.NET Wrapper Solution Build Process

This guide is intended to show one way that the set of WLAN Toolkit C# wrappers can be converted into a Python invocable DLL utilized by pythonnet for WLAN test applications on the NI platform. This is an unofficial guide and should be used as a starting point for test developers who are tasked with keeping their Python code up to date with the latest version of WLAN Toolkit (abbreviated WLAN TK). Once created and called from code, it is recommended that the process described below be repeated for future releases to ensure that the latest features and enhancements become accessible to the program developer.

The National Instruments WLAN Toolkit for Generation and Analysis is published at the following location on the NI website: National Instruments .NET Support. The WLAN TK wrapper can be found in the table titled “Download .NET Source Code Wrapper APIs” and should reflect the latest released version.

Once downloaded, the following steps should be taken to build the final DLL that will be used in the Python script via pythonnet.

1. Unzip the contents of the .zip file that contains the WLAN TK wrapper. You should have the following contents:
   • niWLAN_DotNETWrapper_19.1>>DotNetWrappers
   • common – contains shipping example using both generation and analysis
     • This contains two wrappers: RFSA.cs and RFSG.cs that may need to be replaced with the latest versions in the future to expose newer driver features. In that event you can find the published wrappers here: RFSA and RFSG
   • NI-WLANA – contains all shipping examples and source files for WLAN Analysis TK
   • NI-WLANG – contains all shipping examples and source files for WLAN Generation TK