How can I convert a project from LabWindows/CVI 2010 to a Visual Studio 2011 project?

[SummerIntern]

I have a good sized project, 12 source files, 14 headers, 1 uir, that I want to be able to edit and compile in MS Visual Studio 2011, MSVC++.

I remember being told that LabWindows dropped support for C++ in 2008 and no longer had a wizard for converting projects. I know I can go the DLL route, but I have never created a DLL before and wouldn't know where to begin with it. What would be the best way to go about this conversion?

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

There isn'a a Visual Studio 2011. There is a Visual Studio 2010 and a Visual Studio 2012 that is in beta.

[SummerIntern]

Well, I'm a little embarrassed. It's Visual Studio 2010.

Sorry.

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

There is, as far as I know, no automatic conversion tool.

Personally, I would convert to C#.

[SummerIntern]

How would I go about doing that?

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@SummerIntern wrote:

How would I go about doing that?

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manually

i.e. convert code to the .NET equivalent

[SummerIntern]

Okay. I'll look into that. Is that going to take care of the DAQmx libraries that I use, or am I going to have to import those libraries?

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

NI offers .NET support for DAQmx.  http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0BE230A7DA6E655A8625707A0059E20B

[SummerIntern]

Thanks nyc.

[D_Biel · Accepted solution]

CVI 2010 still supports the Visual Studio Conversion Wizard for Visual Studio 2005/2008. We do plan to add support for VS 2010 in a future release.

If you need a VS 2010 project now, you can use the Visual Studio 2008 conversion wizard, then upgrade the VS 2008 project to VS 2010.