I have Mesurement Studio, I believe is really cvi 5.5. Can I use C++ with this sw and if so what are the main limitations?

[Chris Matthews]

Measurement Studio is actually three software packages in one. There is a package that plugs into Visual Basic, a package for Visual C++, and LabWindows/CVI which is a full ANSI C development environment. LabWindows/CVI is NOT a C++ compiler and it can't be used to compile C++ code. You can compile this code into a DLL in Visual C++ or Borland C++ and use that DLL from CVI, but CVI can't compile C++. If you want to develop in C++, I suggest you use Visual C++ with our Measurement Studio tools (ComponentWorks++) off your Measuremnt Studio CD.

Best Regards,

Chris Matthews
Measurement Studio Support Manager

[lorries323]

Hi Chris,

My company wants to start using C++. So I want to see if I understand this correctly. We have Measurement Studio with LW/CVI 6.0. So what you are saying is that we can plug a package (made up of LW functions, etc??) into Visual C++. Is there a way to plug the C++ compiler of Visual C++ into the LabWindows/CVI environment, to get the same feel of using CVI?

thanks,
Lorrie Smith

[lorries323]

Hi Chris,

My company wants to start using C++. So I want to see if I understand this correctly. We have Measurement Studio with LW/CVI 6.0. So what you are saying is that we can plug a package (made up of LW functions, etc??) into Visual C++. Is there a way to plug the C++ compiler of Visual C++ into the LabWindows/CVI environment, to get the same feel of using CVI?

thanks,
Lorrie Smith