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Article: GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING.(Softwire Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Mechanical Engineering-CIME
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
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Capability: Softwire is a graphical programming extension to Visual Basic, enabling users to take advantage of graphical programming combined with the efficiency of writing code in an industry-standard language. To write software, engineers use pictures of real-word devices that show them what the software will do. A switch displayed on the screen, for example, is used to turn a bit on or off. A digital input displays what is happening to a sensor the user may wish to ...