3-46 Agilent 4155C/4156C VXIplug&play Driver User’s Guide, Edition 4
Programming Examples for Visual Basic Users
Staircase Sweep with Pulsed Bias Measurements
Sub save_data(nop1 As Long, nop2 As Long, dvg() As Double, md() As Double, st() As
Long, sc() As Double, vi As Long, ret As Long, m() As Long) ’1
Dim i As Integer ’array counter for primary sweep ’3
Dim j As Integer ’array counter for secondary sweep
Dim val As String ’data to be saved to a file
val = "Vg (V), Vd (V), Id (mA), Status"
For j = 1 To nop2
For i = nop1 * (j - 1) To nop1 * j - 1
val = val & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & dvg(j - 1) & "," & sc(i) & "," & md(i) *
1000 & "," & st(i)
Next i
Next j
Dim fname As String ’data file name ’13
Dim fnum As Integer ’file number
fname = "C:\Agilent\data\data6.txt"
fnum = 1
Open fname For Output Access Write Lock Read Write As fnum
Print #fnum, val
Close fnum
Dim title As String ’21
Dim rbx As Integer
title = "Sweep Measurement Result"
val = val & Chr(10) & Chr(10) & "Data save completed."
val = val & Chr(10) & Chr(10) & "Do you want to perform measurement again?"
rbx = MsgBox(val, vbYesNo, title)
If rbx = vbYes Then
sweep_meas vi, ret, m()
End If
End Sub ’31
Line Description
1 Beginning of the save_data subprogram.
3 to 11 Declares variables, and creates data to be saved and displayed on a message box.
13 to 19 Saves measurement data into a file (C:\Agilent\data\data6.txt, CSV file).
21 to 29 Displays measurement data on a message box. If Yes is clicked on the message box,
performs the sweep_meas subprogram again. If No is clicked, returns to the
perform_meas subprogram.
31 End of the save_data subprogram.