LabVIEW vision module w/ usb camera

I've got LabVIEW 2009 and the Vision Assistant 8.6 and am trying to coordinate them with a usb camera for motion tracking. Eventually I want to be able to track motion at several locations on a glass plate, but currently I'm having difficulty understanding how the Vision Assistant and LabVIEW are supposed to interact. I can take input with Vision Assistant and see from the camera, but I can't perform any of Vision Assistant's functions on the image. Also, I don't think I have a LabVIEW VI for initializing up a USB camera to use with the IMAQ functions. How should I do this?
Using LabVIEW 2009 on Windows Vista

Hi dlg,
There are some great examples in the NI Example Finder (in LabVIEW go to Help >> Find Examples...) that are simple enough to start with.  The basic concept you need to understand the HL Snap.vior HL Grab.vi examples is that you "open, do-something, close".  The more complicated your code, the more extensive the "do-something" is.  However, the same process applies.  The other thing that is important to know is that the Create IMAQ.vi creates a buffer in which to store the image temporarily from the camera.  You then pass a reference to this buffer (the purple wire at the top of the subVIs) to process the image in a later step, if desired, or display the image on the front panel.   
 I hope this helps!
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