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Examples - OPC Unified Architecture - Set application name for the client certificate
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.NET

// This example demonstrates how to set the application name for the client certificate.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

using System;
using OpcLabs.BaseLib.Instrumentation;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._UAApplicationManifest
{
    class ApplicationName
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            UAEndpointDescriptor endpointDescriptor =
                "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer";
            // or "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer" (currently not supported)
            // or "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

            // Hook static events
            EasyUAClient.LogEntry += EasyUAClientOnLogEntry;

            try
            {
                // Set the application name, which determines the subject of the client certificate.
                // Note that this only works once in each host process.
                EasyUAApplication.Instance.ApplicationParameters.ApplicationManifest.ApplicationName = 
                    "QuickOPC - CSharp example application";

                // Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger some loggable entries.
                var client = new EasyUAClient();
                try
                {
                    client.ReadValue(endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853");
                }
                catch (UAException uaException)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException().Message);
                }

                // The certificate will be located or created in a directory similar to:
                // C:\ProgramData\OPC Foundation\CertificateStores\MachineDefault\certs
                // and its subject will be as given by the application name.

                Console.WriteLine("Processing log entry events for 10 seconds...");
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
            }
            finally
            {
                // Unhook static events
                EasyUAClient.LogEntry -= EasyUAClientOnLogEntry;
            }
        }

        // Event handler for the LogEntry event.
        // Print the loggable entry containing client certificate parameters.
        private static void EasyUAClientOnLogEntry(object sender, LogEntryEventArgs logEntryEventArgs)
        {
            if (logEntryEventArgs.EventId == 161)
                Console.WriteLine(logEntryEventArgs);
        }
    }
}

COM

// This example demonstrates how to set the application name for the client certificate.
//
// Find all latest examples here : https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

type
  TClientManagementEventHandlers103 = class
    procedure OnLogEntry(
      ASender: TObject;
      sender: OleVariant;
      const eventArgs: _LogEntryEventArgs);
  end;

// Event handler for the LogEntry event.
// Print the loggable entry containing client certificate parameters.
procedure TClientManagementEventHandlers103.OnLogEntry(
  ASender: TObject;
  sender: OleVariant;
  const eventArgs: _LogEntryEventArgs);
begin
  if eventArgs.EventId = 161 then
      WriteLn(eventArgs.ToString);
end;

class procedure ApplicationName.Main;
var
  Application: TEasyUAApplication;
  Client: OpcLabs_EasyOpcUA_TLB._EasyUAClient;
  ClientManagement: TEasyUAClientManagement;
  ClientManagementEventHandlers: TClientManagementEventHandlers103;
  Value: OleVariant;
begin
  // The configuration object allows access to static behavior - here, the
  // shared LogEntry event.
  ClientManagement := TEasyUAClientManagement.Create(nil);
  ClientManagementEventHandlers := TClientManagementEventHandlers103.Create;
  ClientManagement.OnLogEntry := ClientManagementEventHandlers.OnLogEntry;
  ClientManagement.Connect;

  // Obtain the application interface.
  Application := TEasyUAApplication.Create(nil);

  try
    // Set the application name, which determines the subject of the client certificate.
    // Note that this only works once in each host process.
    Application.ApplicationParameters.ApplicationManifest.ApplicationName :=
      'QuickOPC - Delphi example application';

    // Do something - invoke an OPC read, to trigger some loggable entries.
    Client := CoEasyUAClient.Create;
    try
      Value := Client.ReadValue(
      //'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer',
      //'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/',
      'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer',
      'nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853');
    except
      on E: EOleException do
      begin
        WriteLn(Format('*** Failure: %s', [E.GetBaseException.Message]));
      end;
    end;

    // The certificate will be located or created in a directory similar to:
    // C:\ProgramData\OPC Foundation\CertificateStores\MachineDefault\certs
    // and its subject will be as given by the application name.

    WriteLn('Processing log entry events for 10 seconds...');
    PumpSleep(10*1000);

    WriteLn('Finished...');
  finally
    FreeAndNil(Application);
    FreeAndNil(ClientManagement);
    FreeAndNil(ClientManagementEventHandlers);
  end;
end;

 

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