Creating a .NET Application without Measurement Studio

With the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 or later, you can use NI-VISA to create applications using Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET without Measurement Studio. You need Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 or 2003 for the API documentation to be installed.

The installed documentation contains the NI-VISA API overview and function reference. This help is fully integrated into the Visual Studio .NET documentation. To view the VISA .NET documentation, go to Start»Programs»National Instruments»VISA»NI-VISA .NET Framework 1.1 Help. Expand NI Measurement Studio Help»NI Measurement Studio .NET Class Library»Reference»NationalInstruments.VisaNS to view the function reference. Expand NI Measurement Studio Help»NI Measurement Studio .NET Class Library»Using the Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries»Using the Measurement Studio VisaNS .NET Library to view conceptual topics for using NI-VISA with Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET.

To get to the same help topics from within Visual Studio .NET 2003, go to Help»Contents. Select Measurement Studio from the Filtered By drop-down list and follow the previous instructions.