Install the NI-488.2 Software for Windows
Chapter 4
GPIB-232CT-A for MS-DOS/Windows 4-2
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NI-488.2 Files for the Development of Windows
Applications
The following files are required to test and begin programming with your
NI-488.2 software. The
INSTALL
program copies the following files to
the specified destination directory.
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WIBCONF.EXE
, a DOS application, is a software configuration
program that you can use to change the software parameters and other
data used by the DLL. It has the same basic functionality as the
NI -488.2 for MS-DOS
IBCONF
program, which is described in
Chapter 5, Configure Your Software with IBCONF.
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WIBCONF.PIF
, a Windows application, contains program information
about the
WIBCONF.EXE
program that Windows uses when it runs
WIBCONF.EXE
.
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WIBTEST.EXE
, a Windows application, is a program that tests the
software installation. It verifies that the software configuration is
consistent with the GPIB hardware configuration settings.
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WIBIC.E XE
, a Windows application, is the Windows Interface Bus
Interactive Control program that executes NI-488 functions and
NI-488.2 routines that you enter from the keyboard. It can help you
learn how to use the NI-488 functions and NI-488.2 routines, program
instruments or other GPIB devices, and develop your particular
Windows application program.
GPIB Sample Windows Application Program
The following files are required to make the sample Windows application.
The
INSTALL
program also copies the following files into a new
subdirectory, named
C
in the specified destination directory.
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GPIB.LIB
is the import library for the DLL. You must link it to your
NI-488.2 application for Windows just like any other library.
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WINDECL.H
is an include file that contains prototypes of the NI-488
functions and NI-488.2 routines, and useful constants that you may
want to use in your NI-488.2 application for Windows. You must
include it at the beginning of any file that makes NI-488 function calls.