General

Note: We do not regularly update these examples with new versions. You may have to modify the code to use newer versions.

The REALbasic (Xojo) examples were originally created in REAL Studio 2010r5, and converted to REAL Studio 2011r1.1, and later versions. We also tested with Xojo 2019r3.1 and Xojo 2020r1.2.

• Xojo\ReadAndDisplayValue.xojo_binary_project: The simplest form, for OPC “Classic”. Reads and displays an OPC item value.
• Xojo\UAReadAndDisplayValue…: The simplest form, for OPC UA. Reads and displays an OPC item value.

Where are the examples?

The examples are available in multiple formats and on different locations. You can pick the one that suits you the best.

• On Windows, if you have used the Setup Program to install QuickOPC, examples source files are available from the Start menu or the Launcher application. 
• The examples are in this documentation - shown in articles that describe the related concepts, and also all together: QuickOPC Examples.

Xojo Development Specifics

It appears to be impossible to enumerate COM collections using any built-in construct, or accessing the GetEnumerator method in Xojo. With most collections, you can, however, obtain the Count property of the collection, and then access the individual elements using the Item property, which is "indexed" by an integer, from 0 to Count - 1.

Some collections in QuickOPC are, however, keyed collections, where the key is not an integer (or it might be an integer but it does not represent a sequential index into the collection). There is no direct way to enumerate elements of such keyed collections in Xojo.

To enumerate such collections, we recommend following workaround: Create an instance of ElasticVector Collection object, and call its AddRange Method, passing it the keyed collection you want to enumerate. This will effectively convert the key collection to an elastic vector, and you can then use the Item Property of the elastic vector (indexed by an integer) to access all elements of the original collection in a sequence.