Installation guide

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Installing the IO Libraries
Installing New IO Libraries
7 Use this table for guidelines to select the type of installation for
your application. Then, click
Next > to install the option.
Option Description
1. SICL and Agilent
VISA Installation
Installs SICL and Agilent VISA with the default options for your computer
configuration. This option allows development and runtime capabilities
using SICL and Agilent VISA.
The option also allows you to select Agilent E8491 IEEE-1394 to VXI
support. If another vendor’s VISA is installed, installing this option will
overwrite the other vendor’s VISA.
2. SICL and
side-by-side
Agilent VISA
Installation
Installs SICL and side-by-side Agilent VISA with the default options for
your computer configuration. With this option, another vendor’s VISA
will
not be overwritten.
Beginning with version K.01.00, you can install Agilent VISA as a
secondary VISA (side-by-side). When this is done, Agilent VISA
will
not overwrite
another vendor's VISA, if one is present on the computer.
Normal VISA programs use visa32.dll which is installed in the Windows
system directory. Agilent VISA is implemented in agvisa32.dll which is
also installed in the Windows system directory.
n If Agilent VISA is installed as the primary VISA, the Agilent
version of visa32.dll is installed in the Windows system directory
and forwards all VISA calls to agvisa32.dll.
n If Agilent VISA is installed as a secondary VISA, agvisa32.dll is
installed but Agilent's visa32.dll is not installed. Thus, Agilent
VISA will not overwrite another vendor's visa32.dll which may
already be installed.
n If Agilent VISA is installed as a secondary VISA, the support files
in the 'bin', 'include' and 'lib' directories of the <VISA Path>
(e.g., C:\program files\visa\winnt on Window NT/2000 or
C:\program files\visa\win95 on Windows 95/98/Me) are not
installed since they would overwrite another vendor's support
files.