© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 Measurement Studio User Manual
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Introduction to Measurement Studio
Measurement Studio is an integrated suite of tools and class libraries that
are designed for developers using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Visual C#,
ASP.NET, and Visual C++ to develop measurement and automation
applications.
Measurement Studio dramatically reduces application development time
through object-oriented measurement hardware interfaces, advanced
analysis libraries, scientific user interface controls for Windows and Web
applications, measurement data networking, wizards, interactive code
designers, and highly extensible .NET and Visual C++ classes. You can use
Measurement Studio to develop a complete measurement and automation
application that includes data acquisition, analysis, and presentation
functionalities.
Measurement Studio 8.5 Professional and Enterprise packages include
two Visual Studio support CDs—one CD with support for Visual Studio
.NET 2003, Visual Studio2005, and Visual Studio 2008 and one CD with
support for Visual Studio 6.0. The Measurement Studio 8.5 Standard
package includes one CD with support for Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual
Studio 2005, and Visual Studio 2008. Visual Studio 6.0 support includes
ActiveX controls for use in Visual Basic 6.0 and MFC class libraries and
ActiveX controls for use in Visual C++ 6.0. Visual Studio .NET 2003
support and Visual Studio 2005 support includes .NET class libraries and
controls for use with .NET languages and MFC class libraries and ActiveX
controls for use with Visual C++. Visual Studio 2008 support includes
only.NET class libraries and controls for use with .NET languages.
Measurement Studio 8.5 does not include MFC class libraries or ActiveX
controls for use in Visual C++ in Visual Studio 2008.
Note Measurement Studio 8.5 support for Visual Studio .NET 2003 includes updates to
the ActiveX controls; however, no new features for Visual Studio .NET 2003 are included
in Measurement Studio 8.5.