.NET Languages without NI Application Software

With the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 or later, you can use NI-DAQmx to create applications using Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET without Measurement Studio. You need Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 or later for the API documentation to be installed.

The installed documentation contains the NI-DAQmx API overview, measurement tasks and concepts, and function reference. This help is fully integrated into the Visual Studio documentation. To view the NI-DAQmx .NET documentation, go to Start » All Programs » National Instruments » NI-DAQmx> NI-DAQmx Documentation. For function reference, refer to the NationalInstruments.DAQmx Namespace and NationalInstruments.DAQmx.ComponentModel Namespace topics. For conceptual help, refer to the Using the Measurement Studio NI-DAQmx .NET Library and Developing with Measurement Studio NI-DAQmx sections.

To get to the same help topics from within Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, go to Help » Contents and select Measurement Studio from the Filtered By drop-down list. To get to the same help topics from within Visual Studio 2010, go to Help » View Help and select NI Measurement Studio Help from the Related Links section.