OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
FieldDataDictionary Property (UADataSetData)
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OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub Namespace > UADataSetData Class : FieldDataDictionary Property
Field data for each field in the dataset.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Property FieldDataDictionary As UAStringDataSetFieldDataDictionary
 
'Usage
 
Dim instance As UADataSetData
Dim value As UAStringDataSetFieldDataDictionary
 
instance.FieldDataDictionary = value
 
value = instance.FieldDataDictionary

Property Value

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

The individual elements of the property value can be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

Dataset field data for a specific field might be null if the field was not delivered, or if there was a data value conversion failure.

Example
// This example shows how to subscribe to dataset messages and extract data of a specific field.
//
// In order to produce network messages for this example, run the UADemoPublisher tool. For documentation, see
// https://kb.opclabs.com/UADemoPublisher_Basics . In some cases, you may have to specify the interface name to be used.
//
// 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
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using System;
using System.Threading;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.Configuration;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.OperationModel;

namespace UASubscriberDocExamples.PubSub._EasyUASubscriber
{
    partial class SubscribeDataSet
    {
        public static void ExtractField()
        {
            // Define the PubSub connection we will work with. Uses implicit conversion from a string.
            UAPubSubConnectionDescriptor pubSubConnectionDescriptor = "opc.udp://239.0.0.1";
            // In some cases you may have to set the interface (network adapter) name that needs to be used, similarly to
            // the statement below. Your actual interface name may differ, of course.
            //pubSubConnectionDescriptor.ResourceAddress.InterfaceName = "Ethernet";

            // Define the filter. Publisher Id (unsigned 64-bits) is 31, and the dataset writer Id is 1.
            var filter = new UASubscribeDataSetFilter(UAPublisherId.CreateUInt64(31), UAWriterGroupDescriptor.Null, 1);

            // Define the metadata, with the use of collection initializer for its fields. For UADP, the order of field
            // metadata must correspond to the order of fields in the dataset message. If the field names were contained
            // in the dataset message (such as in JSON), or if we knew the metadata from some other source, this step would
            // not be needed.
            // Since the encoding is not RawData, we do not have to specify the type information for the fields.
            var metaData = new UADataSetMetaData
            {
                new UAFieldMetaData("BoolToggle"),
                new UAFieldMetaData("Int32"),
                new UAFieldMetaData("Int32Fast"),
                new UAFieldMetaData("DateTime")
            };

            // Instantiate the subscriber object and hook events.
            var subscriber = new EasyUASubscriber();
            subscriber.DataSetMessage += subscriber_DataSetMessage_ExtractField;

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
            subscriber.SubscribeDataSet(pubSubConnectionDescriptor, filter, metaData);

            Console.WriteLine("Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...");
            Thread.Sleep(20 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...");
            subscriber.UnsubscribeAllDataSets();

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 1 second...");
            // Unsubscribe operation is asynchronous, messages may still come for a short while.
            Thread.Sleep(1 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        static void subscriber_DataSetMessage_ExtractField(object sender, EasyUADataSetMessageEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display the dataset.
            if (e.Succeeded)
            {
                // An event with null DataSetData just indicates a successful connection.
                if (!(e.DataSetData is null))
                {
                    // Extract field data, looking up the field by its name.
                    UADataSetFieldData int32FastValueData = e.DataSetData.FieldDataDictionary["Int32Fast"];
                    Console.WriteLine(int32FastValueData);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {e.ErrorMessageBrief}");
            }
        }

        // Example output:
        //
        //Subscribing...
        //Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...
        //6502 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:01.254,647,600,00; Good
        //6538 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:01.755,010,700,00; Good
        //6615 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:02.255,780,200,00; Good
        //6687 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:02.756,495,900,00; Good
        //6769 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:03.257,320,200,00; Good
        //6804 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:03.757,667,300,00; Good
        //6877 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:04.258,405,000,00; Good
        //6990 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:04.759,532,900,00; Good
        //7063 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:05.260,257,200,00; Good
        //7163 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:05.761,261,800,00; Good
        //7255 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:06.262,176,800,00; Good
        //7321 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:06.762,839,800,00; Good
        //7397 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:07.263,598,900,00; Good
        //7454 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:07.764,168,900,00; Good
        //7472 {System.Int32} @2019-10-06T10:02:08.264,350,400,00; Good
        //...
    }
}
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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