Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features
Measurement Studio User Manual 4-2 ni.com
•Add/Remove .NET Class Libraries Wizard—Use the Measurement
Studio Add/Remove Class Libraries wizard to add or remove
Measurement Studio class libraries or assemblies in existing Visual
Basic .NET, Visual C#, or Visual C++ projects.
•Refresh Project License File—Use the Refresh Project License File
to update the licenses.licx file in a Measurement Studio project to
the currently referenced Measurement Studio assemblies. The Refresh
Project process works by going through the licenses.licx file line
by line for the active project and removing each Measurement Studio
licensed type that matches the Measurement Studio
PublicKeyToken. After all Measurement Studio licensed types are
removed from the licenses.licx file, the current Measurement
Studio licensed types that are referenced by the project are added to the
licenses.licx file. This ensures all Measurement Studio licensed
types used by the project are added to the licenses.licx file.
•Add 64-Bit Protection to Project—Updates your project’s platform
target to x86 and updates your project to protect it from build error
LC0000. Refer to Using Measurement Studio on 64-Bit Operating
Systems and Protecting Your Project from LC0000 Build Error in the
NI Measurement Studio Help for more information. This menu item is
only available in Visual Studio 2005 on a 64-bit Windows OS. Visual
Studio 2008 projects function correctly without this protection.
•Remove 64-Bit Protection from Project—Removes protection for
build error LC0000 from your project. Refer to Using Measurement
Studio on 64-Bit Operating Systems and Protecting Your Project from
LC0000 Build Error in the NI Measurement Studio Help for more
information. This menu item is only available in Visual Studio 2005 on
a 64-bit Windows OS. Visual Studio 2008 projects function correctly
without this protection.
•Update Measurement Studio Project References—Updates any
outdated Measurement Studio references to the latest version installed
on the system.
•NI Tools»Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX)—Use
MAX to configure NI hardware; add new channels, interfaces, and
tasks; execute system diagnostics; and view devices and instruments
connected to the system. Select NI Tools»Measurement &
Automation Explorer (MAX) to access this menu item. The MAX
menu option is available only if you have MAX installed.
•NI Tools»NI Spy—Use NI Spy to monitor, record, and display
National Instruments API calls made by instrument connectivity
applications. Use NI Spy to quickly locate and analyze any erroneous
National Instruments API calls that an application makes and verify