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Programming Examples
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VisaComError:
MsgBox "VISA COM Error: " + Err.Description
End Sub
VISA COM 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 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
.
6 Build and run the program.
For more information, see the VISA COM Help that comes with Agilent IO
Libraries Suite 15.
/*
* Agilent VISA COM Example in C#
* -------------------------------------------------------------------
* This program illustrates a few commonly used programming
* features of your Agilent oscilloscope.
* -------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using Ivi.Visa.Interop;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace InfiniiVision
{
class VisaComInstrumentApp
{
private static VisaComInstrument myScope;
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{