Chapter 1
Introduction to Measurement Studio
Measurement Studio User Manual
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Distribution Requirements
To distribute an application built with Measurement Studio .NET class
libraries, the target computer must have a Windows 2000/XP operating
system and the .NET Framework version 1.1.
To distribute an application built with Measurement Studio Visual C++
class libraries, the target computer must have a Windows 2000/XP
operating system.
Installation Instructions
Complete the following steps to install Measurement Studio. These steps
describe a typical installation. Please review carefully all additional
licensing and warning dialog boxes. Measurement Studio 7.1 includes two
CDs—one with support for Visual Studio .NET 2003 and one with support
for Visual Studio 6.0. This manual documents the Visual Studio .NET 2003
CD. For help with Visual Studio 6.0, refer to the
Measurement Studio
Support for Visual Studio 6.0 Readme
located on the Measurement Studio
for Visual Studio 6.0 CD.
If you install Measurement Studio 7.1 on a machine that has Measurement
Studio 7.0 installed, the installer will replace Measurement Studio 7.0
functionality, including class libraries. The Measurement Studio 7.0
assemblies will remain in the global assembly cache (GAC); therefore,
applications that reference the Measurement Studio 7.0 version will
continue to use Measurement Studio 7.0 .NET assemblies.
If Measurement Studio 7.0 is on your machine, Measurement Studio 7.1
will install to the Measurement Studio 7.0 directory. To install
Measurement Studio 7.1 to the default directory (
Program Files\
NationalInstruments\MeasurementStudioVS2003)
, you must first
uninstall all Measurement Studio class libraries, including class libraries
installed with National Instruments driver software, such as NI-VISA,
NI-488.2, and NI-DAQmx.
Measurement Studio supports side-by-side installation of version 6.0 and
7.1. You must install Measurement Studio 6.0 and 7.1 to different
directories.
1.
Insert the Measurement Studio CD into the CD-ROM.
autorun.exe
automatically starts. If it does not automatically start, double-click the
autorun.exe
icon.
2.
Click
Install NI Measurement Studio
.
