OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
IEasyDAClientExtension Class Members
Methods 


OpcLabs.EasyOpcClassicCore Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess Namespace : IEasyDAClientExtension Class

The following tables list the members exposed by IEasyDAClientExtension.

Public Methods
 NameDescription
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)

Browses the possible access paths of a specified OPC item.

Browse for access paths. Specify machine name, server class, and item ID.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Browses the specified branch (or root) in OPC server's address space, and returns information about child branches found.

The BrowseBranches methods return the branches available under the specified parent branch in the OPC-DA address space.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Browses the specified branch (or root) in OPC server's address space, and returns information about child leaves found.

The BrowseLeaves methods return the leaves available under the specified parent branch in the OPC-DA address space.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)

Browses the specified branch (or root) in OPC server's address space, and returns information about child nodes (both branches and leaves) found.

Browse for child nodes. Specify machine name, server class, parent item ID, and node filter.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)

Browses the available properties of a specified OPC item.

Browse for available item properties. Specify machine name, server class, and item ID.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Browses for available OPC (Data Access) servers.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Changes parameters of a subscription to a particular OPC item.

It is more efficient to change multiple subscriptions using ChangeMultipleItemSubscriptions method.

 
Public Method (Inherited from object)
Public MethodServes as the default hash function. (Inherited from object)
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Gets values of multiple OPC properties of a specified OPC item.

This method does not throw an exception in case of OPC operation failures. Instead, the eventual exception related to each property is returned in Exception property of each returned OpcLabs.BaseLib.OperationModel.ValueResult element.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Gets a value of OPC property of a specified OPC item.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

 
Public MethodGets the System.Type of the current instance. (Inherited from object)
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Attempts to pull an OPC item change subscribed to by the SubscribeMultipleItems or SubscribeItem method.  
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Reads an OPC-DA item. Value, quality and timestamp are returned.

The ReadItem method reads the data of an OPC-DA item. It uses the first available data from the server; it does not wait until the quality becomes "uncertain" or "good".

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

Optionally, a specific data type can be requested, or an access path can be specified (OPC DA 1.0 only).

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Reads an OPC-DA item value. Reads a single named item from an OPC-DA server. Only the item value is returned (quality and timestamp are not returned).

Use this method if you are only interested in the actual value of the OPC item. Use ReadItem method if you also need the quality or timestamp. The ReadItemValue method makes it very easy to obtain the actual data value with just one function call.

The ReadItemValue method requires that the value quality is "good".

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

Optionally, a specific data type can be requested, or an access path can be specified (OPC DA 1.0 only).

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Reads data of multiple OPC-DA items.

The ReadMultipleItems method reads the data (values, timestamps and qualities) of multiple items from one or more OPC-DA servers. It uses the first available data from the server for each item; it does not wait until the quality becomes "uncertain" or "good". The function performs all individual operations in parallel, but only returns after all individual operations are completed (or their timeouts elapse).

This method does not throw an exception in case of OPC operation failures. Instead, the eventual exception related to each item is returned in Exception property of each returned OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel.DAVtqResult element.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

Optionally, a specific data type can be requested, or an access path can be specified (OPC DA 1.0 only).

This method operates on multiple items at once. If you only have one item, you can use the ReadItem(IEasyDAClient,DAReadItemArguments) method instead.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Reads values of multiple OPC-DA items. Reads named items from an OPC-DA server or servers. Only the item values are returned (qualities and timestamps are not returned).

The ReadMultipleItemValues method requires that the quality is "good" for each item. The function performs all individual operations in parallel, but only returns after all individual operations are completed (or their timeouts elapse).

This method does not throw an exception in case of OPC operation failures. Instead, the eventual exception related to each item is returned in Exception property of each returned OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel.DAVtqResult element.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

Optionally, a specific data type can be requested, or an access path can be specified (OPC DA 1.0 only).

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Subscribe to changes of a particular OPC item.

The ItemChanged event is generated for each significant item change.

It is more efficient to subscribe to multiple items using the SubscribeMultipleItems method.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Subscribe to changes of multiple OPC items.

The ItemChanged event will be generated for each significant item change.

 
Public MethodReturns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from object)
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)

Unsubscribe from changes of a particular OPC item.

Unsubscribe from OPC item, specifying its handle.

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Writes into a named item in an OPC server. Value, quality and timestamp are written.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

Optionally, a specific data type can be requested, or an access path can be specified (OPC DA 1.0 only).

 
Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded. Writes a value into a named item in an OPC server. Only the item value is written (quality and timestamp are not written).

The WriteItemValue only writes the item value into the OPC-DA server; how the quality and timestamp are affected depends on the server. Some servers support writing the quality and timestamp as well; use the WriteItem method for that.

The server(s) can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM.

Optionally, a specific data type can be requested, or an access path can be specified (OPC DA 1.0 only).

 
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Protected Methods
 NameDescription
Protected MethodAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from object)
Protected MethodCreates a shallow copy of the current System.Object. (Inherited from object)
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See Also

Reference

IEasyDAClientExtension Class
OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess Namespace