Help me find Mstudio items in VB.NET !

[BAHER]

Hi..

I downloaded Measurement Studio 7.0 Evaulation Software from the web site..

and of course I have .NET framework 1.1

Now, I'm trying to create a simple project but I can't find all the items I read about in the tutorial.. such as: tank, Meter..etc

I found only the switch , the LED.. and something called Legend.. I looked deeper and i found the Knob and the slide.. but still no tanks or meters..

the first thing come in mind that is because I have the Evaultion version but I think it has to do with the 30-days period not with number of items i can use .. right ?

can anybody help me with this ?! plz

[penewman]

MStudio 8 should have installed it's toolbox of controls to the Visual Studio IDE.

Maybe the evaluation version does not enable all of the MStudio controls?

[Andrew W]

Howdy Baher -

You referred to the fact that you had "looked deeper" for components.  Does that mean you looked through the entire National Instruments UI namespace for any available .NET components.

If you have not already done so, I would recommend right-clicking on the toolbox, and selecting Add/Remove Items... .  Once the dialog box appears, sort by namespace, and look for the tank component (and all other components) under the NationalInstruments.UI.WindowsForm namespace.

Let me know if you are able to find the components.

Regards,
Andrew W || Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[BAHER]

Hi Andrew..

Thank you for your time..

I did what you exactly told me, and that's what I found:

I have two choices: .NET framework components or COM components:

* under .NET framework components.. I sorted the namespaces and I found the following National Inst. tools:

-Data Socket, Data Socket server, Data Socket source, LED, Legend, Scatter Graph, Switch, Wafeform Graph..

and when I selected them, they have been added to General toolbox and Meausrement Studio.NET toolbox.

* under COM components..  I sorted the library and I found the following National Inst. tools:

- CWGraph3D control, CWDataSocket control, CWButton control, CWGraph control, CWKnob control, CWNumEdit control, CW slide Control..

and when I selected them, they have been added to  Meausrement Studio C++ toolbox.

That's it.. No Tanks, No Meters, No Gauges... Nothing..

can you help me find them .. Please ?

Maybe you should Know I'm working on Visual Basic .NET project not C++..

thanks again for your time..

Baher.

[DWeiland]

Hi Baher,

The downloadable evaluation of Measurement Studio is, as you mentioned, version 7.0. One of the major changes between version 7.0 and version 7.1 is the addition of about double the number of new .NET controls, including tanks, meters, and gauges. It sounds to me as though you have everything that is part of Measurement Studio 7.0 available to you. Here is the complete list of Measurement Studio 7.0 features, as described in the readme:

Measurement Studio 7.0

Developing with Measurement Studio

Measurement Studio includes the following tools and feature to help you in developing applications:

• Measurement Studio project templates
• NI DAQ Assistant
• NI Instrument I/O Assistant
• Add/Remove Class Libraries wizard
• Measurement Studio Parameter Assistant
• NI Measurement Studio Help
• TestStand Visual Studio .NET Integration
• Measurement Studio Menu

.NET Class Libraries

Measurement Studio includes the following .NET class libraries:

• Analysis class library
• Common class library
• DataSocket class library
• NI-488.2 class library
• NI-DAQmx class library
• NI-VISA class library
• Windows Forms class library
  • Scatter graph control
  • Waveform graph control
  • Switch control
  • LED control
  • Legend control

Visual C++ Class Libraries

Measurement Studio includes the following Visual C++ class libraries:

• 3D graph class library
• Analysis class library
• Common class library
• DataSocket class library
• FieldPoint class library
• Instrument Drivers class library
• LabVIEW Real-Time Interface class library
• Microsoft Excel Interface class library
• Microsoft Word Interface class library
• NI-488.2 class library
• NI-DAQmx class library
• NI-Reports class library
• NI-VISA class library
• User Interface class library
  • Button control
  • Graph control
  • Knob control
  • Numeric edit control
  • Slide control
• Utility class library

If you'd like to see all the features of the most recent Measurement Studio, you can check out Measurement Studio 8.0 Online at http://www.ni.com/mstudio/try/

What tutorial are you referencing Baher? I have a feeling it is for Measurement Studio 7.1, but if not I'd like to know so we can get it changed to be appropriate for the version it claims to use.

Thanks Baher,

Message Edited by DWeiland on 02-14-2006 09:36 AM