v5 suggestions

[brandonb]

not to be too picky but there are a couple things that drive me nuts--> is it possible to reduce the spacing between flowcode icons (delays and such in loop) like it was with v4.. change the color of the v5 desktop icon to another color or shape pattern so its easy to identify which is v4 or v5 if working from desktop... there are alot of great features in this product!

[JonnyW]

Hi. We can certainly look at the icon spacing, and get something in. We have a v5.1 release ready and though this is a quick fix I don't know if it would get into the build as we are set to release this Monday, but if not it can be something for a future release. To be honest, I looked at a flowchart in v4 and was surprised how close the icons were together, I have been looking at v5 for so long!

Good idea about the icon colour - we have changed much of the banner colours from blue to orange for v5, so it would be nice to change the icon to match.

Jonny

[brandonb]

thanks jonny it would also be nice if the letters in the icon within the flowcode loop could be medium size and still show the same amount of info as did with v4... for example 50 m/s delay in v5 for the same font settings as in v4 only reads (50...) inside the icon, know what i mean? im i the only one that feels this way about this ..... also there are alot of features that arent covered in the help files, like adc average and such

[JonnyW]

Hi Brandon.

Just to let you know I have posted a graphics file and instructions for a similar problem in the link below.
http://www.matrixmultimedia.com/mmforum ... 267#p32664

It may not be exactly what you'd like, but I hope it is some help.

Note this is an unofficial addition and in the next release (5.2) this ability will probably be built-in and the file will not be required. However the graphics file itself should still work OK.

Jonny

[brandonb]

you know jonny im getting used to the v5 format, the more i use it the more i like it using my custom settings(zoom out to 30% v4 settings, 45 text size,modern text)

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.... i do have a couple extra things to point out--> the real time simulation doesnt simulate in real time, any pulsewidth below 20m/s the simulation results in output led being off, in v4 that limit was 1m/s, in real life the led would be dim, it would be cool to have them blink somewhat atleast down to 1m/s.... when i copy icons and try to place them most of the time i dont get an arrow when i try to paste it into an area, if i paste it anyway it usually goes to the bottom of the flowchart, the way i have to defeat this is cntr c then cntr v, it then pastes below icon im copying, then i move from there.... dont take me wrong im only pointing out minor details

[JonnyW]

Hi Brandon. All points however minor are always useful. I'm glad you are getting used to the v5 format.

The LED not showing dim is a limitation that has always been there - LEDs flicker on or off but only as fast as your VDU will refresh! In v5 the simulation is much faster than in v4 and one of the ways this is achieved is that unlike in v4 the simulation does not 'pause' to redraw all the components when the state changes, this is done at a more convenient time (compared to code execution, graphics take a considerable time to refresh). If the LED is not flickering, this is a cosmetic thing only - interrupts will still fire based on port changes, etc but the simulation is running too fast for the display to update the LEDs at every change.

There has to be a trade-off with these systems between speed and graphical realism, I'm afraid, and in v5 we hope the speed increases more than compensate for any graphical anomalies you may see.

Jonny