01-30-2006 11:39 AM
01-30-2006 03:21 PM
Timothy,
if you are trying to program an NI switch with the NI-SWITCH API then all the information is in the NI Switches Help.
If you want to program it wi the DAQmx API then all the programming information is in the DAQmx help.
if you want to use .NET then there are information in the DAQmx readme and in the DAQmx help under Getting Started with your ADE>>.NET. Under the same section you will see Finding Example which will point you to the directory where the VB.NET examples are installed:
NI-DAQmx examples for ANSI C are in the NI-DAQ\Examples\DAQmx ANSI C Dev directory.
02-03-2006 02:47 PM
Guy,
I found the DAQmx read me and the NI-DAQmx help under Getting Started with your ADE>>.NET. The .NET help titled "Creating a .NET Application without Measurement Studio" then directs me to Start»Programs»National Instruments»NI-DAQ»NI-DAQmx .NET Reference Help. However I don't have that last folder - NI-DAQmx .NET Reference Help on my Start menu. The .NET help also states "To get to the same help topics from within Visual Studio .NET 2003, go to Help»Contents. Select Measurement Studio from the Filtered By drop-down list and follow the previous instructions." However, I can't find it. I'm currently using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, and the DAQmx .NET help says "You need Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 for the API documentation to be installed." Does that mean I won't find it in the VB 2005 Express Edition? Still, I would expect the NI-DAQmx .NET Reference Help to be in my Start menu, since I included the .NET Framework stuff during the DAQmx install.
Tim
02-15-2006 11:05 AM
02-15-2006 02:27 PM
I got some more info on this...
To install the DAQmx .NET help, the minimum requirement is just .NET, no Measurement Studio.
The problem here is using VS 2005, which has a different help system than VS 2003. So if you don't have VS 2003 or the .NET 1.1 SDK, you do not get the Help viewer required. Just installing .NET is not enough.
You can use a free help viewer to see the help files if he only has VS 2005 on his machine. See the last paragraph of this KB for more information about this.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/A4F2DC5A41CFA716862570BC00802DE8?OpenDocument
I hope this helps,
Sal
06-29-2006 04:20 PM
06-30-2006 11:37 AM