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- Instrument manufacturer
The instrument manufacturer is used to identify the manufacturer of the instrument for which the driver is being written. This entry is used in the IVI Configuration Store registration as well as in the implementation of the IIviDriver.InstrumentManufactuer property.
- Driver vendor
The driver vendor identifies the company responsible for development and support of the driver. This entry is used in the IVI Configuration Store registration as well as in the implementation of the IIviDriverComponentIdentity.Vendor property.
- Description
A description of your driver. This value is used in the driver help and .NET assembly metadata (AssemblyDescription assembly-level attribute).
- Copyright
The copyright statement to use for your driver. This value is used in the .NET assembly metadata (AssemblyCopyright assembly-level attribute).
- Version
The 3-digit version number to use for this driver. The value expressed here controls a variety of things, such as .NET assembly resolution and IVI.NET driver installer generation. Nimbus will always use a value of 0 for the 4th digit making up the assembly version number.
- Assembly name prefix
This entry controls the name of the .NET assembly. The IVI specifications require that this prefix represent the driver vendor. The full name of the .NET assembly based on this prefix is displayed in the Assembly name text box just below this entry.
- Assembly name
This is a read-only field that displays the .NET assembly name resulting from the choice entered in the Assembly name prefix field
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