LabWindows/CVI Core 2 Course Overview

The LabWindows™/CVI Core 2 Course is an extension of the LabWindows/CVI Core 1 Course. After attending the course, you can create applications that use network communication, DLLs, and ActiveX. You will learn how to create powerful user interfaces using menus and toolbars. You will be able to take full advantage of the PC with your application by learning how to program a multithreaded application.

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Available formats

On-demand training not available for this course

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Course Objectives

Create toolbars and menus for user interfaces
Use UTF-8 encoding to facilitate interfacing with other applications and localizing your application
Use ActiveX within the LabWindows/CVI environment
Compile your modules as DLLs you can use with other applications
Use LabWindows/CVI to access DLLs
Develop efficient multithreaded applications
Develop applications that can communicate with the Internet
Decrease development time using debugging features
Optimize execution speed with the LabWindows/CVI Execution Profiler Toolkit

Course Details

Duration

Instructor-led Classroom: Two (2) days
Instructor-led Virtual: Three (3) days, five-and-a-half-hour sessions

Audience

New and intermediate LabWindows/CVI users and users preparing to develop applications
LabWindows/CVI Core 1 course attendees
Users and technical managers evaluating LabWindows/CVI in purchasing decisions
Users pursuing the Certified LabWindows/CVI Developer (CCVID) certification

Prerequisites

LabWindows/CVI Core 1 course or equivalent experience

NI Products Used

If you take the course in an instructor-led format:

LabWindows/CVI
LabWindows/CVI Execution Profiler Toolkit

Training Materials

Virtual instructor-led training includes digital course material that is delivered through the NI Learning Center
NI virtual instructor-led training is delivered through Zoom, and Amazon AppStream/LogMein access is provided to participants to perform the exercises on virtual machines equipped with the latest software

Cost in Credits

Public virtual or classroom course: 20 Education Services Credits or 9 Training Credits
Private virtual or classroom: 140 Education Services Credits or 60 Training Credits

LabWindows/CVI Core 2 Course Outline

Lesson	Overview	Topics
Review of Core 1 Concepts	This short lesson reviews important concepts from the LabWindows/CVI Core 1 course.	Operation of the callback function model in LabWindows/CVI Operating system messaging and LabWindows/CVI Structure and use of instrument drivers
User Interface Programming	This lesson describes additional user interface features that are in LabWindows/CVI and uses the features in hands-on exercises.	Changing the appearance and function of user interface objects Creating custom menus with the menu editor Programmatically controlling complex menus Adding table controls to your user interfaces Using a tree control to display hierarchical data Displaying complex multi-dimensional data in an intensity graph  Adding predefined custom controls such as toolbars, path controls, progress bars, color pickers, and combo boxes to your user interfaces
Interoperability and Network Communication	This lesson describes technologies for implementing interoperability and network communication, including .NET, ActiveX, network variables, TCP and UDP.	Interacting with .NET assemblies using LabWindows/CVI ActiveX technologies and using LabWindows/CVI as an automation client to control external applications Building applications that can pass data over the network using network variables Using TCP/IP for complex Internet communication Using UDP to broadcast data
Creating and Using Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs)	This lesson describes techniques to create and use DLLs.	Developing code that is modular and reusable Compiling your modules as a DLL so other applications can take advantage of your development How to easily debug your DLLs
Multithreading and Windows SDK Functions	This lesson teaches advanced programming techniques in LabWindows/CVI. You will learn how to create a multithreaded application and use thread safe queues to safely pass data between threads. You also learn to use the Windows SDK functions to add flexibility to your LabWindows/CVI applications.	Building efficient multithreaded applications How LabWindows/CVI uses threads Using thread safe queues to safely transport information between threads How to protect critical sections in your threads Using the Windows SDK functions to expand the functionality of LabWindows/CVI Additional features in LabWindows/CVI to improve code performance
LabWindows/CVI Toolkits and Modules	This lesson teaches powerful features to further decrease your development time and costs.	Using the LabWindows/CVI Execution Profiler Toolkit to identify bottlenecks and inefficient code and optimize run-time performance Additional LabWindows/CVI toolkits and modules

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