Using Visual Programming Environments; Getting Started With Hp Vee - HP 8163A Programming Manual

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The HP 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver

Using Visual Programming Environments

A.2 Using Visual Programming Environments

Getting Started with HP VEE

Hewlett-Packard Visual Engineering Environment (HP VEE) is a
visual programming language optimized for instrument control
applications. To develop programs in HP VEE, you connect
graphical 'objects' instead of writing lines of code. These programs
resemble easy-to-understand block diagrams with lines.
HP VEE allows you to leverage your investment in textual
languages by integrating with languages such as C, C++, Visual
Basic, FORTRAN, Pascal, and HP BASIC.
HP VEE controls HP-IB, VXI, Serial, GPIB, PC Plug-in, and LAN
instruments directly over the interfaces or by using instrument
drivers.
HP VEE supports VXIplug&play drivers in the WIN, WIN95,
WINNT, and HP-UX frameworks. In addition, versions 3.2 and
above of HP 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
Windows NT, please replace every reference to win95 with winnt.
Windows 95 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft
corporation.
HP VEE automatically calls the initialize and close functions to
perform automatic error checking.
HP-IB Interfacing in HP VEE
HP VEE supports interfacing with an instrument from a HP-IB
card. Before you can do this, you must do the following:
1 Select I
NSTRUMENT
2 Double-click on the Add button to bring up the Device
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