter button in the left,
Choose Edit...
In the Task List Filter dialog:
Click New
Enter a value for Name (such as "No Script Messages"),
Uncheck the Scripting Language Tasks option
Click OK.
If the filter doesn't work immediately, you may wish to close/open the Task window or Netbeans.
Hope that helps someone else.
You can go to Tools->options->Editor->Hint .
You can easily select the right options from there .
I want to use task list to only track my To Do list and It can be a real pain when Netbeans starts showing me #todos from included libraries and all sort of compile errors that I am not interested in. If your use case is like me (not interested in compile errors etc. in task window) then you can do following:- (Netbeans 7.1.2)
1) Tasks window | Right click filter | Edit
To edit the default filter.
Click default filter in left hand panel.
Right hand panel, under Type tab - un-check compile errors and issues
2) You can go to Tools | Options | Miscellaneous
Go to Tasks tab now.
Here you can add/remove the To Do strings that you want.
You can create your own custom todo string or make sure that only one of them is listed (what you use)
Now apply default filter and you will only see your #todo tasks. sane and sweet :D