Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio
Measurement Studio User Manual 1-4 ni.com
Note There are separate installers for Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio 2005
and Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio 2008. Repeat the installation
instructions to install support for both. When installing support for more than one version
of Visual Studio, you can reduce installation time by running the Device Drivers CD
installer only once. To do this, ensure that the Device Drivers CD feature is enabled only
for the last Measurement Studio Visual Studio support installer that you run.
The option to browse for an installation location is valid only if you have
not already installed any Measurement Studio features for the version of
Visual Studio or the .NET Framework that you are installing. If you have
any Measurement Studio features installed, then Measurement Studio
installs to the same root directory to which you installed other
Measurement Studio features.
Complete the following steps to install Measurement Studio:
1. Log on as an administrator or as a user with administrator privileges.
2. Launch Autorun.exe, either from the installation CD or from the
location to which you extracted the downloaded CD image.
3. Select the version of Visual Studio you want to install support for.
4. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
Note If you want to upgrade a Windows XP machine to Windows Vista, National
Instruments recommends first uninstalling all NI software, including both application
software and drivers.
Installing Hardware Drivers for Visual Studio 2008 Support
Visual Studio 2008 .NET class library support for National Instruments
hardware drivers is included on the Measurement Studio 8.5 CD, under the
VS2008 Driver Support feature in the feature tree. To install support for
NI-DAQmx, NI-VISA, NI-488.2, or MAX, you must install the appropriate
feature from the Measurement Studio 8.5 CD and you must install the
underlying device driver from the NI Device Drivers CD or from a
product-specific driver installer. Refer to the Driver Support section for
information on obtaining device driver installers.