Using Visual Programming Environments; Getting Started With Agilent Vee; Gpib Interfacing In Agilent Vee - Agilent Technologies 8163A Programming Manual

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Using Visual Programming
Environments

Getting Started with Agilent VEE

Agilent Technologies Visual Engineering Environment (Agilent VEE) is a
visual programming language optimized for instrument control
applications. To develop programs in Agilent VEE, you connect graphical
'objects' instead of writing lines of code. These programs resemble easy-
to-understand block diagrams with lines.
Agilent VEE allows you to leverage your investment in textual languages
by integrating with languages such as C, C++, Visual Basic, FORTRAN,
Pascal, and Agilent BASIC.
Agilent VEE controls GPIB, VXI, Serial, PC Plug-in, and LAN instruments
directly over the interfaces or by using instrument drivers.
Agilent VEE supports VXIplug&play drivers in the WIN, WIN95, WINNT,
and Agilent-UX frameworks. In addition, versions 3.2 and above of Agilent
VEE support the graphical Function Panel interface, providing a function
tree of the hierarchy of the driver.
This appendix assumes that you are using Windows 95. If you are using
N O T E
Windows NT, please replace every reference to
Windows 95 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft
corporation.
Agilent VEE automatically calls the initialize and close functions to
perform automatic error checking.

GPIB Interfacing in Agilent VEE

Agilent VEE supports interfacing with an instrument from a GPIB card.
Before you can do this, you must do the following:
Select Instrument Manager from the I/O menu.
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Using Visual Programming Environments

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