OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
SubscribeMultipleItems Method (EasyDAClientCore)
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OpcLabs.EasyOpcClassic Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess Namespace > EasyDAClientCore Class : SubscribeMultipleItems Method
Array of arguments, one element per each OPC item involved in the operation.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

The individual elements of the parameter value cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Subscribe to changes of multiple OPC items. The IEasyDAClient.ItemChanged event will be generated for each significant item change. Callback methods will be invoked if they are specified in the argument objects.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Function SubscribeMultipleItems( _
   ByVal itemSubscriptionArgumentsArray() As EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments _
) As Integer()
 
'Usage
 
Dim instance As EasyDAClientCore
Dim itemSubscriptionArgumentsArray() As EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments
Dim value() As Integer
 
value = instance.SubscribeMultipleItems(itemSubscriptionArgumentsArray)

Parameters

itemSubscriptionArgumentsArray
Array of arguments, one element per each OPC item involved in the operation.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

The individual elements of the parameter value cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

The function returns an array of integer handles. Each such handle uniquely identifies the item subscription. The indices of elements in the output array are the same as those in the input array, itemSubscriptionArgumentsArray.

This method never returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Exceptions
ExceptionDescription

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Remarks
The size of the input array will become the size of the output array. The element positions (indices) in the output array are the same as in the input array.

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

Example
// This example shows how subscribe to changes of multiple items and display each change, identifying the different
// subscriptions by an integer.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in C# on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-CSharp .
// Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
// a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

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

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess._EasyDAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeMultipleItems
    {
        public static void StateAsInteger()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            using (var client = new EasyDAClient())
            {
                // Hook events
                client.ItemChanged += client_StateAsInteger_ItemChanged;

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
                int[] handleArray = client.SubscribeMultipleItems(new[]
                {
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Random", 1000,
                        state: 1), // An integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Ramp (1 min)", 1000,
                        state: 2), // An integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Sine (1 min)", 1000,
                        state: 3), // An integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Register_I4", 1000,
                        state: 4) // An integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
                });

                for (int i = 0; i < handleArray.Length; i++)
                    Console.WriteLine($"handleArray[{i}]: {handleArray[i]}");

                Console.WriteLine("Processing item changed events for 10 seconds...");
                Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...");
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 5 seconds...");
            Thread.Sleep(5 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        // Item changed event handler
        static void client_StateAsInteger_ItemChanged(object sender, EasyDAItemChangedEventArgs eventArgs)
        {
            // Obtain the integer state we have passed in.
            var stateAsInteger = (int)eventArgs.Arguments.State;

            // Display the data
            if (eventArgs.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine($"{stateAsInteger}: {eventArgs.Vtq}");
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"{stateAsInteger} *** Failure: {eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief}");
        }
    }
}
// This example shows how subscribe to changes of multiple items and display each change, identifying the different
// subscriptions by an object.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in C# on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-CSharp .
// Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
// a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

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

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess._EasyDAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeMultipleItems
    {
        class CustomObject
        {
            public CustomObject(string name)
            {
                Name = name;
            }

            public string Name { get; }
        }


        public static void StateAsObject()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            using (var client = new EasyDAClient())
            {
                // Hook events
                client.ItemChanged += client_StateAsObject_ItemChanged;

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
                int[] handleArray = client.SubscribeMultipleItems(new[]
                {
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Random", 1000,
                        new CustomObject("First")), // A custom object that corresponds to the subscription
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Ramp (1 min)", 1000,
                        new CustomObject("Second")), // A custom object that corresponds to the subscription
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Sine (1 min)", 1000,
                        new CustomObject("Third")), // A custom object that corresponds to the subscription
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Register_I4", 1000,
                        new CustomObject("Fourth")) // A custom object that corresponds to the subscription
                });

                for (int i = 0; i < handleArray.Length; i++)
                    Console.WriteLine($"handleArray[{i}]: {handleArray[i]}");

                Console.WriteLine("Processing item changed events for 10 seconds...");
                Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...");
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 5 seconds...");
            Thread.Sleep(5 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        // Item changed event handler
        static void client_StateAsObject_ItemChanged(object sender, EasyDAItemChangedEventArgs eventArgs)
        {
            // Obtain the custom object we have passed in.
            var stateAsObject = (CustomObject)eventArgs.Arguments.State;

            // Display the data
            if (eventArgs.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine($"{stateAsObject.Name}: {eventArgs.Vtq}");
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"{stateAsObject.Name} *** Failure: {eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief}");
        }
    }
}
// This example shows how to store current state of the subscribed items in a dictionary.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in C# on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-CSharp .
// Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
// a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess._EasyDAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeMultipleItems
    {
        public static void StoreInDictionary()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            using (var client = new EasyDAClient())
            {
                client.ItemChanged += client_ItemChanged_StoreInDictionary;

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing item changes...");
                client.SubscribeMultipleItems(
                    new[] {
                            new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Random", 1000, null), 
                            new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Ramp (1 min)", 1000, null), 
                            new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Sine (1 min)", 1000, null),  
                            new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Register_I4", 1000, null)
                        });

                Console.WriteLine("Processing item changed events for 1 minute...");
                int startTickCount = Environment.TickCount;
                do
                {
                    Thread.Sleep(5*1000);

                    // Each 5 seconds, display the current state of the items we have subscribed to.
                    lock (_serialize)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine();
                        foreach (KeyValuePair<DAItemDescriptor, DAVtqResult> pair in _vtqResultDictionary)
                        {
                            DAItemDescriptor itemDescriptor = pair.Key;
                            DAVtqResult vtqResult = pair.Value;
                            Console.WriteLine($"{itemDescriptor}: {vtqResult}");
                        }

                        // The code above shows how you can process the complete contents of the dictionary. In other
                        // scenarios, you may want to access just a specific entry in the dictionary. You can achieve that
                        // by indexing the dictionary by the item descriptor of the item you are interested in.
                    }
                } while (Environment.TickCount < startTickCount + 60*1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing item changes...");
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        // Item changed event handler
        static void client_ItemChanged_StoreInDictionary(object sender, EasyDAItemChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            lock (_serialize)
                // Convert the event arguments to a DAVtq result object, and store it in the dictionary under the key which
                // is the item descriptor of the item this item changed event is for.
                _vtqResultDictionary[e.Arguments.ItemDescriptor] = (DAVtqResult)e;
        }

        // Holds last known state of each subscribed item.
        private static readonly Dictionary<DAItemDescriptor, DAVtqResult> _vtqResultDictionary = 
            new Dictionary<DAItemDescriptor, DAVtqResult>();

        // Synchronization object used to prevent simultaneous access to the dictionary.
        private static readonly object _serialize = new object();
    }
}
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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