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KPCI-488LPA-900-01 Rev. A / December 2008
Section 1: Keithley Command Compatible Functions
Model KPCI-488LPA GPIB Controller Interface Card User’s Manual
Introduction
This section contains information about Keithley Command Compatible Functions. Refer to
for information on the National Instruments™ (NI)
1
command compatible functions.
NOTE
Refer to
for
NI Command Compatible Functions
.
If you have any questions after reviewing this information, please contact your local Keithley
representative or call one of our Applications Engineers at 1-800-KEITHLEY (US only) or visit our
website at www.keithley.com.
Using Keithley Command Compatible functions
Microsoft
®
Visual Basic (Version 6.0)
To create a Windows
®
XP/2000/Vista Keithley Command Compatible application using the API and
Microsoft Visual Basic, follow these steps:
Step 1: Enter Visual Basic and open or create a project to use the Keithley Command
Compatible functions
To create a new project, select
New Project
from the
File
menu.
To use an existing project:
1. Open the file by selecting
Open Project
from the
File
menu. The
Open Project
dialog box
appears (
Figure 1-1
Open Project dialog box
2. Load the project by finding and double-clicking the project file name in the applicable directory.
Step 2: Include function declarations and constants file (IEEEVB.BAS)
If it is not already included in the project, add the
IEEEVB.BAS
file as a module to your project. All
Keithley Command Compatible function declarations and constants are contained in this file. These
function declarations and constants are used to develop user self-measurement applications.
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