what is DLL and CIN and how do I use them?%3F

[XDu]

Problem: Hi, I've been using labVIEW for a month, now i'm trying to do some complicated calculation with the data acquired with DAQmx. the block diagram will be way too big if I were to use it to deal with the data. So instead i'd like to write code to do them. And after some research in the help menu, I found out CIN let you write your own C program to do things that's not included in the LabVIEW library. But now I'm stuck at building a .lsb file. And everyone on the internet says about this DLL thing and how it's better than CIN. So what are they and how do I use them??

[billko]

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@XDu wrote:
Problem: Hi, I've been using labVIEW for a month, now i'm trying to do some complicated calculation with the data acquired with DAQmx. the block diagram will be way too big if I were to use it to deal with the data. So instead i'd like to write code to do them. And after some research in the help menu, I found out CIN let you write your own C program to do things that's not included in the LabVIEW library. But now I'm stuck at building a .lsb file. And everyone on the internet says about this DLL thing and how it's better than CIN. So what are they and how do I use them??

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At least you told us WHY you wanted to know.  Instead of making a dll, check out the Formula Node located in the Structures palette.

[Dennis_Knutson]

What exactly are these complicated calculations? You can use subVIs to keep the block diagram a decent size. A month of using LabVIEW and taking the free tutorials should have made you aware of that. The CIN is no longer supported.