IronPython as Measurement Studio .NET language?

[Postplanck]

Hi,

has anyone ever tried to use Mesurement Studio .NET libraries from IronPython in Visual Studio 2010? I'm especially interested in building GUIs using Measurement Studio widgets. IMHO, Python is great for experiment control because of its easy of use, the fact that it's an interpreted language (interactive console!) and its great libraries (scipy, ...). It however lacks specialized GUI elements for experiment control, so the combination with Measurement Studio would make up a very strong team.

My first, quick attempt to load an NI assembly in an IronPython project ( clr.AddReference('NationalInstruments.UI.WindowsForms.Boolean') )  has resulted in a strange 'System.BadImageFormatException' in mscorlib.dll, so far I haven't had time to look into this.

Are there any fundamental problems to be expected? Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Tobias

[MHoffmann]

Hi Tobias, 

Iron Pyhon is unfortunately not officially supported by National Instruments. So it is possible that it works but there is no guarantee and you have to try it. 

So maybe someone already tried the same and can give you advices.

Best regards,

Michael

NIG