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

2 Developing NI 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
Project Wizards YES YES YES
Visual Studio 2008 Support YES YES YES
Visual Studio 2005 Support YES YES YES
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Support YES YES YES
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 YES YES YES
Standard Analysis Libraries for Basic Signal Generation1 YES YES YES
GPIB Class Libraries2 YES YES YES
Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) Class Libraries2 YES YES YES
NI-DAQmx Class Libraries2 YES YES YES
Instrument Driver .NET Wizard YES YES YES
Digital Waveform Data Type YES YES YES
Scale Range Fills YESYES YES
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. — YES YES
ActiveX Controls for Visual Basic 6.0 — YES YES
MFC and ActiveX Controls for Visual C++ 6.0 — YES YES
Professional Analysis Libraries for Array Operations, Signal Generation, Windowing, Filters, Signal Processing1 — YES YES
3D Graph ActiveX Control — YES YES
User Interface Network Variable Binding — YES YES
Network Variable Class Library — YES YES
Network Variable Data Source — YES YES
Parameter Assistant — YES YES
Instrument I/O Assistant — YES YES
Data Acquisition Assistant — YES YES
Enterprise Analysis Libraries for Spectral Measurements, Linear Algebra, Statistics, Curve Fitting1 — — YES
Debug .NET Code Modules from TestStand — — YES
LabWindows™/CVI Full Development System — — 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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