beautypg.com

Basica files, Quickbasic files – National Instruments GPIB-PC User Manual

Page 77

background image

BASICA/QuickBASIC GPIB-PC Function Calls

Section Four A

GPIB-PC User Manual

4A-2

©National Instruments Corp.

If information is required that is specific to three versions, this
information is separated and identified by a frame with the three version
numbers in the upper left corner. An example of this appears as follows:

Information that is not located in a frame can be used to program the
GPIB-PC in all versions of BASICA and QuickBASIC (that is, Version
4.0 and earlier).

BASICA Files

The GPIB-PC distribution diskette contains four files relevant to
programming in BASICA:

DECL.BAS

- A file containing required initialization code.

BIB.M

- The BASICA language interface which gives your

application program access to the handler.

DBSAMP.BAS

- A sample program using device calls.

BBSAMP.BAS

- A sample program using board calls.

QuickBASIC Files

The GPIB-PC distribution diskette contains four files relevant to
programming in QuickBASIC. These files were copied to a subdirectory
called

GPIB-PC

when you ran the installation program

IBSTART.BAT

.

QBDECL.BAS

- A file containing required initialization code.

QBIB1.OBJ

- Version 1.0 language interface.