Examples - OPC Alarms&Events - Browse for servers

.NET

C#
VB.NET

// This example shows how to obtain all ProgIDs of all OPC Alarms and Events servers on the local machine.
//
// 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.Diagnostics;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient
{
    class BrowseServers 
    { 
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyAEClient();

            ServerElementCollection serverElements;
            try
            {
                serverElements = client.BrowseServers("");
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            foreach (ServerElement serverElement in serverElements)
            {
                Debug.Assert(serverElement != null);
                Console.WriteLine("serverElements[\"{0}\"].ProgId: {1}", serverElement.Clsid, serverElement.ProgId);
            }
        }
    } 
}

' This example shows how to obtain all ProgIDs of all OPC Alarms and Events servers on the local machine.
'
' Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
' OPC client and subscriber examples in VB.NET on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VBNET .
' 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.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel

Namespace AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient

    Friend Class BrowseServers
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Dim client = New EasyAEClient()

            Dim serverElements As ServerElementCollection
            Try
                serverElements = client.BrowseServers("")
            Catch opcException As OpcException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            For Each serverElement As ServerElement In serverElements
                Debug.Assert(serverElement IsNot Nothing)
                Console.WriteLine("serverElements[""{0}""].ProgId: {1}", serverElement.Clsid, serverElement.ProgId)
            Next serverElement
        End Sub
    End Class

End Namespace

COM

VBScript

Rem This example shows how to obtain all ProgIDs of all OPC Alarms and Events servers on the local machine.
Rem
Rem Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
Rem OPC client and subscriber examples in VBScript on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VBScript .
Rem Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
Rem a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

Option Explicit

Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.EasyAEClient")
On Error Resume Next
Dim ServerElements: Set ServerElements = Client.BrowseServers("")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
    WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & Err.Source & ": " & Err.Description
    WScript.Quit
End If
On Error Goto 0

Dim ServerElement: For Each ServerElement In ServerElements
    WScript.Echo "ServerElements(""" & ServerElement.UrlString & """).ProgId: " & ServerElement.ProgId
Next

Python

Python (.NET)

# This example shows how to obtain all ProgIDs of all OPC Alarms and Events servers on the local machine.
#
# Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
# OPC client and subscriber examples in Python on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-Python .
# 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.
# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel import *


# Instantiate the client object
client = EasyAEClient()

# Perform the operation
try:
    serverElements = IEasyAEClientExtension.BrowseServers(client, '')
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display results
for serverElement in serverElements:
    assert serverElement is not None
    print('ServerElements["', serverElement.ClsidString, '"]: ', serverElement.ProgId, sep='')

Concepts

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