Measurement Computing Personal488 rev.3.0 - Manual (Page 105)

Personal488 for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 04-10-01 API Reference 6-37
OpenName
Syntax DevHandleT WINAPI OpenName(LPSTR name);
name is the name of an interface or external device.
Returns -1 if error
otherwise, the device handle associated with the given name
Bus State None
Examples dmm = OpenName(“DMM”); Opens the external device DMM
dmm = OpenName(“IEEE:DMM”); Specifies the interface to which the external
device is connected
See Also MakeDevice, Close
The OpenName command opens the specified interface or external device and returns a device handle for
use in accessing that device.