VISA COM: 34970A/80A Read and Store Data Read Me

This program returns the reading data from the 34980A or 34970A and stores the data into a user selectable csv or txt file.

Date: April 27, 2005

Version: 1.0.0.0

Language: Microsoft® C# (C Sharp)

Operating System: Windows® NT® 4.0, 2000 Professional, XP

VISA COM Version: Use Agilent I/O Library Suite 14.0 or above

This program returns the reading data from the 34980A or 34970A and stores the data into a user selectable csv or txt file. This is data generated either by an unattended operation or from front panel selectable operation. The data is separated by commas "," for the csv file and by tabs for the txt file. Either file can be loaded into Microsoft Excel.

This program uses the Agilent VISA COM objects to program the instrument. To use the IO object in another C# project, set the reference to add the appropriate library in the Project/References menu:
VISA COM 3.0 Type Library

The program was developed in Microsoft C# (C Sharp) .NET 2003.

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