LabVIEW Object-Oriented Programming, or LVOOP for short, has been around for about a year now. Have you had time to take a look at it? If not, it’s about the time. I made you a short video on the very basics of LVOOP development process. It doesn’t go into details of inheritance and all that but it gives you and idea on how to get started. So get yourself a cup of coffee, sit down comfortably, and press the play button.

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As you may have noticed, ExpressionFlow has been under constant development trough-out its short history. The website evolved from simple single user blog into a blogging community of several LabVIEW professionals. There has been multiple changes in the look-and-feel of the site trying to make the content more informative and the site easier to use and navigate.

Now we’d like to hear your comments. How would you make ExpressionFlow even better in the future? What would you like to read about? Whose articles would you like to read? Do you find something to improve in the user interface? Is the length of the articles too long or too short? Share with us what do you think of ExpressionFlow and what improvements would you like to see in the future.

This blog article is written in two parts. Part 1 introduced MS SQL Server 2005 Express Edition in relation to MS Access and discusses essential installation logistics. A LabVIEW –based installer for MS SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is included for download with this second part of the blog article. Use of this utility can be described in one phrase as follows:

“Copy the folder < Database Manager> to your target computer and after you have installed LabVIEW runtime engine, launch the executable: Database Manager -Installer.exe. Later on, you can use the Database Manager –File Copy.exe utility to import, export, or upgrade database files.

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Referring to the sequence in the slogan: design, develop, prototype, and deploy, this blog article starts at the tail end of that sequence. The reasoning is that: by addressing the number-one bottle neck in adoption of client/server databases, namely: portability, distribution, and advanced custom installation, LabVIEW users will be motivated to seriously consider bundling these powerful databases with LabVIEW applicationsThis blog article is written in two parts, Part 1 introduces MS SQL Server 2005 Express Edition in relation to MS Access and discusses essential installation logistics. Part 2 delivers the LabVIEW -based installer wrapper for MS SQL Server Express 2005.

Blog articles that follow will discuss fundamentals of relational database design suited to automated measurements and control applications. The intent is to help developers design and program functional databases relevant to the measurements and automation field of LabVIEW applications.

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I’m happy to announce that ExpressionFlow has today evolved into a LabVIEW and visual object-oriented programming blog community as Anthony Lukindo becomes an ExpressionFlow author. The authors at ExpressionFlow are enthusiastic software developers and exceptional LabVIEW professionals and Anthony makes no exception. Anthony Lukindo is an owner of an NI Alliance Member Company, Mezintel Inc., located in Calgary. Anthony has received his Ph.D. in BioSystems Engineering and has strong experience in LabVIEW development. Anthony’s special expertise is on LabVIEW database interfacing on which Anthony is going to write his first ExpressionFlow articles. I’d very much like to welcome Anthony Lukindo as an ExpressionFlow author.

To better match the new community status of ExpressionFlow I’ve made some changes to the site content and look-and-feel. If you encounter any problems, don’t hesitate to inform me.