Programming The Oscilloscope; Referencing The Io Library - Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Programmer's Manual

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Getting Started

Programming the Oscilloscope

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Referencing the IO Library

No matter which instrument programming library you use (SICL, VISA, or
VISA COM), you must reference the library from your program.
In C/C++, you must tell the compiler where to find the include and library
files (see the Agilent IO Libraries Suite documentation for more
information).
To reference the Agilent VISA COM library in Visual Basic for Applications
(VBA, which comes with Microsoft Office products like Excel):
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"Referencing the IO Library"
"Opening the Oscilloscope Connection via the IO Library"
"Using :AUToscale to Automate Oscilloscope Setup"
"Using Other Oscilloscope Setup Commands"
"Capturing Data with the :DIGitize Command"
"Reading Query Responses from the Oscilloscope"
"Reading Query Results into String Variables"
"Reading Query Results into Numeric Variables"
"Reading Definite- Length Block Query Response Data"
"Sending Multiple Queries and Reading Results"
"Checking Instrument Status"
Choose Tools>References... from the main menu.
In the References dialog, check the "VISA COM 3.0 Type Library".
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