Display:data - Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 2000 X-Series Programmer's Manual

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:DISPlay Commands

:DISPlay:DATA

Query Syntax
:DISPlay:DATA? [<format>][,][<palette>]
<format> ::= {BMP | BMP8bit | PNG}
<palette> ::= {COLor | GRAYscale}
The :DISPlay:DATA? query reads screen image data. You can choose 24- bit
BMP, 8- bit BMP8bit, or 24- bit PNG formats in color or grayscale.
If no format or palette option is specified, the screen image is returned in
BMP, COLor format.
Screen image data is returned in the IEEE- 488.2 # binary block data
format.
Return Format
<display data><NL>
<display data> ::= binary block data in IEEE-488.2 # format.
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Example Code
or output.
See complete example programs at:
starting on page 799
258
(see page 790)
"Introduction to :DISPlay Commands"
":HARDcopy:INKSaver"
":PRINt" on page 175
"*RCL (Recall)" on page 135
"*SAV (Save)" on page 139
":VIEW" on page 182
' IMAGE_TRANSFER - In this example, we will query for the image data
' with ":DISPlay:DATA?", read the data, and then save it to a file.
Dim byteData() As Byte
myScope.IO.Timeout = 15000
myScope.WriteString ":DISPlay:DATA? BMP, COLOR"
byteData = myScope.ReadIEEEBlock(BinaryType_UI1)
' Output display data to a file:
strPath = "c:\scope\data\screen.bmp"
' Remove file if it exists.
If Len(Dir(strPath)) Then
Kill strPath
End If
Close #1 ' If #1 is open, close it.
Open strPath For Binary Access Write Lock Write As #1
Put #1, , byteData
Close #1 ' Close file.
myScope.IO.Timeout = 5000
Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X-Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Guide
on page 252
on page 301
' Write data.
Chapter 38, "Programming Examples,"
' Open file f