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136 Agilent Connectivity Guide

6 Programming Your Instruments

Using Agilent IO Libraries Suite Sample Code

The Automation-Ready CD with Agilent IO Libraries Suite provides

easy instructions for connecting, configuring, and verifying your

instruments with IO Libraries Suite. Go to Chapter 2, “Installing

Agilent I/O Libraries Suite”, for a more detailed discussion.

When you’re ready to start programming, IO Libraries Suite provides a

number of sample programs for a variety of instruments. To access these

programs from the Windows Start menu, click Start > Programs >

Agilent IO Libraries Suite > Programming Samples. Sample

programs are provided in various languages, including Microsoft C, C#,

Excel, Visual Basic 6.0, and Visual Basic .NET.

To use a sample program:

1 Select a program for your instrument or a similar instrument. Open

the program in your programming environment.

2 Replace the instrument addressing in the program with your

instrument's VISA address or VISA alias.

3 If necessary, replace the command strings in the program with

commands for your instrument.

4 Run the program and debug, if necessary.

Using VISA COM in Other Visual Basic Projects

Some of the sample programs in this chapter use Agilent VISA COM.

To use VISA COM in another Visual Basic project, perform these steps:

Set the Reference. Set the reference to include the libraries in the

Project > References menu:

• “VISA COM 3.0 Type Library” corresponds to GlobMgr.dll

NOTE

To obtain the Agilent IO Libraries Suite, go to

www.agilent.com/find/iosuite. If you own any Agilent instrumentation

or software products, you can download the IO Libraries Suite free of

charge.