Measuring the output voltage from a laser detector(photodiode-TSL 250) using PCI-6014?

i am using a photodetector (TSL-250) to detect the different intensity of the laser beam, since the laser beam is passing throught a different depthness of liquid dye. I am measuring the output in voltage form. is there any measurement studio - Visual basic example illustrate this kind of measurement? thanks

Sounds like this is a simple continuous analog input application. Here are some starting points for example code based on which environment you have. Note: the PCI-6014 is supported by both NI-DAQmx (7.1 only) and Traditional NI-DAQ (7.1 and earlier).
Programming DAQ in Visual Basic 6.0
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/341C14328D91EDF186256D9800456FC0?OpenDocument
Programming DAQ in Visual Basic .NET
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/AFFC0BE95DE6B38186256D9B0051342B?OpenDocument
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