Training/Reference Material for Measurement Studio .NET

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I was wondering how everyone here gained the knowledge necessary to develop applcations in Measurement Studio.  It looks like the manual and help files are pretty detailed.  However, what about writing the actual code that will control a process.  I have a few questions that have come up:

1. How to accurate are timed loops?  What is type of timer should be used and what is the related jitter?
2. How should the control code be structured?  The most logical to me would be a case structure in the main loop which calls different subroutines.  Any input?

If anyone could reccomend some good reading on using MS and VB, it would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[bilalD]

I could'nt find any Measurement Studio specific code for creating control code, but the following link provides a good amount of information about the various timing mechanisms available for VB.NET.


http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/02/TimersinNET/

[densmore]

It depends on what you want to do, but in general I'm not a big fan of software controller timers. I've come to realize that classes are your best freind.

Message Edited by densmore on 04-10-2006 03:20 PM

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densmore,

  I am not really sure what you mean by  "classes".  What does that have to do with timers?