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Analyzing and Displaying Test Data
Agilent VEE Data Shapes and Data Types
Note Investigate I/O ⇒ To/From Socket for sharing data in mixed
environments.
Coord A composite data type that contains at least two
components in the form (x,y,...). Each component
is Real64. The data shape of a coord must be a
Scalar or an Array 1D.
Enum A text string that has an associated integer value.
You can access the integer value with the
ordinal(x) function.
Text A string of alphanumeric characters.
Record A composite data type with a field for each data
type. Each field has a name and a container,
which can be of any type and shape (including
Record).
Object Used only for ActiveX Automation and Controls, a
reference to an ActiveX control or a reference
returned from an Automation call. Literally, this is
a reference to an IDispatch or IUnknown interface.
Variant Used only for ActiveX Automation and Controls, a
data type that is required for some ActiveX
method calls as a By Ref parameter type.
Table 4-1. Agilent VEE Data Types (Continued)
Data Type Description