User`s guide

Introduction
VEE Pro User’s Guide 9
Leveraging Existing Test Programs with Agilent VEE
On all supported operating systems, VEE provides
mechanisms for linking conventional test programs as well
as commercial applications. For example, you could use VEE
to sequence existing tests in C, C++, Visual Basic, Fortran, or
Pascal (or any compiled or interpreted language on your
operating system). You can also use any language that truly
supports Visual Studio .NET.
VEE also provides a number of interprocess communication
features to share data with commercial applications such as
databases or spreadsheets. VEE also supports standard ties
to ActiveX Automation and Controls, and DLLs.
Controlling Instruments with Agilent VEE
VEE provides many options for controlling and communicating
with instruments.
• Use panel drivers (instrument drivers) for over 450
instruments from different vendors plus all drivers available
from various vendors that are VXIplug&play compatible in
the Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, or
Windows XP.
• Use VEE's Direct I/O to send instrument command strings
over standard interfaces such as GPIB (IEEE - 488), GPIO, RS
232, VXI, or LAN- based instruments for remote testing.
• Control PC plug- in boards from any manufacturer that
supplies a standard ODAS driver, or a Dynamic Link Library
with the board.
• Use direct VXI backplane control using embedded PCs or
workstations.
• Control a great variety of instrument types with an easy,
organized instrument management capability.
Improving Test Capabilities with Agilent VEE
The VEE products offer the following features and benefits: