The GXSW driver is a 32 bit Windows DLL file: GXSW.DLL. The DLL is used with 32 bit applications running under Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000. The DLL uses a device driver to access the board resources. The device driver HW.SYS (on Windows NT/2000) or HW.VXD (on Windows 9x/Me) is installed by the GTSW setup program and is shared by other Marvin Test Solutions products (ATEasy, GXDIO, etc).
The 32-bit DLL can be used with various development tools such as Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, Microsoft Visual Basic, Borland Pascal or Delphi, ATEasy and more. The following paragraphs describe how to create an application that uses the driver with various development tools. Refer to the paragraph describing the specific development tool for more information.