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NI Measurement Studio Development Packages
for Visual Basic .NET

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System Requirements

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, at a minimum, .NET Framework 2.0 for Visual Studio 2005, or .NET Framework 3.5 for Visual Studio 2008
  • Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005, or Visual Studio 2008 - Standard, Professional, Enterprise Developer, Enterprise Architect, Academic, or Express1 editions
  • Windows Vista/XP/2000 operating system2

1 Measurement Studio integration tools are not supported in the Visual Studio 2005/2008 Express editions.

2 Developing Measurement Studio for Visual Studio 2005/2008 applications and deploying Measurement Studio for Visual Studio .NET 2003 applications are supported on Windows Vista.

  Standard Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition Developer Suite
Project WizardsYESYESYESYES
Visual Studio 2008 SupportYESYESYESYES
Visual Studio 2005 SupportYESYESYESYES
Visual Studio .NET 2003 SupportYESYESYESYES
Windows Forms Controls - Waveform Graph, Scatter Graph, Digital Graph, Complex Graph, Property Editor, Legend, LED, Slide, Meter, Gauge, Knob, Numeric Edit, Tank, Switch, Thermometer, LED Array, Switch Array, and Numeric Array YESYESYESYES
Standard Analysis Libraries for Basic Signal Generation1YESYESYESYES
GPIB Class Libraries2YESYESYESYES
Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) Class Libraries2YESYESYESYES
NI-DAQmx Class Libraries2YESYESYESYES
Instrument Driver .NET WizardYESYESYESYES
Digital Waveform Data TypeYESYESYESYES
Scale Range FillsYESYESYESYES
ASP.NET Web Form Controls - Waveform Graph, Scatter Graph, Digital Graph, Complex Graph, Legend, LED, Slide, Meter, Gauge, Knob, Numeric Edit, Tank, Switch, Thermometer, and Auto Refresh.—YESYESYES
ActiveX Controls for Visual Basic 6.0—YESYESYES
MFC and ActiveX Controls for Visual C++ 6.0—YESYESYES
Professional Analysis Libraries for Array Operations, Signal Generation, Windowing, Filters, Signal Processing1—YESYESYES
3D Graph ActiveX Control—YESYESYES
User Interface Network Variable Binding—YESYESYES
Network Variable Class Library—YESYESYES
Network Variable Data Source—YESYESYES
Technical Data Management Streaming (TDMS) Class Library — YES YES YES
Parameter Assistant—YESYESYES
Instrument I/O Assistant—YESYESYES
Data Acquisition Assistant—YESYESYES
Enterprise Analysis Libraries for Spectral Measurements, Linear Algebra, Statistics, Curve Fitting1——YESYES
Debug .NET Code Modules from TestStand——YESYES
LabWindows™/CVI Full Development System——YESYES
PID Control Toolkit———YES
Database Connectivity (SQL) Toolkit———YES
Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit———YES
LabVIEW Professional Development System———YES
LabVIEW Add-On Toolkits———YES
LabVIEW SignalExpress Interactive Environment———YES

1 See link for specific analysis available in each package.

2 Included with the NI device driver software (does not require Measurement Studio).

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