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Chapter 8 RS-232C/GP-IB Interfaces
This section describes an example of how to use the Windows development lan-
guage Visual Basic2005 Express Edition to operate the BT3562 unit from a PC
via RS-232C, incorporate measurement values, and save measurement values
to a file.
• Windows and Visual Basic2005 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corpo-
ration.
This section describes the procedure for using Visual Basic2005 to create pro-
grams. Visual Basic2005 is referred to as VB2005 hereafter.
To be prepared in Visual Basic 2005
Creation Procedure(Visual Basic 2005)
Depending on the environment of the PC and VB2005, the procedure may dif-
fer slightly from the one described here. For a detailed explanation on how to
use VB2005, refer to the instruction manual or Help of VB2005.
1. Startup VB2005, select [ Windows Appli-
cation ] from [ File ] - [ New Project ] (a),
and click the "OK" button (b).
2. Click on the common control [ Button ] icon
(a), and then drag the mouse over the form
layout window (b) to insert the button.