Multiple LABVIEW GPIB Commanding alternating Write followed by read many times

Hi,
I am trying to convert my labwindows C program over to Labview. This is a VISA GPIB application. I have seen how you can send multiple
commands in Labview by sending the commands separated by semicolons. However with my instrument. I need to write one command
then immediately read the command. and report the results to a text window for user visual verification.
In C is sent around 47 or so commands to the instrument just to be sure all of these parameters have the correct configuation. I did this with a
Array of strings with each element a string command. then simply used a for loop in C to send to visa ViPrintf function. Always one write and one read followed by displaying the command string and the response to the instrument.
I would like to do the same thing in Labview.
Thank You for your help,
Gary
Message Edited by golson on 07-14-2009 04:02 PM

OK. So what's your question? LabVIEW has VISA functions as well. VISA Write and VISA Read. LabVIEW has loops. LabVIEW has arrays. Thus, you can create an array the same way you did in LabWindows, and drive a loop with that array, and send a write followed a read.
Perhaps you can clarify what you're asking for.
Have you looked at/gone through the tutorials? To learn more about LabVIEW it is recommended that you go through the tutorial(s) and look over the material in the NI Developer Zone's Learning Center which provides links to other materials and other tutorials. You can also take the online courses for free.

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