QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
PullMultipleDataSetMessages Method (EasyUASubscriberCore)
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OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub Namespace > EasyUASubscriberCore Class : PullMultipleDataSetMessages Method
Maximum number of event notifications returned.
The number of milliseconds to wait, or System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite (-1) to wait indefinitely.
Attempts to pull multiple dataset message event notifications.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Function PullMultipleDataSetMessages( _
   ByVal maximumCount As Integer, _
   ByVal millisecondsTimeout As Integer _
) As EasyUADataSetMessageEventArgs()
 
'Usage
 
Dim instance As EasyUASubscriberCore
Dim maximumCount As Integer
Dim millisecondsTimeout As Integer
Dim value() As EasyUADataSetMessageEventArgs
 
value = instance.PullMultipleDataSetMessages(maximumCount, millisecondsTimeout)

Parameters

maximumCount
Maximum number of event notifications returned.
millisecondsTimeout
The number of milliseconds to wait, or System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite (-1) to wait indefinitely.

Return Value

An array of event arguments, or null if no event is available within the specified time.
Exceptions
ExceptionDescription

The value of an argument is outside the allowable range of values as defined by the invoked method.

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.

Example

.NET

COM

// This example shows how to subscribe to all dataset messages on an OPC-UA PubSub connection, and pull events, and display
// the incoming datasets.
//
// In order to produce network messages for this example, run the UADemoPublisher tool. For documentation, see
// http://kb.opclabs.com/UADemoPublisher_Basics . In some cases, you may have to specify the interface name to be used.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples.PubSub._EasyUASubscriber
{
    class PullDataSetMessage
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // 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";

            // Instantiate the subscriber object.
            // In order to use event pull, you must set a non-zero queue capacity upfront.
            var subscriber = new EasyUASubscriber {PullDataSetMessageQueueCapacity = 1000};

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
            subscriber.SubscribeDataSet(pubSubConnectionDescriptor);

            Console.WriteLine("Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...");
            int endTick = Environment.TickCount + 20 * 1000;
            do
            {
                EasyUADataSetMessageEventArgs eventArgs = subscriber.PullDataSetMessage(2 * 1000);
                if (!(eventArgs is null))
                {
                    // Display the dataset.
                    if (eventArgs.Succeeded)
                    {
                        // An event with null DataSetData just indicates a successful connection.
                        if (!(eventArgs.DataSetData is null))
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine();
                            Console.WriteLine($"Dataset data: {eventArgs.DataSetData}");
                            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, UADataSetFieldData> pair in eventArgs.DataSetData.FieldDataDictionary)
                                Console.WriteLine(pair);
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine();
                        Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief}");
                    }
                }
            } while (Environment.TickCount < endTick);

            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.");
        }

        // Example output:
        //
        //Subscribing...
        //Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...
        //
        //Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher="32", writer=1, class=eae79794-1af7-4f96-8401-4096cd1d8908, fields: 4
        //[#0, True {System.Boolean} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#1, 7945 {System.Int32} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#2, 5246 {System.Int32} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#3, 9/30/2019 11:19:14 AM {System.DateTime} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //
        //Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher="32", writer=3, class=96976b7b-0db7-46c3-a715-0979884b55ae, fields: 100
        //[#0, 45 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#1, 145 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#2, 245 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#3, 345 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#4, 445 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#5, 545 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#6, 645 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#7, 745 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#8, 845 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#9, 945 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //[#10, 1045 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
        //...
    }
}
// This example shows how to subscribe to all dataset messages on an OPC-UA PubSub connection, and pull events, and display
// the incoming datasets.
//
// In order to produce network messages for this example, run the UADemoPublisher tool. For documentation, see
// http://kb.opclabs.com/UADemoPublisher_Basics . In some cases, you may have to specify the interface name to be used.


class procedure PullDataSetMessage.Main1;
var
  ConnectionDescriptor: _UAPubSubConnectionDescriptor;
  Count: Cardinal;
  Element: OleVariant;
  EndTick: Cardinal;
  EventArgs: _EasyUADataSetMessageEventArgs;
  PairEnumerator: IEnumVARIANT;
  SubscribeDataSetArguments: _EasyUASubscribeDataSetArguments;
  Subscriber: OpcLabs_EasyOpcUA_TLB._EasyUASubscriber;
begin
  // Define the PubSub connection we will work with.
  SubscribeDataSetArguments := CoEasyUASubscribeDataSetArguments.Create;
  ConnectionDescriptor := SubscribeDataSetArguments.DataSetSubscriptionDescriptor.ConnectionDescriptor;
  ConnectionDescriptor.ResourceAddress.ResourceDescriptor.UrlString := '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.
  // ConnectionDescriptor.ResourceAddress.InterfaceName := 'Ethernet';

  // Instantiate the subscriber object.
  Subscriber := CoEasyUASubscriber.Create;
  // In order to use event pull, you must set a non-zero queue capacity upfront.
  Subscriber.PullDataSetMessageQueueCapacity := 1000;

  WriteLn('Subscribing...');
  Subscriber.SubscribeDataSet(SubscribeDataSetArguments);

  WriteLn('Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...');
  EndTick := Ticks + 20*1000;
  while Ticks < EndTick do
  begin
    EventArgs := Subscriber.PullDataSetMessage(2*1000);
    if EventArgs <> nil then
      begin
        // Display the dataset.
        if EventArgs.Succeeded then
        begin
          // An event with null DataSetData just indicates a successful connection.
          if EventArgs.DatasetData <> nil then
          begin
            WriteLn;
            WriteLn('Dataset data: ', EventArgs.DatasetData.ToString);
            PairEnumerator := EventArgs.DataSetData.FieldDataDictionary.GetEnumerator;
            while (PairEnumerator.Next(1, Element, Count) = S_OK) do
            begin
              WriteLn(Element.ToString);
            end;
          end;
        end
        else
        begin
          WriteLn;
             WriteLn(' *** Failure: ', EventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief);
        end;
      end;
  end;

  WriteLn('Unsubscribing...');
  Subscriber.UnsubscribeAllDataSets;

  WriteLn('Waiting for 1 second...');
  // Unsubscribe operation is asynchronous, messages may still come for a short while.
  PumpSleep(1*1000);

  WriteLn('Finished.');
end;

// Example output:
//
//Subscribing...
//Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...
//
//Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher="32", writer=1, class=eae79794-1af7-4f96-8401-4096cd1d8908, fields: 4
//[#0, True {System.Boolean} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#1, 7945 {System.Int32} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#2, 5246 {System.Int32} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#3, 9/30/2019 11:19:14 AM {System.DateTime} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//
//Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher="32", writer=3, class=96976b7b-0db7-46c3-a715-0979884b55ae, fields: 100
//[#0, 45 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#1, 145 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#2, 245 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#3, 345 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#4, 445 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#5, 545 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#6, 645 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#7, 745 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#8, 845 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#9, 945 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; Good]
//[#10, 1045 {System.Int64} @0001-01-01T00:00:00.000 @@0001-01-01T00:00:00.000; 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

See Also