Visual Studio 2005 C# Application Without Using Measurement Studio

[jfendt]

Is it possible to create a .NET application without using Measurement Studio? I'm attempting to create an application using C# in Visual Studio 2005. My application uses a PCI-7334 4-axis stepper controller and a PCI-6110 DAQ. All I'm looking for is some sample code to get me started and I can take it from there. The problem is that I can't seem to find sample code that is not tied somehow to Measurement Studio. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thank you.

[JonathanN]

Hi jfendt,

You technically do not need Measurement Studio to create a .NET application that uses the NI-DAQmx driver. The NI-DAQmx installer has an option to include .NET Framework 2.0 language support which will install the .NET 2.0 assemblies, documentation, and example applications (which do not require Measurement Studio).  Take a look at this post I replied too as well as this post (I know this post is for VB.NET but the main concepts still apply) and this post that discusses this in more detail. 

Also, depending upon what version of DAQmx you have installed, the example locations may vary. Check out the Where to Find Examples help topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help (i.e. DAQmx installs .NET documentation that integrates directly into the Visual Studio help even though some of the categories and titles will say NI Measurement Studio) and the NI-DAQmx, NI-VISA and NI-488.2 .NET Example Locations KnowledgeBase for locations of the .NET examples (with and without Measurement Studio).

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

[jfendt]

Thank you Jonathan for your response. The information that you have provided has helped a lot, and I appreciate you taking the time to respond in such a thorough fashion.