Bomem-GRAMS User's Guide

m Array Basic programs made
using Bomem-GRAMS versions
4.x, will require some
modification to operate with
later versions.
APPENDIX B
ARRAY B ASIC INTERFACE
Note: This chapter is intended for people who will be programming using
the Array Basic language, and assumes familiarity with the Array Basic
language.
This version of Bomem-GRAMS requires Windows NT or Windows 2000 and
includes an acquisition driver based on Thermo Galactic’s “My Instrument”
technology. This acquisition driver works differently from the Bomem-GRAMS
versions 4.x drivers that only work under Windows 95/98. m
Bomem-GRAMS provides extensions to Array Basic language that can be used
to automate the acquisition of spectra, and allow combining acquisition
functions with other functions of Bomem-GRAMS. These extensions include:
• methods which can be called by Array Basic to execute operations
• properties that Array Basic can read or set and that affect the way
the acquisition interface operates
• events that are used by the Array Basic interface to inform Array Basic
that something has happened
The methods and properties are accessed through Array Basic OBJXCALL
commands (see Sections B.1 and B.2).
B.1 Array Basic
methods
The following table lists the Array Basic methods. These are accessed through
the Array Basic OBJXCALL commands.
Array Basic methods
OBJXCALL "TaskObj", "CONFIG"
OBJXCALL "TaskObj", "CDEFAULTS"
OBJXCALL “TaskObj”,
“WARNINGS_ENABLED”,,value
OBJXCALL "TaskObj", "HALT"
OBJXCALL "TaskObj", "SETUP"
OBJXCALL "TaskObj", "SDEFAULTS"
OBJXCALL "TaskObj", "SCAN"
Description
Call up hardware configuration dialog
Reset hardware settings to internal defaults
Enables or disables the warning messages.
Parameters:
0: to disable the warnings
1: to enable the warnings
Stop any data acquisition or other operation in progress
Call up the collect dialog
Set all collect parameters to internal defaults
Start a Sample acquisition using current settings (no dialog)
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