QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC Data Access - Browse for branches

.NET

// This example shows how to obtain all branches at the root of the address space. For each branch, it displays whether 
// it may have child nodes.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.AddressSpace;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess._EasyDAClient
{
    class BrowseBranches
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyDAClient();
            DANodeElementCollection branchElements;
            try
            {
                branchElements = client.BrowseBranches("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "");
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            foreach (DANodeElement branchElement in branchElements)
                Console.WriteLine($"BranchElements(\"{branchElement.Name}\").HasChildren: {branchElement.HasChildren}");
        }


        // Example output:
        //
        //BranchElements("$ServerControl").HasChildren: True
        //BranchElements("Boilers").HasChildren: True
        //BranchElements("Simulation").HasChildren: True
        //BranchElements("SimulateEvents").HasChildren: True
        //BranchElements("Trends").HasChildren: True
        //BranchElements("Demo").HasChildren: True
        //BranchElements("Greenhouse").HasChildren: True
    }
}
# This example shows how to obtain all branches at the root of the address space. For each branch, it displays whether
# it may have child nodes.

# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel import *


# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyDAClient()

# Perform the operation.
try:
    nodeElements = IEasyDAClientExtension.BrowseBranches(client, '', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', '')
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display results.
for nodeElement in nodeElements:
    print('NodeElements["', nodeElement.Name, '"].HasChildren: ', nodeElement.HasChildren, sep='')

COM

Rem This example shows how to obtain all branches at the root of the address space. For each branch, it displays whether 
Rem it may have child nodes.

Option Explicit

Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.EasyDAClient")
On Error Resume Next
Dim BranchElements: Set BranchElements = Client.BrowseBranches("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
    WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & Err.Source & ": " & Err.Description
    WScript.Quit
End If
On Error Goto 0

Dim BranchElement: For Each BranchElement In BranchElements
    WScript.Echo "BranchElements(""" & BranchElement.Name & """).HasChildren: " & BranchElement.HasChildren
Next

 

See Also

Conceptual

Examples - OPC Unified Architecture