Keysight V3500A, User Manual

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Driver Installation and Commands 3
V3500A User’s Guide 43
Adding a reference (Microsoft Visual Studio.NET)
The following procedure outlines how to add a reference
while using Microsoft Visual Studio.NET. Adding a
reference in other programming languages is similar.
1 In Microsoft Visual Studio.NET, select the desired
project.
2 Under View menu, select Solution Explorer (alternatively,
press Ctrl-Alt-L ).
3 In the Solution Explorer , click + sign next to the project
to expand the project if necessary.
4 Right click References and click Add References to add
the Reference.
5 In the Add Reference window, use Browse to locate the
directory where the V3500A programming driver
KeysightV3500A.dll is stored.
6 Double- click the KeysightV3500A.dll component.
7 Click on OK in the Add Reference window.
KeysightV3500A should now appear under References in
the Solution Explorer window.
N O T E
An alternative method would be to place a local copy of the
KeysightV3500A.dll in your project directory and add a reference to this
copy. If this alternative method is used, and an updated driver for the
V3500A is later installed, the local copy in the project directory will not be
updated (it will remain the earlier version of the driver).
• Advantage: when updating the V3500A driver, this method removes the
risk that updating the V3500A driver that will break your software.
• Disadvantage: when updating the V3500A driver, this method requires
manual replacement of a copy of the new KeysightV3500A.dll in your
project directory and also rebuilding code to take advantage of the
new driver.