Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series, Programmer'S Manual

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Programming Examples
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VISA COM Example in Visual Basic .NET
To compile and run this example in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008:
1 Open Visual Studio.
2 Create a new Visual Basic, 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 a reference to the VISA COM 3.0 Type Library:
a Right- click the project you wish to modify (not the solution) in the
Solution Explorer window of the Microsoft Visual Studio
environment.
b Choose
Add Reference...
.
c In the Add Reference dialog, select the
COM
tab.
d Select
VISA COM 3.0 Type Library
; then click
OK
.
e Right- click the project you wish to modify (not the solution) in the
Solution Explorer window of the Microsoft Visual Studio environment
and choose
Properties
; then, select
"InfiniiVision.VisaComInstrumentApp" as the Startup object .
6
Build and run the program.
For more information, see the VISA COM Help that comes with Agilent IO
Libraries Suite 15.
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' Agilent VISA COM Example in Visual Basic .NET
' -------------------------------------------------------------------
' This program illustrates a few commonly used programming
' features of your Agilent oscilloscope.
' -------------------------------------------------------------------
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports Ivi.Visa.Interop
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Namespace InfiniiVision
Class VisaComInstrumentApp
Private Shared myScope As VisaComInstrument
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Try