National Instruments IMAQTM 用户手册

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This chapter describes the IMAQ Vision for Visual Basic software and 
associated software products, discusses the documentation and examples 
available, outlines the IMAQ Vision for Visual Basic architecture, and lists 
the steps for creating a machine vision application.

For information about the system requirements and installation procedure for 

IMAQ Vision for Visual Basic, refer to the Vision Development Module Release Notes that 
came with the software.

IMAQ Vision for Visual Basic is a collection of ActiveX controls that you 
can use to develop machine vision and scientific imaging applications. The 
Vision Development Module also includes the same imaging functions for 
LabWindows

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/CVI

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 and other C development environments, as well as 

VIs for LabVIEW. Vision Assistant, another Vision Development Module 
software product, enables you to prototype your application strategy 
quickly without having to do any programming. Additionally, NI offers 
Vision Builder for Automated Inspection: configurable machine vision 
software that you can use to prototype, benchmark, and deploy 
applications.

This manual assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic and can use 
ActiveX controls in Visual Basic. The following are good sources of 
information about Visual Basic and ActiveX controls:

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msdn.microsoft.com

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Documentation that accompanies Microsoft Visual Studio