Analyzing Your Visual Basic 6.0 Applications for Migration to .NET
With the extended support for Visual Basic 6.0 ending this year, many application developers are looking for guidance on whether to upgrade, reuse, or replace their legacy Visual B......

Interacting with Measurement Studio Graphs in Visual Basic
Introduction You have collected your measurements, displayed them on a Measurement Studio (Measurement Studio includes tools to build measurement applications in ANSI C, Visual C++......

Working with Variants in Visual Basic
What Is a Variant? A Variant data type is self-describing data – it contains the actual value of the data and metadata, which is information about how Visual Basic uses and s......

Counter Operations with Measurement Studio DAQ ActiveX Controls
This document explains how to use the Measurement Studio ActiveX controls in Visual Basic to perform counter operations. Measurement Studio provides two controls for counter operat......

Developing Motion Systems in Measurement Studio for Visual Basic
With the Motion Control Module for Measurement Studio, you can develop motion control applications using your NI 7334 or NI 7344 Series controller and Microsoft Visual Basic. Use t......

Developing Industrial Automation Applications using Visual Basic .NET and OPC
.NET is quickly becoming a standard for enterprise level applications because of the range of inter-department connectivity provided. This connectivity enables programmers to quick......

Developing an OPC Client Application Using Visual Basic
This application note explains how to write programs that communicate with diverse devices, such as PLCs, RTUs, and FieldPoint devices, in programming environments such as Visual B......

Building an Interactive Web Page with DataSocket
This document explains how you can create an interactive Web page with which users can view data from a remote acquisition application without the common problems of a client-serve......

Visual Basic .NET from a Visual Basic 6.0 Perspective
The .NET framework introduces sweeping changes in Microsoft software architecture, Visual Studio development tools, and networked systems development. If you have created an applic......

Parsing Instrument Data in Visual Basic
Instruments are notorious for sending back cryptic binary messages or strings containing a combination of header and data information. It is often frustrating trying to make your a......