Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 (Or Higher); Agilent Vee 5.01 (Or Higher); Labwindows Cvi/ (R) 4.0 (Or Higher) - Agilent Technologies 8163A Programming Manual

Introduction to Programming
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition

Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 (or higher)

Please refer to your Microsoft Visual Basic manual for information on
calling DLLs.
The BASIC include file is
, where
~vxipnp\win95\include
By default, is equivalent to
~
C:\vxipnp\win95\include
You may also need to include the file
VISA DLL.

Agilent VEE 5.01 (or higher)

Your copy of Agilent VEE for Windows contains a document titled Using
VXIplug&play drivers with Agilent VEE for Windows. This document
contains the detailed information you need for Agilent VEE applications.

LabWindows CVI/ (R) 4.0 (or higher)

The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver is supplied as a Dynamic
Link Library (.DLL) file.
There are several advantages to using the .DLL form of the driver, including
those listed below:
• transportability across different computer platforms,
• a higher level of support for the compiled driver from Agilent
Technologies,
• a faster load time for your project.
LabWindows/CVI (R) will attempt by default to load the source version of
the instrument driver. To load the DLL, you must include the file
your project.
hp816x.fp
Do not include
hp816x.C
You must provide an include file for
the directory
~vxipnp\win95\include
Project Option menu).
is the directory in the VXIPNP variable. By default,
~
This means that the file is in
The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver
. You can find this file in the directory
hp816x.bas
is the directory in the VXIPNP variable.
~
. This means that the file is in
C:\
.
.
visa.bas
can be found in the directory
in your project.
. You do this by ensuring that
hp816x.H
is added to the include paths (CVI
C:\vxipnp\win95\include
is provided with your
visa.bas
hp816x.fp
vxipnp\win95\hp816x
is equivalent to
~
.
in
.
.
C:\
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