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6 Write Your Own Application
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6 Write Your Own Application
In order to write your own application, you need a specific instrument driver and some tools for
use in different programming environments. The driver and tools are installed to your computer
during software installation and cannot be found in the installation package.
In this section the location of drivers and files, required for programming in different environ-
ments, are given for installation under Windows
®
VISTA, Windows
®
7, Windows
®
8.x and Win-
dows
®
10 (32 and 64 bit).
Note
Wavefront Sensor software and drivers contains 32 bit and 64 bit applications.
In 32 bit systems, only the 32 bit components are installed to
C:\Program Files\ …
In 64 bit systems the 64 bit components are being installed to
C:\Program Files\
…
while 32 bit components can be found at
C:\Program Files (x86)\ …
In the table below you will find a summary of what files you need for particular programming en-
vironments.
Programming environment Necessary files
C, C++, CVI *.fp (function panel file; CVI IDE only)
*.h (header file)
*.lib (static library)
*.dll (dynamic linked library)
C#
.net wrapper dll
Visual Studio *.h (header file)
*.lib (static library)
or
.net wrapper dll
LabView™
*.fp (function panel) and NI VISA™ instrument driver
LabVIEW™ driver VI's are provided with the *.llb container file
Note: LabVIEW™ drivers and components are installed only
if a LabVIEW™ installation was recognized.
Note
All above environments require also the NI VISA™ instrument driver dll !
During NI-VISA™ Runtime installation, a system environment variable
VXIPNPPATH
for includ-
ing files is created. It contains information on the installation location of the drivers, which is
usually:
C:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\.
As this environment variable is required to install the instrument driver software components, it
is necessary to perform a system reboot after installation of NI-VISA™ Runtime.
In the next sections the location of above files is described in detail.