Chapter 7 Application Programs

Example Programs for C and C++Example Programs for C and C++

The following C programming examples show you how to send and receive formatted I/O. For more information on non-formatted I/O, refer to the HP VISA User’s Guide. The examples in this section show you how to use the SCPI commands for the instrument with the VISA functionality and does not include error trapping. Error trapping, however, is good programming practice and is recommended for your application. For more information on error trapping, refer to the

HP VISA User’s Guide.

The example programs are written in Microsoft® Visual C++

Version 1.52 using project type “QuickWin application”, and using the large memory model. Be sure to have access in the project to visa.lib or visa32.lib usually found in the c:\vxipnp or c:\visa directory.

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