C++ libraries advice asked

[Brenda Prangsma]

Hello,

I want to make a a small program just to configure our PCI-6023E card and
do data acquisitions in an application without any windows (data is written
to file).
I have looked at the software that ships with the card, but I'm not sure
what to use. The activeX components are nice and easy to understand, but
not what I want to use. The knowledge base recommends the DAQ C API, but
I can't find the examples on the CD. I have found the VISA and GPIB libraries,
but to me they are very low-level and very hard to understand.
Can anybody give me some advice on whether the DAQ C API is the best library
to use and where to find examples?

Thanks,
Brenda Prangsma
Mountside Software Engineering

[Chris Matthews]

The C API refers to the API for the C language that comes with NI-DAQ. The
VC++ Tools do not come with C++ classes for DAQ yet. There are many samples
for the C API that come with DAQ that you can find under your NI-DAQ/Examples/VisualC
directory. These do not use the VC++ tools, but can show you how to use
the C API functions. Also there are help documents for the C API and the
examples that should be under your National Instruments DAQ section of the
Start Menu. We are working on a set of C++ classes for Data Acquistion that
will be added to Measurement Studio in the future.

Best Regards,

Chris Matthews
Measurement Studio Support Manager

"Brenda Prangsma" wrote:
>>Hello,>>I want to make a a small program just to configure our PCI-6
023E
card and>do data acquisitions in an application without any windows (data
is written>to file). >I have looked at the software that ships with the card,
but I'm not sure>what to use. The activeX components are nice and easy to
understand, but>not what I want to use. The knowledge base recommends the
DAQ C API, but>I can't find the examples on the CD. I have found the VISA
and GPIB libraries,>but to me they are very low-level and very hard to understand.>Can
anybody give me some advice on whether the DAQ C API is the best library>to
use and where to find examples?>>Thanks,>Brenda Prangsma>Mountside Software
Engineering>