Do NI Visa Dlls for Windows 2000 need to be installed (and registered in the registry) or can they simply be placed in the path?

[Steve Gordon]

I would like to make a very simple distribution CD with software product and avoid having an installation step to register the Ni Visa DLLs. I can't seem to do this successfully. Could it be that the dll(s) need to be registered, or are there other support files need besides visa32.dll?

[bilalD]

VISA is a kernel mode driver, so just copying the files over and registering them will not work. You need to use the installer to correctly install VISA, since this involves not only copying the dlls, but also dependent components, config files and also manipulating the registry. the visa dlls are not COM based, so registering them won't work.
Use the VISA runtime installer that is available for download.

Hope this helps