Visual C++ VS Labview?

[happybird]

Hellow,any one know are there any advantage to use VC++ to do the measurment compare with using Labview?
which one is better? thanks!

[dodek]

Hello Happybird,

If you have no experience in programming language C++ or no fundamtenal knowlegde in object programming language you should use LabView.
LabView is a graphical progamming language. If you are an electronic it is like drawing a schematic. It is very easy to learn. In a few minutes you a have a really nice application with sliders, buttons, knobs and connection to a measuerment device.

If you like to do this with vc++ without Ni Measurement Studio --> forget it!!
If you have some expericence and Measurement Studio on your machine --> maybe in one Day!
Well I am using VC++
In my opinion the one of biggest advantage for using VC++ is there is no need for the Labview Runtime-engine on your machine(An applikation never runs only on the develop
ment machine).
The biggest advantage for using vc++(with Ni Meas.Studio) is that you can use several Forums:
MSDN, NI, Codeproject, Codeguru and so on.
I think this very important because you can save in most cases a lot of time by sharing code.

Greetings Juergen

[JuanCarlos]

Hello,

I belive that the main question is not about which one is better; they are both great programming environments. The main question is What language Do I prefer to use?. LabVIEW is much easier to learn than C++. However there are plenty of people out there that allready use C++.

Just my 2 cents
Juan Carlos
N.I.

[GURO]

I totally agree your answer but you forget some points of VC that in my opinion are very important:
- debugging: LabView debugger is year far the VC debugger and Numega SoftICE. Using VC you can also use TRACE and ASSERT macors that are very usefull.
- documentation: No other programming tools have so many documentation tools (free or not) for the code.
- speed - LabView work fast but not so fast as VC
- complex project management ( with/without workgroup cooperation ) - If your program is not one or two forms the project management of VC can help you.

As you can suppose I'm working with VC and MFC/WTL/ATL

Greetings Roberto

[dodek]

Thank you for this comment !!
you are right.

Greetings
from the Lake of Constance, Germany
Juergen