VB/C# Function Generator Example

Hello,
I have a NI-5401 Function Generator and a NI-5112 Digitizer for hardware. I would like to use C# to output a signal from the Function Generator to the Digitizer and see the results on the CWGraph control. Is there any sample (in Visual Basic if C# not available) that demonstrates the appropriate ActiveX controls and some basic functionality similar to this?
Thanks in Advance!
Derek

Hi,
You may want to take a look at the following:
C:\VXIpnp\WinNT\nifgen\Examples\VisualBasic
Sincerely,
Sastry V
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

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