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5 Function Library
This chapter describes the supporting software for PCI-8136
cards. User can use these functions to develop application pro-
grams in Visual Basic, Visual Basic .Net, Visual C++, Visual
C++.Net, C++ Builder, and Delphi language.
The function prototypes and some common data types are decel-
erated in PCI-8136.H. These data types are used by PCI-8136
library. We suggest you to use these data types in your application
programs. The following table shows the data type names and
their range.
The functions of PCI-8136's software drivers use full-names to
represent the functions' real meaning. The naming convention
rules are:
In a C Environment:
_{hardware_model}_{action_name}. e.g.
_8136_Initial
().
In order to recognize the difference between C/C++ library and
Visual Basic library, A capital "B" is put on the head of each func-
tion name of the Visual Basic function. e.g.
B_8136_Initial
()
Type Name Description Range
U8 8-bit ASCII character 0 to 255
I16 16-bit signed integer -32768 to 32767
U16 16-bit unsigned integer 0 to 65535
I32 32-bit signed long integer -2147483648 to 2147483647
U32 32-bit unsigned long integer 0 to 4294967295
F32 32-bit single-precision floating-point -3.402823E38 to 3.402823E38
F64 64-bit double-precision floating-point
-1.797683134862315E308
to 1.797683134862315E309
Boolean Boolean logic value TRUE, FALSE