Display[:Window]:Text[:Data] <String - HP E8402A User And Service Manual

DISPlay[:WINDow]:TEXT[:DATA] <string>
Parameters
Comments
Error Conditions
Reset Condition
Example
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DISPlay[:WINDow]:TEXT[:DATA]
mainframe's display. The message remains on the display until a key is pressed, the
display window is changed programmatically, or the screen saver turns off the
display.
Name Type Range
< string > string 186 characters none
•
Four lines of text can be displayed. The display uses a proportional font; line
length can vary from 25 to 45 characters. The string will be clipped at 45
characters if there is not an embedded '\n', or it will be clipped at 4 lines, or at
186 characters. There is no error generated if the string is clipped. Text is white
letters on a black background.)
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Embed a '\n' to cause a second, third, or fourth line. For example, the
command
DISP:TEXT "this is a test\nof the immediate
\nmessage capability
the following display:
this is a test
of the immediate
message capability.
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Pressing any front panel key (up/down arrow keys or
executing a
DISP:WIND
The following table lists the most common error conditions and causes. Error
numbers and corresponding messages can be found using
Number Message
-128 "Numeric data not allowed"
-148 "Character data not allowed"
-151 "Invalid string data"
-221 "Settings Conflict"
*RST removes text, and set the display screen to MMAin.
The following is a Visual C example:
viPrintf(vi, "disp:text \"this is a test\nof the immediate\nmessage capability.\"\n")
displays a user defined message string on the
Default
Message to display on screen. Can be any
ASCII character (decimal value 20 to 225).
." executed from an RS-232 terminal will create
command will remove the text.
The <string> started with a number.
Quotation marks were left off.
An embedded new line in the string
instead of a '\n'.
The mainframe's power is off.
Programming the Enhanced Monitor
Description
ENTER key) or
query.
SYSTem:ERRor?
Probable Cause
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