Necessary DLLS for developing a .net NI DAQ control

[Virginia_Solomon]

I am new for this development when it is about .net DAQ mx control. I am very familiar with MAX and Labview and DAQmx under Labview.

I would like for my .net future application to have all necessary resources (DLLs) in the application folder. There should be a uniques installation of this application, no MAX installation.

I would like to know all the DLLs necessary for this purpose and the sources of them. The DAQ version will be 14.5 and DAQ mx I am going to use will be USB 6351 or 6353.

Please let me know if my plan is fisable and please provide me with all dlls sources for this purpose.

Thank you,

Virginia

[WestOfEden]

Hey Virginia,

If I'm understanding you correctly, you just want all the DAQmx DLL's for developing a DAQmx application in .NET. These should be installed when you install DAQmx and include the installation options for .NET Framework Languages Support under Application Development Support. It seems the assembly for DAQmx in .NET is "NationalInstruments.DAQmx".

It may also be helpful to include the examples, which can be added at installation. These examples which may be helpful references during your development. See link below for the location of the examples. 

NI-DAQmx, NI-VISA, and NI-488.2 .NET Example Locations

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/39F4B9264B94308C8625729D0067F9AF?OpenDocument 

[Virginia_Solomon]

Hi Eden,

I apologise for this late answer but this is my concern.

To complete my question I will formulate it little different:
Can I develop a NI DAQ mx control under .net environment based on the DAQ mx API  without having NI MAX installed neither the Measurement Studio installed? If the answer is yes what are the necessary DLLs and where could I find the necessary API documentation for this development.

Virginia

[WestOfEden]

Hey Virginia,

You can develop in DAQmx and using the API, but you would have to download the DAQmx driver, which is free, to use the API. MAX comes with the DAQmx driver, but you can probably choose not to install it when configuring your installation. You shouldn't need it. You can also use the API without Measurement Studio, but wouldn't have access to features included in Measurement Studio, which it sounds like you don't need anyway. The DLL and API documentation are included in the driver, and will be installed when you choose to install .NET framework support. The main DLL is NationalInstruments.DAQmx.dll. See links below for some more information.

Do I Need Measurement Studio to Use NI-DAQmx in .NET?

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0EA34D565632DFE186256E7B00762DCC

Locations for the NI-DAQmx .NET Help Files

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0BE230A7DA6E655A8625707A0059E20B

Hope that helps!

[Virginia_Solomon · Accepted solution]

Hi Eden,

Thank you very much for help. I hope everything is good for now.

Virginia