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46 Agilent Infiniium 90000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Reference
3 Introduction to Programming
Instructions
Instructions, both commands and queries, normally appear as strings
embedded in a statement of your host language, such as Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA), Visual Basic .NET, C#, C, etc.
The only time a parameter is not meant to be expressed as a string is
when the instruction's syntax definition specifies <block data>, such as
with the :SYSTem:SETup command. There are only a few instructions that
use block data.
Instructions are composed of two main parts:
• The header, which specifies the command or query to be sent.
• The program data, which provides additional information to clarify the
meaning of the instruction.