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Creating and Downloading User-Data Files 5

Agilent N8211A/N8212A Performance Upconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 20 / 40 GHz 135

Type csc.exe State_Files.cs at the command prompt and then press the Enter key on the

keyboard to run the program. The following figure shows the command prompt

interface.

The State_Files.cs program is listed below. You can copy this program from the examples

directory on the signal generator’s CD–ROM.

The State_Files.cs example uses the ESG in the programming code but can be used with

the PSG or Agilent MXG.

//****************************************************************************************

// FileName: State_Files.cs

// This C# example code saves and recalls signal generator instrument states. The saved

// instrument state files are written to the local computer directory computer where the

// State_Files.exe is located. This is a console application that uses DLL importing to

// allow for calls to the unmanaged Agilent IO Library VISA DLL.

// The Agilent VISA library must be installed on your computer for this example to run.

// Important: Replace the visaOpenString with the IP address for your signal generator.

//****************************************************************************************

using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Text;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;