A VEE Notebook

v5.0 / toc / 01 sep 99 / gvg

* This document provides a tutorial introduction to VEE. The emphasis is on VEE for Windows, but most of the material is platform-independent.

* Revision history:

   v1.0 / 01 jan 95 / gvg
   v2.0 / 01 jul 95 / gvg / New materials, reorganized, update to VEE 3.X.
   v2.1 / 16 oct 95 / gvg / Web update.
   v3.0 / 07 sep 96 / gvg / 3.2 update, added example programs & links.
   v4.0 / 29 dec 97 / gvg / 4.X update.
   v5.0 / 01 sep 99 / gvg / 5.X update.
 

Table Of Contents

[1.0] A VEE Overview

• [1.1] WHAT IS HP VEE?
  
• [1.2] VEE USER INTERFACE
  
• [1.3] VEE FUNDAMENTALS
  
• [1.4] VEE CONTROL FLOW & DATA OBJECTS
  
• [1.5] USERFUNCTIONS & USERFUNCTION LIBRARIES
  
• [1.6] TRANSACTION I/O
  
• [1.7] VEE MATH FUNCTIONS
  
• [1.8] VEE INPUT, DISPLAY, & OUTPUT OBJECTS
  
• [1.9] VEE DEVICE I/O
  
• [1.10] COMMENTS ON VEE PROGRAMMING
  

[2.0] VEE Menu Entries

• [2.1] VEE ICONIC TOOLBAR
  
• [2.2] VEE FILE MENU
  
• [2.3] VEE EDIT MENU
  
• [2.4] VEE VIEW MENU
  
• [2.5] VEE DEBUG MENU
  
• [2.6] VEE FLOW MENU
  
• [2.7] VEE DEVICE MENU
  
• [2.8] VEE I/O MENU
  
• [2.9] VEE DATA MENU
  
• [2.10] VEE DISPLAY MENU
  
• [2.11] VEE WINDOW MENU
  
• [2.12] VEE HELP MENU
  

[3.0] VEE Math Functions

• [3.1] OVERVIEW
  
• [3.2] OPERATOR CATEGORIES
  
• [3.3] FUNCTION CATEGORIES
  
• [3.4] ITERATIVE COMPUTATIONS
  

[4.0] VEE Array Programming Techniques

• [4.1] ARRAY PROCESSING OVERVIEW
  
• [4.2] VEE ARRAY OPERATIONS
  
• [4.3] ADVANCED ARRAY OPERATIONS
  

[5.0] VEE Input & Display Objects

• [5.1] ELEMENTARY INPUT OBJECTS
  
• [5.2] KEYBOARD CONTROL OVER VEE PROGRAMS
  
• [5.3] POP-UP DIALOGS
  
• [5.4] ELEMENTARY OUTPUT OBJECTS
  
• [5.5] VEE GRAPH OBJECTS
  
• [5.6] USING SHOWPANEL() & HIDEPANEL() / NONMODAL DIALOGS
  
• [5.7] SHOWPANEL() & HIDEPANEL EXAMPLES
  

[6.0] VEE File I/O

• [6.1] A VEE CONTAINER EXAMPLE
  
• [6.2] STORING SPREADSHEET DATA
  
• [6.3] CREATING MULTIPLE FILES
  
• [6.4] BYTESWAPPING VEE DATA FILES
  
• [6.5] READING BLANK LINES FROM A FILE
  

[7.0] VEE Device I/O Objects

• [7.1] I/O OBJECTS OVERVIEW
  
• [7.2] DIRECT I/O
  
• [7.3] MULTIDEVICE DIRECT I/O
  
• [7.4] INTERFACE OPERATIONS OBJECT
  
• [7.5] INTERFACE & DEVICE EVENT OBJECTS
  
• [7.6] TO/FROM SOCKET
  

[8.0] VEE Instrument Drivers

• [8.1] CLASSIC VEE DRIVERS
  
• [8.2] VXI P&P; DRIVER SUPPORT
  

[9.0] Advanced I/O

• [9.1] ACCESSING ARBITRARY-BLOCK DATA WITH DIRECT-I/O
  
• [9.2] BUILDING A FIXED LENGTH BINBLOCK HEADER
  
• [9.3] SCOPE DRIVERS & TIMEOUTS
  
• [9.4] PERFORMING DEVICE-TO-PRINTER DUMPS
  

[10.0] UserObjects, UserFunctions, & RPCs

• [10.1] USEROBJECTS & USERFUNCTIONS
  
• [10.2] VEE REMOTE PROCEDURE CALLS
  

[11.0] VEE Test Sequencer

• [11.1] SEQUENCER -- SEQUENCER TRANSACTIONS
  
• [11.2] SEQUENCER -- SEQUENCER LOGGING
  
• [11.3] SEQUENCER -- THE FINE PRINT
  
• [11.4] USING THE SEQUENCER TO PROMPT FOR USER INPUTS
  

[12.0] VEE Control Flow

• [12.1] CONTROL FLOW OVERVIEW
  
• [12.2] ELEMENTARY CONTROL FLOW
  
• [12.3] ADVANCED CONTROL FLOW
  
• [12.4] ERROR HANDLING
  
• [12.5] PROPAGATION PROBLEMS
  

[13.0] ActiveX Automation & The World Wide Web

• [13.1] ACTIVEX AUTOMATION
  
• [13.2] VEE & ACTIVEX CONTROLS
  
• [13.3] VEE & THE WORLD-WIDE WEB
  

[14.0] Using VEE Runtime Under Windows

• [14.1] OVERVIEW
  
• [14.2] VEE EXECUTABLES & VEE RUNTIME
  
• [14.3] RUNTIME IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAM DESIGN
  
• [14.4] ACCESSING RUNTIME PROGRAMS UNDER WINDOWS
  
• [14.5] RUNTIME OPTIONS & MODIFYING RUNTIME BEHAVIOR
  

[15.0] Programming Tricks (1)

• [15.1] A SIMPLE VEE COMPARATOR PROGRAM
  
• [15.2] PERFORMING BIN SORTS
  
• [15.3] SEARCHING FOR MAXIMUM VALUES
  
• [15.4] LIMIT TESTING
  
• [15.5] BITMAP DISPLAY UPDATES
  
• [15.6] CONTROLLING PLOT DISPLAYS
  
• [15.7] CONVERTING 3852 HSDVM VALUES
  
• [15.8] SIGNAL PROCESSING, FFTS, & VEE
  
• [15.9] DYNAMICALLY REPROGRAMMING VEE FORMULA OBJECTS
  

[16.0] Programming Tricks (2)

• [16.1] CONVERTING A NUMBER TO A BINARY STRING
  
• [16.2] PRINTING NUMBERS WITH LEADING ZEROES
  
• [16.3] EURO NUMBER FORMATS
  
• [16.4] DISPLAYING ENGINEERING FORMAT NUMBERS
  
• [16.5] A JULIAN-DATE FUNCTION
  
• [16.6] ADVANCED TRANSACTION I/O
  
• [16.7] I/O DATA FORMATTING EXAMPLE
  
• [16.8] MORE I/O DATA FORMATTING
  

[17.0] Some Worked Examples (1)

• [17.1] A SIMPLE TEST EXAMPLE
  
• [17.2] FREQUENCY RESPONSE
  
• [17.3] TAKING STATISTICS FROM SPECTRA
  
• [17.4] INSTRUMENT FINDER PROGRAM
  
• [17.5] ALTERNATING TRACE DISPLAYS
  
• [17.6] HANDLING TOGGLE BUTTONS
  

[18.0] Some Worked Examples (2)

• [18.1] HANDLING DATA INPUTS TO VEE
  
• [18.2] A LOG-IN PROGRAM IN VEE
  

[19.0] Some Worked Examples (3)

• [19.1] DISPLAYING SEQUENTIAL TRACES
  
• [19.2] AN ALARM SYSTEM
  
• [19.3] DRAGGING & DROPPING PANELS
  

[20.0] VEE Notes

• [20.1] FLOATING-POINT ISSUES
  
• [20.2] RUNNING OUT OF MEMORY ON VEE-UX
  
• [20.3] CONVERTING STRINGS TO ENUMS
  
• [20.4] VEE & TIMEZONE VARIABLE
  
• [20.5] NIL INPUTS ON VEE
  
• [20.6] TIMER OBJECT SPAN IN VEE
  
• [20.7] AN IF-THEN-ELSE PUZZLE
  
• [20.8] SEEDING THE RANDOM-NUMBER GENERATOR
  
• [20.9] USING THE FUNCTION GENERATOR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT
  
• [20.10] ENTERING NON-ASCII CHARACTERS UNDER VEE
  
• [20.11] A VEEWIN HIDDEN FEATURE
  

[21.0] Creating Custom Menu Entries

• [21.1] OVERVIEW
  
• [21.2] ADDING A FULL MENU OF CONVERSION FUNCTIONS
  
• [21.3] SPLICING ENTRIES INTO AN EXISTING MENU
  
• [21.4] ADDING A CUSTOM HELP FILE
  

[22.0] Using & Running DLLs from VEE For Windows

• [22.1] CALLING DLLS FROM VEE
  
• [22.2] DLL PARAMETER PASSING
  
• [22.3] BUILDING DLLS FOR VEE
  
• [22.4] FINAL COMMENTS
  

[23.0] An Introduction To Callable VEE

• [23.1] CALLABLE VEE OVERVIEW
  
• [22.2] VEE RPC API
  
• [23.3] VEEDATA API
  

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