OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC DA Layered Extensions - Get a record with property values

.NET

// This example shows how to obtain a structure containing property values for an OPC item, and display some property values.
//
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using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.Extensions;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess._EasyDAClientExtension
{
    class GetItemPropertyRecord
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyDAClient();

            // Get a structure containing values of all well-known properties
            DAItemPropertyRecord itemPropertyRecord;
            try
            {
                itemPropertyRecord = client.GetItemPropertyRecord("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Random");
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            // Display some of the obtained property values
            Console.WriteLine("itemPropertyRecord.AccessRights: {0}", itemPropertyRecord.AccessRights);
            Console.WriteLine("itemPropertyRecord.DataType: {0}", itemPropertyRecord.DataType);
            Console.WriteLine("itemPropertyRecord.Timestamp: {0}", itemPropertyRecord.Timestamp);
        }
    }
}
' This example shows how to obtain a structure containing property values for an OPC item, and display some property values.
'
' 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.DataAccess
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.Extensions
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel

Namespace DataAccess._EasyDAClientExtension
    Friend Class GetItemPropertyRecord
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Dim client = New EasyDAClient()

            ' Get a structure containing values of all well-known properties
            Dim itemPropertyRecord As DAItemPropertyRecord
            Try
                itemPropertyRecord = client.GetItemPropertyRecord("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Random")
            Catch opcException As OpcException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            ' Display some of the obtained property values
            Console.WriteLine("itemPropertyRecord.AccessRights: {0}", itemPropertyRecord.AccessRights)
            Console.WriteLine("itemPropertyRecord.DataType: {0}", itemPropertyRecord.DataType)
            Console.WriteLine("itemPropertyRecord.Timestamp: {0}", itemPropertyRecord.Timestamp)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Python

# This example shows how to obtain a structure containing property values for an OPC item, and display some property
# values.
#
# 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.DataAccess import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.Extensions import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel import *


# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyDAClient()

# Get a structure containing values of all well-known properties.
try:
    itemPropertyRecord = IEasyDAClientExtension2.GetItemPropertyRecord(client,
                                                                       '', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Simulation.Random')
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display some of the obtained property values.
print('itemPropertyRecord.AccessRights: ', itemPropertyRecord.AccessRights, sep='')
print('itemPropertyRecord.DataType: ', itemPropertyRecord.DataType, sep='')
print('itemPropertyRecord.Timestamp: ', itemPropertyRecord.Timestamp, sep='')

print('Finished.')

 

See Also

Examples - Client OPC Data Access

Concepts