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Agilent VISA User’s Guide
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Building a VISA Application in Windows
Building a VISA Program (C/C++)
This section provides guidelines for building VISA programs using the
C/C++ language, including:
•
Compiling and Linking VISA Programs (C/C++)
•
Sample VISA Program (C/C++)
Compiling and Linking VISA Programs (C/C++)
This section provides a summary of important compiler-specific
considerations when developing Win32 applications.
Linking to VISA Libraries
Your application must link to the VISA import library as follows,
assuming default installation directories and Microsoft compilers:
C:\VXIPNP\WinNT\lib\msc\visa32.lib
The following steps will help you do this. This information is specific to
your development environment.
Microsoft Visual C++ Version 6.0 Development Environment
1
Use the
File
menu to create a new project or open an existing project.
2
Select
Project > Settings
from the menu and click the
C/C++
tab.
3
Select
Code Generation
from the
Category
list box and select
Multi-Threaded using DLL
from the
Use Run-Time Libraries
list
box. (VISA requires these definitions for Win32.) Click
OK
to close
the dialog box.
4
Select
Project > Settings
from the menu. Click the
Link
tab and add
visa32.lib
to the
Object/Library Modules
list box. Optionally,
you may add the library directly to your project file. Click
OK
to
close the dialog box.
5
You may want to add the
include
files
and
library
files
search paths.
They are set as follows:
•
Select
Tools > Options
from the menu.
•
Click the
Directories
tab to set the include file path.
•
Select
Include Files
from the
Show Directories For
list box.
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