Starting A Vb 6.0 Pdla Application; Install Software; Application Shell - Agilent Technologies 86038B User Manual

Starting a VB 6.0 PDLA Application

Install Software

Application Shell

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Refer to "Recommended Control Sequence" on page
The following steps show you how to build a simple shell to
connect to the PDLA.
1 Run Visual Basic 6.0.
2 Double click on
Standard Exe
default name, Project1.
This creates a project with a blank frame. To the left of the
window is a tool bar with all the different controls you can
put on the frame. Hovering the mouse over the icon will give
a short description.
3 Click the Label icon (icon with capital "A"), then click and
drag to create a box in the upper left of Form 1. On the right
side of the window, there should be a dialog titled Properties.
(If not, click View > Properties Window.) In the Properties
dialog, scroll down to choose
Press Enter and notice that PDLA Name appears on
Name.
Form 1.
4 From the tool bar, click the Text Box icon, then click and drag
to create a box in the upper right of Form 1. In the Properties
dialog, click and type
Name
the network name of your PDLA as the default text. (Refer to
the PDLA Help > About to find your PDLA network name.)
5 Click >
Project References
the selected DLL's that you can use in this project. Two DLL's
are used to enable communication with the PDLA.
6 Click , then navigate to
Browse
C:\Program Files\Agilent\Agilent PDLA Remote Control. Click on
InstrumentObjects.tlb to add InstrumentObjects to the list, then click Open.
7 Click again and navigate to
Browse
directory.
8 Select , which takes you back to the References dialog.
Open
Agilent 86038B Photonic Dispersion and Loss Analyzer, Second Edition
to open a new project. Use the
and then type
Caption
. Click on
tbOdaName
. This brings up a dialog that shows
RemoteClient.tlb
138.
ODA
and type
Text
in the same