Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio
© National Instruments Corporation 1-9 Measurement Studio User Manual
Learning Measurement Studio
As you work with Measurement Studio, you might need to consult
additional resources. For detailed Measurement Studio help, including
function reference and in-depth documentation on developing with
Measurement Studio, refer to the NI Measurement Studio Help within the
Visual Studio environment. The NI Measurement Studio Help is fully
integrated with the Visual Studio help. You must have Visual Studio
installed to view the online help, and you must have the Microsoft .NET
Framework SDK 2.0 for Visual Studio 2005 or the Microsoft .NET
Framework SDK 3.5 for Visual Studio 2008 installed in order for links
from Measurement Studio help topics to .NET Framework help topics to
work. You can launch the NI Measurement Studio Help in the following
ways:
• From the Windows Start menu, select Start»All Programs»National
Instruments»<Measurement Studio>»Measurement Studio
Documentation. The help launches in a stand-alone help viewer.
• From Visual Studio, select Help»Contents to view the Visual Studio
table of contents. The NI Measurement Studio Help is listed in the table
of contents.
• From Visual Studio, select Measurement Studio»NI Measurement
Studio Help. The help launches within the application.
Tip As you work through this manual, you will see italicized references to relevant help
topics. To find these topics, use the table of contents in the NI Measurement Studio Help
installed on your machine.
The following resources also are available to provide you with information
about Measurement Studio.
• Getting Started information—Refer to the Measurement Studio Core
Overview topic and the Getting Started with the Measurement Studio
Class Libraries section in the NI Measurement Studio Help for an
introduction to Measurement Studio and for walkthroughs that guide
you step-by-step in learning how to develop Measurement Studio
applications. For an introduction to Measurement Studio resources,
refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Help topic in the
NIMeasurement Studio Help.
• Examples—Measurement Studio installs examples organized by class
library, depending on the component, the version of Visual Studio or
the .NET Framework that the example supports, the version of
Measurement Studio installed on the system, and the operating system.