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X Series User Manual
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For concept
u
al help with NI-DAQmx, refer to
Using the Measurement
Studio NI-DAQmx .NET Library
,
Using the Measurement Studio
NI-DAQmx Visual C++ Library
, or
Developing with Measurement
Studio NI-DAQmx
.
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For general help with programming in Meas
u
rement St
u
dio, refer to
Getting Started with the Measurement Studio Class Libraries
.
To create an application in Vis
u
al Basic .NET, Vis
u
al C#, or Vis
u
al C++,
follow these general steps:
1.
In Vis
u
al St
u
dio, select
File»New»Project
to la
u
nch the New Project
dialog box.
2.
In the Project types pane, expand the
Visual Basic
,
Visual C#
, or
Visual C++
node, depending on which lang
u
age yo
u
want to create the
project in, and select
Measurement Studio
.
3.
Choose a project type. Yo
u
add DAQ tasks as a part of this step.
ANSI C without NI Application Software
The
NI-DAQmx Help
contains API overviews and general information
abo
u
t meas
u
rement concepts. Select
Start»All Programs»National
Instruments»NI-DAQ»NI-DAQmx Help
.
The
NI-DAQmx C Reference Help
describes the NI-DAQmx Library
f
u
nctions, which yo
u
can
u
se with National Instr
u
ments data acq
u
isition
devices to develop instr
u
mentation, acq
u
isition, and control applications.
Select
Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DAQ»
Text-Based Code Support»NI-DAQmx C Reference Help
.
.NET Languages without NI Application Software
With the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 or later, yo
u
can
u
se
NI-DAQmx to create applications
u
sing Vis
u
al C# and Vis
u
al Basic
.NET witho
u
t Meas
u
rement St
u
dio. Yo
u
need Microsoft Vis
u
al St
u
dio
.NET 2003 or later for the API doc
u
mentation to be installed.
The installed doc
u
mentation contains the NI-DAQmx API overview,
meas
u
rement tasks and concepts, and f
u
nction reference. This help is f
u
lly
integrated into the Vis
u
al St
u
dio doc
u
mentation. To view the NI-DAQmx
.NET doc
u
mentation, go to
Start»All Programs»National Instruments»
NI-DAQ»Text-Based Code Support»NI-DAQmx .NET Help
. For
f
u
nction reference, refer to the
NationalInstruments.DAQmx Namespace
and
NationalInstruments.DAQmx.ComponentModel Namespace
topics.
For concept
u
al help, refer to the
Using the Measurement Studio NI-DAQmx
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