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System Requirements

To use Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio 2005, your computer must have the following:

  • Microsoft operating system: Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), including Starter Edition, Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows XP (32-bit), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) , and Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
  • Visual Studio 2005: Standard, Professional, Team System, Visual C# Express1, and Visual Basic .NET Express1 or Visual Web Developer Express Edition1

To use Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio 2008, your computer must have the following:

  • Microsoft operating system: Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), including Starter Edition (32-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows XP (32-bit), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), and Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
  • Visual Studio 2008: Standard, Professional, Team System, Visual C# Express1, and Visual Basic .NET Express1 or Visual Web Developer Express Edition1

To use Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio 2010, your computer must have the following:

  • Microsoft operating system: Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), including Starter Edition (32-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows XP (32-bit), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), and Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
  • Visual Studio 2010: Professional, Premium, Ultimate, Visual C# Express1, Visual Basic Express1, and Visual Web Developer Express Edition1

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

  Standard Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition NI Developer Suite
Visual Studio 2010 Support YES YES YES YES
Visual Studio 2008 Support YES YES YES YES
Visual Studio 2005 Support YES YES YES YES
Windows Forms Controls - Waveform Graph, Scatter Graph, Digital Graph, Complex Graph, Intensity Graph, Property Editor, Legend, LED, Slide, Meter, Gauge, Knob, Numeric Edit, Tank, Switch, Thermometer, LED Array, Switch Array, and Numeric Array YES YES YES YES
Standard Analysis Class Library for Basic Signal Generation1 YES YES YES YES
NI-488.2 Class Library2 YES YES YES YES
NI-VISA Class Library2 YES YES YES YES
NI-DAQmx Class Library2 YES YES YES YES
Instrument Driver .NET Wizard YES YES YES YES
Project Wizards YES YES YES 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 YES
Professional Analysis Class Libraries for Array Operations, Signal Generation, Windowing, Filters, and Signal Processing1 — YES YES YES
3D Graph ActiveX Control — YES YES YES
User Interface Network Variable Binding — YES YES YES
Network Variable Class Library — YES YES YES
Technical Data Management Streaming (TDMS) Class Library — YES YES YES
Parameter Assistant — YES YES YES
Instrument I/O Assistant — YES YES YES
Data Acquisition Assistant — YES YES YES
Enterprise Analysis Class Libraries for Spectral Measurements, Linear Algebra, Statistics, and Curve Fitting1 — — YES YES
NI LabWindows™/CVI Full Development System — — YES YES
NI 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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