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Using Agilent VEE Functions
Merging Agilent VEE Programs
Merging Agilent VEE Programs
The easiest way to leverage existing programs is to merge a past program
with the current test. You can re-use programs by merging them and then
editing them to suit your current needs.
The
File ⇒ Merge... command adds the contents of a program or set of
saved objects into the work area while keeping the existing contents of the
work area. By default,
File ⇒ Merge... displays a directory of programs
that are shipped with VEE. They include commonly needed programs such
as a bar chart display and a data entry keypad for user input (such as ID
numbers).
Lab 8-4: Merging a Bar Chart Display Program
In this exercise, you will merge an existing program with a new program.
Although the example uses a program from the VEE
Lib directory, you
could use any program. You will create an array with five values from 1 to 5
using the
ramp() function. Instead of displaying the array with one of the
internal VEE displays, you will merge the
BarChart program with the
program you are creating.
1. Select ⇒
Formula and place it in the left work area.
2. Delete the data input terminal.
3. Change the default formula to
ramp(5,1,5).
The first parameter is the number of elements desired in the ramp array.
The second parameter is the starting number, and the third is the last
number. For more information on this function, select
Help in the
Formula object menu now that it has the ramp call in it. (Or try Help ⇒
Contents & Index
, then use the Search feature in the Index folder.)
4. Click on
File ⇒ Merge... to get the Merge File list box. Select
BarChart.vee and place it to the right of the Formula object. Connect
the two objects.
5. Run the program. It should look like Figure 8-22.
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