Agilent Technologies Infiniium 90000 Q-Series, Programmer'S Manual

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1078 Agilent Infiniium 90000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Reference
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Sample Programs
VISA Example in C#
To compile and run this example in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008:
1 Open Visual Studio.
2 Create a new Visual C#, Windows, Console Application project.
3 Cut- and- paste the code that follows into the C# source file.
4 Edit the program to use the VISA address of your oscilloscope.
5 Add Agilent's VISA header file to your project:
a Right- click the project you wish to modify (not the solution) in the
Solution Explorer window of the Microsoft Visual Studio
environment.
b Click
Add
and then click
Add Existing Item...
c Navigate to the header file, visa32.cs (installed with Agilent IO
Libraries Suite and found in the Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\
WinNT\include directory), select it, but
do not click the Open
button .
d
Click the down arrow to the right of the Add button, and choose Add
as Link
.
You should now see the file underneath your project in the Solution
Explorer. It will have a little arrow icon in its lower left corner,
indicating that it is a link.
6
Build and run the program.
For more information, see the tutorial on using VISA in Microsoft .NET in
the VISA Help that comes with Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15.
/*
* Agilent VISA Example in C#
* -------------------------------------------------------------------
* This program illustrates a few commonly used programming
* features of your Agilent Infiniium Series oscilloscope.
* -------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Infiniium
{
class VisaInstrumentApp
{
private static VisaInstrument myScope;
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
try