VEE 7.0 - March 2004

VEE 7.0 introduces the UNDO feature and turns out to be one of the best releases. HPUX and Sun are no longer supported. A full list of new features is found in the What's New document. VEE 7 introduces the "minidump" debugging feature that allows the user to send a core dump to the VEE team for analysis rather than just halting due to the ignominious BRB.

Ironically, just as Apple is starting to ramp up, VEE 7 marks the beginning migration away from Objective C to Microsoft dotNET code. So in retrospect VEE adopted Objective C perhaps too early and also moved away from it just as it was becoming popular.

VEE7_screendump

Manuals
Command Line Usage
Installs

Manuals

Release Notes
Bug Fixes for 7.0
Datasheet
User's Guide
Advanced Techniques
Complete Help File
Tutorial (zip)- download, unzip, execute tutorial.exe
Examples - canned examples that install along with VEE

Command Line Usage

Like most any program, VEE can be started from a command line. This can be quite useful given some of the options available. In addition to the summary below there are more details available for the interested user.

Command Line Options

Usage: veerun [options] <filename> 
Usage: vee [options]
Available Options:
	--custom_option -- passed through to the user's program
	-d <directory> -- set the install directory
	-disallowclose -- disallow closing of execution window
	-enablewarnings -- enables the display of warnings
	-geometry -- set the initial window geometry
	-help -- print this message
	-iconic -- start up the window minimized
	-maximize -- start up the window maximized
	-ioconfig -- edit the I/O configuration only
	-prefconfig -- edit the Default Preferences configuration only
	-noerrdisp -- don't display errors (use with -r)
	-nologo -- don't show copyright/Logo box
	-r,-runonly <filename> -- load and run a program file
	-secure <filename> -- create secured program
	-veeio <filename> -- use veeio info from this file
	-menu -- replaces the VEE menu completely
	-addmenu -- appends the chosen menu to the existing VEE menu
	-force3x -- run in VEE 3 mode- no compiler
	-force4x -- run in VEE 4 mode- adds compiler
	-force50 -- run in VEE 5 mode- enables ActiveX
	-force60 -- run in VEE 6 mode- adds data types
	-autostart -- the loaded program runs immediately when loaded
	-autoexit -- VEE is terminated after the program is run
	-eval -- starts VEE in EVAL mode
	<filename> -- load a program file

Typical command line actions examples:

Run a specific VEE program.
- vee.exe //home/stan/vee/compileAllPrograms.vee loads the specified program
- vee.exe //home/stan/vee/compileAllPrograms.vee loads and runs the specified program
Secure a directory full of VEE programs
- vee.exe -secure //home/stan/project/*.vee
Load a custom menu instead of the default menu and load a program

vee.exe -menu myMenu.mnu myProject.vee

Installs

NOTE: this version of VEE is known to install and run on Windows 11.

Windows
- ISO of original install disk- includes Pro, Runtime, Manuals, Tutorial
  - Disk Label:
    VEE Pro for Windows, Release 7.0
    "Better Tests Faster"
    Agilent Technologies
    Copyright (c) 2004
    Agilent Technologies Inc
    All Rights Reserved
    Software Product of U.S.A.
    W1140-10021
- VEE Pro (exe) (zip)
- VEE Runtime (exe)
Config File Patch
This patch fixes a problem with side-by-side installation of .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 1.1. Copy this config file to the location where VEE 7.0x is installed. Applies to 7.0 through 7.03.
- VEE Pro (vee.exe.config.xml)
- VEE Runtime(veerun.exe.config.xml)