Programming With The Vba-Gui Interface; Introduction - Zeiss LSM 880 Operating Manual

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4.7

Programming with the VBA-GUI interface

4.7.1

Introduction

The ZEN VBA-GUI interface allows you to program ZEN with the same comfort and ease as using the
mouse to control the GUI. All capabilities of the ZEN system are accessible via an intuitive syntax.
The main idea behind the ZEN VBA-GUI interface is to make ZEN commands available in the same way as
they are in the GUI. The image shows how this principle works: To set the acquisition frame size, one has
to
1. Select the Acquisition tab
2. Go to the Acquisition mode box
3. Set Frame Size X and Y
In the VBA-GUI interface,
"FrameSizeY".
Fig. 22 ZEN VBA-GUI Interface
The easiest way to access the VBA-GUI interface is to start with a recorded macro. This contains a "ZEN"
object, which has a "GUI" property. "ZEN.GUI" is the entry point to the VBA-GUI interface.
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VBA Programming for LSM
this translates to
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"Acquisition.AcquisitionMode.FrameSizeX"
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and
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