
Chapter 1
Introduction to Measurement Studio
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National Instruments Corporation
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Measurement Studio User Manual
Measurement Studio Resources
As you work with Measurement Studio, you might need to consult other
resources. For detailed Measurement Studio help, including function
reference and in-depth documentation on developing with Measurement
Studio, refer to the
NI Measurement Studio Help
within the Visual
Studio .NET environment. The
NI Measurement Studio Help
is fully
integrated with the Visual Studio .NET help. You must have Visual
Studio .NET installed to view the online help, and you must have the
Microsoft .NET Framework SDK 1.1 installed in order for links from
Measurement Studio help topics to .NET Framework help topics to work.
You can launch the
NI Measurement Studio Help
in the following ways:
•
From the Windows Start menu, select
Start»All Programs»National
Instruments»Measurement Studio 7.1 for VS .NET 2003»
Measurement Studio Documentation
. The help launches in a
stand-alone help viewer.
•
From Visual Studio .NET, select
Help»Contents
to view the Visual
Studio .NET table of contents. The
NI Measurement Studio Help
is
listed in the table of contents.
•
From Visual Studio .NET, select
Measurement Studio»
NI Measurement Studio Help
. The help launches within the
application.
Tip
As you work through this manual, you will see italicized references to relevant help
topics. You can find these topics by using the table of contents in the
NI Measurement
Studio Help.
The following resources also are available to provide you with information
about Measurement Studio.
•
Examples—Measurement Studio installs examples to the following
paths, depending on whether you have previously installed
Measurement Studio on your machine.
If you have previously installed Measurement Studio for
Windows 2000/XP, Version 7.0, the example programs are installed to
the following directories:
–
Visual Basic .NET or Visual C#—
Program Files\National
Instruments\MeasurementStudio70\DotNET\Examples
–
Visual C++ .NET—
Program Files\National
Instruments\MeasurementStudio70\VCNET\Examples