Create Project
Launch Visual Studio, select [New]-[Project] from [File] menu.
From the template of [Create a new project] dialog box, select [Windows Forms App] of [C#], click the [Next] button.
From the [Configure your new project] dialog box, specify the project name and the location of the project to be created, click the [Next] button.
From the [Additional information] dialog box, select [.NET 8.0(Long-term support)], and click the [Create] button, then the project will be created.
* The above is for Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 (64-bit). Item names and commands may differ depending on the version of Visual Studio.
Include Class Library
In order to use the functions of GPIB driver in Visual C#, the class library file CgpibCs.cs is required.
Select [Project] from the menu bar of Visual Studio, and select [Add Existing Item] from the pull-down menu.
From the [Add Existing Item] dialog box, specify the CgpibCs.cs file, click the [Add] button, then the class library is added to the project.
You can check whether the registered class library exists from the tree view in the [Solution Explorer] window of Visual Studio.
* The above is for Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 (64-bit). Item names and commands may differ depending on the version of Visual Studio.
Add Name Space
Add the name space to use the methods in class library.
At the beginning of the C# source code file (with .cs extension), please add the following line.
using CgpibCs;
Create Class Instance
Create an instance of the class to use the GPIB class library.
In the C# source code file (with .cs extension), add the following lines at the beginning of form class.
public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
Cgpib gpib = new Cgpib();// <- add
How to Use Class Library Methods
In C#, instead of calling the GPIB driver function directly, call the class library method.
GPIB driver functions are called from class library methods.
All the methods in the class library are defined with the name by omitting the prefix [Gpib] of the function name.
When using with C#, please use the method without prefix Gpib.
For example, when using GpibInit function
Ret = gpib.Init ( ・・・・
Notes on building EXE applications in "Any CPU"
In general, an EXE application built with "Any CPU" specified in the [Active solution platform] item in the Visual Studio settings [Configuration Manager] window can be executed in both 64-bit environment and 32-bit OS environment.
However, when developing an EXE application that supports the .NET8 framework, it is necessary to be aware of the target OS.
Please refer ".NET execution environment for .NET8 or later" to know more details.