OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC UA Application - Register to GDS

.NET

// Shows how to create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.Extensions;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Extensions;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples.Application._IEasyUAClientServerApplication
{
    class RegisterToGds
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Define which GDS we will work with.
            UAEndpointDescriptor gdsEndpointDescriptor =
                ((UAEndpointDescriptor)"opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:58810/GlobalDiscoveryServer")
                .WithUserNameIdentity("appadmin", "demo");

            // Obtain the application interface.
            EasyUAApplication application = EasyUAApplication.Instance;

            // Display which application we are about to work with.
            Console.WriteLine("Application URI string: {0}",
                application.GetApplicationElement().ApplicationUriString);

            // Create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
            UANodeId applicationId;
            try
            {
                applicationId = application.RegisterToGds(gdsEndpointDescriptor);
            }
            catch (UAException uaException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            // Display results
            Console.WriteLine("Application ID: {0}", applicationId);
        }
    }
}
# Shows how to create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
#
# 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 .
# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.Extensions import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Extensions import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel import *


# Define which GDS we will work with.
gdsEndpointDescriptor = UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:58810/GlobalDiscoveryServer')
gdsEndpointDescriptor = UAEndpointDescriptorExtension.WithUserNameIdentity(gdsEndpointDescriptor,
                                                                           'appadmin', 'demo')

# Obtain the application interface.
application = EasyUAApplication.Instance

# Display which application we are about to work with.
applicationElement = IEasyUAClientServerApplicationExtension.GetApplicationElement(application)
print('Application URI string: ', applicationElement.ApplicationUriString, sep='')

# Create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
try:
    print('Registering to GDS...')
    applicationId = application.RegisterToGds(gdsEndpointDescriptor)
except UAException as uaException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + uaException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display results.
print('Application ID: ', applicationId, sep='')

print()
print('Finished.')
' Shows how to create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
'
' Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

Imports Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.ComTypes
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.Extensions
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Extensions
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace Application._IEasyUAClientServerApplication
    Friend Class RegisterToGds
        Public Shared Sub Main1()

            ' Define which GDS we will work with.
            Dim gdsEndpointDescriptor As UAEndpointDescriptor =
                New UAEndpointDescriptor("opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:58810/GlobalDiscoveryServer") _
                .WithUserNameIdentity("appadmin", "demo")

            ' Obtain the application interface.
            Dim application As EasyUAApplication = EasyUAApplication.Instance

            ' Display which application we are about to work with.
            Console.WriteLine("Application URI string: {0}",
                application.GetApplicationElement().ApplicationUriString)

            ' Create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
            Dim applicationId As UANodeId
            Try
                applicationId = application.RegisterToGds(gdsEndpointDescriptor)
            Catch uaException As UAException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException.Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            ' Display results
            Console.WriteLine("Application ID: {0}", applicationId)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

COM

// Shows how to create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
//
// Find all latest examples here : https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

class procedure RegisterToGds.Main;
var
  Application: TEasyUAApplication;
  ApplicationId: _UANodeId;
  GdsEndpointDescriptor: _UAEndpointDescriptor;
begin
  // Define which GDS we will work with.
  GdsEndpointDescriptor := CoUAEndpointDescriptor.Create;
  GdsEndpointDescriptor.UrlString := 'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:58810/GlobalDiscoveryServer';
  GdsEndpointDescriptor.UserIdentity.UserNameTokenInfo.UserName := 'appadmin';
  GdsEndpointDescriptor.UserIdentity.UserNameTokenInfo.Password := 'demo';

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

  // Display which application we are about to work with.
  WriteLn('Application URI string: ', Application.GetApplicationElement.ApplicationUriString);

  // Create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
  try
    ApplicationId := Application.RegisterToGds(gdsEndpointDescriptor);
  except
    on E: EOleException do
    begin
      WriteLn(Format('*** Failure: %s', [E.GetBaseException.Message]));
    end;
  end;

  // Display results
  WriteLn('Application ID: ', ApplicationId.ToString);
end;
// Shows how to create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
//
// Find all latest examples here : https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

// Define which GDS we will work with.
$GdsEndpointDescriptor = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAEndpointDescriptor");
$GdsEndpointDescriptor->UrlString = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:58810/GlobalDiscoveryServer";
$GdsEndpointDescriptor->UserIdentity->UserNameTokenInfo->UserName = "appadmin";
$GdsEndpointDescriptor->UserIdentity->UserNameTokenInfo->Password = "demo";

// Obtain the application interface.
$Application = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Application.EasyUAApplication");

// Display which application we are about to work with.
printf("Application URI string: %s\n", $Application->GetApplicationElement->ApplicationUriString);

// Create an application registration in the GDS, assigning it a new application ID.
try
{
    $ApplicationId = $Application->RegisterToGds($GdsEndpointDescriptor);
}
catch (com_exception $e)
{
    printf("*** Failure: %s\n", $e->getMessage());
    exit();
}

// Display results
printf("Application ID: %s\n", $ApplicationId);
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