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GPIB-232CT-A for MS-DOS/Windows
Chapter 4
Install the NI-488.2 Software for
Windows
This chapter contains a list of files that are copied to your destination and
Windows directories when you install your software, and instructions for
quick installation and interactive installation of the NI-488.2 software for
Windows. This chapter also describes two methods you can use to
communicate with GPIB devices from Windows: the Windows Interface
Bus Interactive Control (
WIBIC
) program and a Windows application
program that you develop.
Before installing the software, you should understand the files that will be
copied from the distribution disk(s) and the purpose of each file. The
following section describes the files contained on the distribution disk(s).
NI-488.2 Files for the Windows Operating
Environment
The following files are required to run a Windows application using
NI -488.2 routines. The
INSTALL
program copies these files to the
specified Windows directory.
•
GPIB.DLL
is a dynamic link library (DLL) that is accessed by a
NI -488.2 application for Windows as the application executes. The
DLL contains all of the NI-488 functions and NI-488.2 routines.
•
GPIB.INI
is the private profile file which is used by
GPIB.DLL
to
determine the software configuration parameters for each GPIB board
and device in the system. You can modify
GPIB.INI
by using either
the
WIBCONF.EXE
file or a text editor.