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Dan Lawler

08/06/2012

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Although the NI Report Generation Toolkit has its cons—namely, dependencies—it can be very particularly useful to programmatically save, create, and/or print a clean report in MS Word or MS Excel. The purpose of this blog is to share s...

Danny Budzinski

08/05/2012

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I know it might be hard to believe given my LabVIEW Architect status and 5+ years’ experience, but I arrived in muggy-but-nice Austin, TX this afternoon for my very first NI Week. No matter what the weather has been like in Chicago this summer,...

Jason Mayes

08/03/2012

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Everybody loves a surprise party! As Jessica blogged about just the other day, DMC just celebrated our 16th Anniversary. As we have for several years, this is usually commemorated with a quick blog post looking back on the previous year or reflect...

Patrick Corcoran

07/31/2012

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Big changes are never easy. Especially when it comes to work and where you live. After three years of experience at the DMC partner company National Instruments, I feel fortunate to have come to understand more about myself and my...

Jessica Mlinaric

07/30/2012

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DMC celebrated a significant milestone last week - our sweet sixteen. In the past few years we've reflected on our 14th anniversary and our quinceañera. This year, we decided to commemorate our 16th anniversary by donatin...

Danny Budzinski

07/24/2012

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Admittedly, this process has taken me longer than the average gestation period for a hamster, a kangaroo, and an otter all put together, but the recent popular movement for tournaments has given this blog fresh life and also helped confirm my st...

Jack Cosgrove

07/24/2012

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Is cloud computing right for your business? Working on the consulting services team at DMC, I encounter clients with a desire for an office intranet without the hassle of reinventing the wheel. SharePoint does a lot for its users, but the fact rem...

Jack Cosgrove

07/23/2012

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SharePoint is a fairly complex product that is in a state of constant maturation. With so much customization available to users and developers, it can be hard to stay on top of best practices - especially when those best practices may not be document...

Jessica Mlinaric

07/11/2012

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Sam Weber, Systems Engineer  What’s your favorite programming language? I would say C#, but that sounds cliché. I think SQL is fun because you can instantly see the results of your programming. SQL offers multiple ways to do somethin...

Jimmy Condon

07/10/2012

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Most Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) are in a static location. Sometimes, this can be inconvenient if you need to check a device (motor, valve, diverter, etc.), but the sight line from the HMI is blocked and you need to be able to watch the device mov...