Make USB-6001 digital output always high or low in C

Question

Hello all,
I am new to the NI DAQ interface. I have an USB-6001 and I am trying to use this device to control some logic circuit in C. So what I want to do is:
* set some digital output lines to high or low levels, and change their status when needed (in C).
I have tested the device in NI MAX -> Test Panels, and found that the device is able to do this. Then I try to do it in C. I hace checked the examples, and the function I should use is the one called "DAQmxWriteDigitalU32". I have problem in understanding its input parameters. I have tried something with my own understanding, but it does not work as I expected. Here is one test I did:
uInt32   data=1;
int32 written;
TaskHandle taskHandle=0;
DAQmxErrChk (DAQmxCreateTask("",&taskHandle));
DAQmxErrChk (DAQmxCreateDOChan(taskHandle,"Dev1/port0/line7","",DAQmx_Val_ChanForAllLines));
DAQmxErrChk (DAQmxStartTask(taskHandle));
DAQmxErrChk (DAQmxWriteDigitalU32(taskHandle,1,1,10.0,DAQmx_Val_GroupByChannel,&data,&written,NULL));
taskHandle=0;
DAQmxErrChk (DAQmxCreateTask("",&taskHandle));
DAQmxErrChk (DAQmxCreateDOChan(taskHandle,"Dev1/port0/line0","",DAQmx_Val_ChanForAllLines));
DAQmxErrChk (DAQmxStartTask(taskHandle));
DAQmxErrChk (DAQmxWriteDigitalU32(taskHandle,1,1,10.0,DAQmx_Val_GroupByChannel,&data,&written,NULL));
I want to simply set "Dev1/port0/line7" and "Dev1/port0/line0" to high level, but only "Dev1/port0/line0" responds me. The second parameter of the function DAQmxWriteDigitalU32 corresponds to numSampsPerChan. If i replace it (currently 1) with a larger value, e.g. 100, I can see that "Dev1/port0/line7" sends a number of 1 out, then return back to 0. So I guess the problem is just that I do not understand well all parameters of the function DAQmxWriteDigitalU32. Can anyone please tell me how I can set a digital output line to 1 or 0? 
Thanks!
Hongkun
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Answer 1

Hello,
Here is a link explaining the inputs of function:
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370471W-01/daqmxcfunc/daqmxwritedigitalu32/
Also here you can find a lot of examples in ANSI C
http://www.ni.com/example/6999/en/
Randy @Rscd27@