Ansi C Without Ni Application Software; Net Languages Without Ni Application Software - National Instruments USB-6001 User Manual

NI-DAQ Assistant
You can use the NI-DAQ Assistant through many NI application software programs to configure
virtual and measurement channels. Table 2 lists NI-DAQ Assistant tutorial locations for
NI applications.
NI Application
Software
LabVIEW
™
LabWindows /CVI
Measurement Studio
SignalExpress

ANSI C without NI Application Software

The NI-DAQmx Help contains API overviews and general information about measurement
concepts. Select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DAQmx»NI-DAQmx Help.
The NI-DAQmx C Reference Help describes the NI-DAQmx Library functions. Select Start»
All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DAQmx» Text-Based Code Support»NI-DAQmx
C Reference Help.

.NET Languages without NI Application Software

With the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 or later, you can use NI-DAQmx to create
applications using Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET without Measurement Studio. You need
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 or later for the API documentation to be installed.
The installed documentation contains the NI-DAQmx API overview, measurement tasks and
concepts, and function reference. To view the NI-DAQmx .NET documentation, go to Start»
All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DAQmx»Text-Based Code Support. For function
reference, refer to the NationalInstruments.DAQmx Namespace and NationalInstruments.
DAQmx.ComponentModel Namespace topics. For conceptual help, refer to the Using the
Measurement Studio NI-DAQmx .NET Library and Developing with Measurement Studio
NI-DAQmx sections.
To get to the same help topics from within Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, go to Help»Contents
and select Measurement Studio from the Filtered By drop-down list. To get to the same help
topics from within Visual Studio 2010, go to Help»View Help and select NI Measurement
Studio Help from the Related Links section.
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Table 2. NI-DAQ Assistant Tutorial Locations
Go to Start»All Programs»National Instruments»
NI-DAQmx»NI-DAQmx Help»Getting Started.
™
Go to Help»Contents. Next, go to Using LabWindows/CVI»
Data Acquisition»Taking an NI-DAQmx Measurement in
LabWindows/CVI.
Go to NI Measurement Studio Help»Getting Started with the
Measurement Studio Class Libraries»Measurement Studio
Walkthroughs»Walkthrough: Creating a Measurement Studio
NI-DAQmx Application.
Go to Help»Taking an NI-DAQmx Measurement in
SignalExpress.
Tutorial Location