About This Manual
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LabWindows/CVI
The
Data Acquisition
book of the
LabWindows/CVI Help
contains
meas
u
rement concepts for NI-DAQmx. This book also contains
Taking
an NI-DAQmx Measurement in LabWindows/CVI
, which incl
u
des
step-by-step instr
u
ctions abo
u
t creating a meas
u
rement task
u
sing the DAQ
Assistant. In LabWindows
™
/CVI
™
, select
Help»Contents
, then select
Using LabWindows/CVI»Data Acquisition
.
The
NI-DAQmx Library
book of the
LabWindows/CVI Help
contains
API overviews and f
u
nction reference for NI-DAQmx. Select
Library
Reference»NI-DAQmx Library
in the
LabWindows/CVI Help
.
Measurement Studio
If yo
u
program yo
u
r NI-DAQmx-s
u
pported device in Meas
u
rement St
u
dio
u
sing Vis
u
al C++, Vis
u
al C#, or Vis
u
al Basic .NET, yo
u
can interactively
create channels and tasks by la
u
nching the DAQ Assistant from MAX or
from within Vis
u
al St
u
dio .NET. Yo
u
can generate the config
u
ration code
based on yo
u
r task or channel in Meas
u
rement St
u
dio. Refer to the
DAQ
Assistant Help
for additional information abo
u
t generating code. Yo
u
also
can create channels and tasks, and write yo
u
r own applications in yo
u
r
ADE
u
sing the NI-DAQmx API.
For help with NI-DAQmx methods and properties, refer to the NI-DAQmx
.NET Class Library or the NI-DAQmx Vis
u
al C++ Class Library incl
u
ded
in the
NI Measurement Studio Help
. For general help with programming
in Meas
u
rement St
u
dio, refer to the
NI Measurement Studio Help
, which
is f
u
lly integrated with the Microsoft Vis
u
al St
u
dio .NET help. To view
this help file in Vis
u
al St
u
dio. NET, select
Measurement Studio»
NI Measurement Studio Help
.
To create an application in Vis
u
al C++, Vis
u
al C#, or Vis
u
al Basic .NET,
follow these general steps:
1.
In Vis
u
al St
u
dio .NET, select
File»New»Project
to la
u
nch the New
Project dialog box.
2.
Find the Meas
u
rement St
u
dio folder for the lang
u
age yo
u
want to
create a program in.
3.
Choose a project type. Yo
u
add DAQ tasks as a part of this step.