using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using NationalInstruments.VisaNS; // Add Reference->NationalInstruments.VisaNS & NationalInstruments.common by installing NI-VISA .NET4 files
// Change Project Example Properties Applicaiton Target fromwork to ".Net Framework 4"

namespace Example7_HardCopy
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        private MessageBasedSession mbSession;

        // Instrument VISA address
        string resourceString = "USB0::0x0699::0x03B2::QU010012::INSTR";

        // Where to save
        string target_path = @"C:\temp\";
        string target_name = @"TBS_screen.bmp";

        byte[] Block = null;

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Open connection to instrument
            mbSession = (MessageBasedSession)ResourceManager.GetLocalManager().Open(resourceString);

            // Change timeout to 10 sec.
            mbSession.Timeout = 10000;

            // Copy Image
            HardCopy();

            // Close instrument connection
            mbSession.Dispose();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }


        private void HardCopy()
        {
            // Send commands as described in programmers manual
            mbSession.Write("HardCopy:FormatException BMP");
            mbSession.Write("Hardcopy:Layout Portrait");
            mbSession.Write("Hardcopy:port USB");
            mbSession.Write("Hardcopy Start");

            // Read bytes
            Block = mbSession.ReadByteArray();
            // Write bytes to file
            File.WriteAllBytes(target_path + target_name, Block);
        }
    }

}