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Re: More questions on using Randall Frank's extproc_define() [message #43841 is a reply to message #43750]

Thu, 28 April 2005 06:42

darmstr
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Registered: April 2005

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darm...@sandia.gov wrote:
> I posted two questions on 4/22 on using extproc_define, and after
good
> some advice and re-compiled code, I got extproc_define to work under
> IDL 6.1.1 for the examples in the R. Frank's readme file. Now I'm
> trying to use DLL's supplied by Tektronix to make VXIpnp commands
> (http://www.vxipnp.org), or a more limited set, TekVISA
> (http://www.tek.com/site/sw/detail/1,1059,3485,00.html), native to
IDL
> so I can use IDL for data acquisition. The long and short is I
haven't
> succeeded, don't understand why, and need to determine if it's time
to
> bailout.
>
> The fundamental problem is I'm not a software developer (I probably
> barely qualify as a "real" IDL programmer anymore), and to understand
> my problem appears to require skills with C or VB I don't possess.
> However, I know a lot of you developers could probably sort this out
in
> a few minutes. If anyone's interested, contact me and I'll send you
> DLL's, manuals, header and definition files, etc.
>
> You won't have a scope to talk to, but if you succeed in making any
of
> these commands native to IDl using extproc_define, they'll run and
> should produce errors indicating the absence of any virtual GPIB
> devices, or something to that effect. I'm having trouble correctly
> defining the commands.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darrell
>
> --------------------
> Darrell J. Armstrong, Ph.D.
> Principal Member of Technical Staff
> Lasers, Optics, and Remote Sensing Dept.
> Sandia National Labs.
> Ph: 505-844-4757
> Fax: 505-844-5459
> darmstr@sandia.gov

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		More questions on using Randall Frank's extproc_define() By: darmstr on Wed, 27 April 2005 17:11
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