QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
SelectionChanged Event
Example 



OpcLabs.BaseLibForms Assembly > OpcLabs.BaseLib.Forms.Browsing.Generalized Namespace > BrowseControl Class : SelectionChanged Event
Occurs when the selection set changes.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Event SelectionChanged As EventHandler
'Usage
 
Dim instance As BrowseControl
Dim handler As EventHandler
 
AddHandler instance.SelectionChanged, handler
public event EventHandler SelectionChanged
public:
event EventHandler^ SelectionChanged
Example

.NET

.NET

// This example shows how to allow browsing for an OPC Data Access node by placing a browsing control on the form.

using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.Forms.Browsing;
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using OpcLabs.BaseLib;

namespace FormsDocExamples._OpcBrowseControl
{
    public partial class UsageForm : Form
    {
        public UsageForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void getOutputsButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Obtain the current node element.
            OpcBrowseNodeElement currentNodeElement = opcBrowseControl1.Outputs.CurrentNodeElement;

            // Display the present parts of the current node element in the outputs text text box.
            outputsTextBox.Text = "";
            if (!(currentNodeElement.ComputerElement is null))
                outputsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(OpcBrowseNodeElement.ComputerElement)}: {currentNodeElement.ComputerElement}\r\n";
            if (!(currentNodeElement.ServerElement is null))
                outputsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(OpcBrowseNodeElement.ServerElement)}: {currentNodeElement.ServerElement}\r\n";
            if (!(currentNodeElement.DANodeElement is null))
                outputsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(OpcBrowseNodeElement.DANodeElement)}: {currentNodeElement.DANodeElement}\r\n";
        }

        private void opcBrowseControl1_BrowseFailure(object sender, FailureEventArgs e)
        {
            // Append the event name and its arguments to the browsing events text box.
            browsingEventsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(OpcBrowseControl.BrowseFailure)}: {e}\r\n";
        }

        private void opcBrowseControl1_CurrentNodeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Append the event name and the current node element to the browsing events text box.
            browsingEventsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(OpcBrowseControl.CurrentNodeChanged)}; {opcBrowseControl1.Outputs.CurrentNodeElement}\r\n";
        }

        private void opcBrowseControl1_NodeDoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Append the event name to the browsing events text box.
            browsingEventsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(OpcBrowseControl.NodeDoubleClick)}\r\n";
        }

        private void opcBrowseControl1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Append the event name to the browsing events text box.
            browsingEventsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(OpcBrowseControl.SelectionChanged)}\r\n";
        }

        private void setInputsButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Set the current node to a pre-defined OPC DA item on our server.
            opcBrowseControl1.InputsOutputs.CurrentNodeDescriptor.ServerDescriptor = "OPCLabs.KitServer.2";
            opcBrowseControl1.InputsOutputs.CurrentNodeDescriptor.DANodeDescriptor = "Demo.Ramp";
        }
    }
}
namespace FormsDocExamples._OpcBrowseControl
{
    partial class UsageForm
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code

        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.opcBrowseControl1 = new OpcLabs.EasyOpc.Forms.Browsing.OpcBrowseControl();
            this.setInputsButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.getOutputsButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.browsingEventsTextBox = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.outputsTextBox = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.opcBrowseControl1)).BeginInit();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // opcBrowseControl1
            // 
            this.opcBrowseControl1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 42);
            this.opcBrowseControl1.MinimumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(135, 150);
            this.opcBrowseControl1.Name = "opcBrowseControl1";
            this.opcBrowseControl1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(450, 300);
            this.opcBrowseControl1.TabIndex = 0;
            this.opcBrowseControl1.BrowseFailure += new OpcLabs.BaseLib.FailureEventHandler(this.opcBrowseControl1_BrowseFailure);
            this.opcBrowseControl1.CurrentNodeChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.opcBrowseControl1_CurrentNodeChanged);
            this.opcBrowseControl1.NodeDoubleClick += new System.EventHandler(this.opcBrowseControl1_NodeDoubleClick);
            this.opcBrowseControl1.SelectionChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.opcBrowseControl1_SelectionChanged);
            // 
            // setInputsButton
            // 
            this.setInputsButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 13);
            this.setInputsButton.Name = "setInputsButton";
            this.setInputsButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.setInputsButton.TabIndex = 1;
            this.setInputsButton.Text = "&Set inputs";
            this.setInputsButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.setInputsButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.setInputsButton_Click);
            // 
            // getOutputsButton
            // 
            this.getOutputsButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 349);
            this.getOutputsButton.Name = "getOutputsButton";
            this.getOutputsButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.getOutputsButton.TabIndex = 2;
            this.getOutputsButton.Text = "&Get outputs";
            this.getOutputsButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.getOutputsButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.getOutputsButton_Click);
            // 
            // label1
            // 
            this.label1.AutoSize = true;
            this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(479, 42);
            this.label1.Name = "label1";
            this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(88, 13);
            this.label1.TabIndex = 3;
            this.label1.Text = "Browsing &events:";
            // 
            // browsingEventsTextBox
            // 
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(482, 59);
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.Multiline = true;
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.Name = "browsingEventsTextBox";
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.ReadOnly = true;
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.ScrollBars = System.Windows.Forms.ScrollBars.Vertical;
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(482, 283);
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.TabIndex = 4;
            // 
            // outputsTextBox
            // 
            this.outputsTextBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 379);
            this.outputsTextBox.Multiline = true;
            this.outputsTextBox.Name = "outputsTextBox";
            this.outputsTextBox.ReadOnly = true;
            this.outputsTextBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(951, 68);
            this.outputsTextBox.TabIndex = 5;
            // 
            // UsageForm
            // 
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(976, 450);
            this.Controls.Add(this.outputsTextBox);
            this.Controls.Add(this.browsingEventsTextBox);
            this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
            this.Controls.Add(this.getOutputsButton);
            this.Controls.Add(this.setInputsButton);
            this.Controls.Add(this.opcBrowseControl1);
            this.Name = "UsageForm";
            this.Text = "Usage";
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.opcBrowseControl1)).EndInit();
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.PerformLayout();

        }

        #endregion

        private OpcLabs.EasyOpc.Forms.Browsing.OpcBrowseControl opcBrowseControl1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button setInputsButton;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button getOutputsButton;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox browsingEventsTextBox;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox outputsTextBox;
    }
}
// This example shows how to allow browsing for an OPC Unified Architecture node by placing a browsing control on the form.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using OpcLabs.BaseLib;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Forms.Browsing;

namespace UAFormsDocExamples._UABrowseControl
{
    public partial class UsageForm : Form
    {
        public UsageForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void getOutputsButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Obtain the current node element.
            UABrowseNodeElement currentNodeElement = uaBrowseControl1.Outputs.CurrentNodeElement;

            // Display the present parts of the current node element in the outputs text text box.
            outputsTextBox.Text = "";
            if (!(currentNodeElement.HostElement is null))
                outputsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(UABrowseNodeElement.HostElement)}: {currentNodeElement.HostElement}\r\n";
            if (!(currentNodeElement.DiscoveryElement is null))
                outputsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(UABrowseNodeElement.DiscoveryElement)}: {currentNodeElement.DiscoveryElement}\r\n";
            if (!(currentNodeElement.NodeElement is null))
                outputsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(UABrowseNodeElement.NodeElement)}: {currentNodeElement.NodeElement}\r\n";
        }

        private void uaBrowseControl1_BrowseFailure(object sender, FailureEventArgs e)
        {
            // Append the event name and its arguments to the browsing events text box.
            browsingEventsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(UABrowseControl.BrowseFailure)}: {e}\r\n";
        }

        private void uaBrowseControl1_CurrentNodeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Append the event name and the current node element to the browsing events text box.
            browsingEventsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(UABrowseControl.CurrentNodeChanged)}; {uaBrowseControl1.Outputs.CurrentNodeElement}\r\n";
        }

        private void uaBrowseControl1_NodeDoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Append the event name to the browsing events text box.
            browsingEventsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(UABrowseControl.NodeDoubleClick)}\r\n";
        }

        private void uaBrowseControl1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Append the event name to the browsing events text box.
            browsingEventsTextBox.Text += $"{nameof(UABrowseControl.SelectionChanged)}\r\n";
        }

        private void setInputsButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Set the current node to our pre-defined OPC UA server.
            uaBrowseControl1.InputsOutputs.CurrentNodeDescriptor.EndpointDescriptor = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer";
        }
    }
}
namespace UAFormsDocExamples._UABrowseControl
{
    partial class UsageForm
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code

        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.uaBrowseControl1 = new OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Forms.Browsing.UABrowseControl();
            this.setInputsButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.getOutputsButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.outputsTextBox = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.browsingEventsTextBox = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.uaBrowseControl1)).BeginInit();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // uaBrowseControl1
            // 
            this.uaBrowseControl1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 42);
            this.uaBrowseControl1.MinimumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(135, 150);
            this.uaBrowseControl1.Name = "uaBrowseControl1";
            this.uaBrowseControl1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(450, 300);
            this.uaBrowseControl1.TabIndex = 0;
            this.uaBrowseControl1.BrowseFailure += new OpcLabs.BaseLib.FailureEventHandler(this.uaBrowseControl1_BrowseFailure);
            this.uaBrowseControl1.CurrentNodeChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.uaBrowseControl1_CurrentNodeChanged);
            this.uaBrowseControl1.NodeDoubleClick += new System.EventHandler(this.uaBrowseControl1_NodeDoubleClick);
            this.uaBrowseControl1.SelectionChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.uaBrowseControl1_SelectionChanged);
            // 
            // setInputsButton
            // 
            this.setInputsButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 13);
            this.setInputsButton.Name = "setInputsButton";
            this.setInputsButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.setInputsButton.TabIndex = 1;
            this.setInputsButton.Text = "&Set inputs";
            this.setInputsButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.setInputsButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.setInputsButton_Click);
            // 
            // getOutputsButton
            // 
            this.getOutputsButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 349);
            this.getOutputsButton.Name = "getOutputsButton";
            this.getOutputsButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.getOutputsButton.TabIndex = 2;
            this.getOutputsButton.Text = "&Get outputs";
            this.getOutputsButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.getOutputsButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.getOutputsButton_Click);
            // 
            // label1
            // 
            this.label1.AutoSize = true;
            this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(481, 42);
            this.label1.Name = "label1";
            this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(88, 13);
            this.label1.TabIndex = 3;
            this.label1.Text = "&Browsing events:";
            // 
            // outputsTextBox
            // 
            this.outputsTextBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 379);
            this.outputsTextBox.Multiline = true;
            this.outputsTextBox.Name = "outputsTextBox";
            this.outputsTextBox.ReadOnly = true;
            this.outputsTextBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(951, 59);
            this.outputsTextBox.TabIndex = 4;
            // 
            // browsingEventsTextBox
            // 
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(484, 59);
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.Multiline = true;
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.Name = "browsingEventsTextBox";
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.ReadOnly = true;
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(480, 283);
            this.browsingEventsTextBox.TabIndex = 5;
            // 
            // UsageForm
            // 
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(976, 450);
            this.Controls.Add(this.browsingEventsTextBox);
            this.Controls.Add(this.outputsTextBox);
            this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
            this.Controls.Add(this.getOutputsButton);
            this.Controls.Add(this.setInputsButton);
            this.Controls.Add(this.uaBrowseControl1);
            this.Name = "UsageForm";
            this.Text = "UsageForm";
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.uaBrowseControl1)).EndInit();
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.PerformLayout();

        }

        #endregion

        private OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Forms.Browsing.UABrowseControl uaBrowseControl1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button setInputsButton;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button getOutputsButton;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox outputsTextBox;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox browsingEventsTextBox;
    }
}
Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

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