UnsubscribeEvents Method (EasyAEClientCore)

Unsubscribe from particular OPC event notifications.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Sub UnsubscribeEvents( _
   ByVal handle As Integer _
)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As EasyAEClientCore
Dim handle As Integer
 
instance.UnsubscribeEvents(handle)

public void UnsubscribeEvents( 
   int handle
)

public:
void UnsubscribeEvents( 
   int handle
)

Parameters

handle: Event subscription handle as returned by the SubscribeEvents method

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	One of the arguments provided to a method is not valid. 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.

Exception

Description

System.ArgumentException

One of the arguments provided to a method is not valid.

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.

Remarks

The event subscription handle becomes invalid after this method is called.

Example

CSharp
VB.NET
Python

// This example shows how to unsubscribe from specific event notifications.
//
// 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.Threading;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient
{
    class UnsubscribeEvents
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            using (var client = new EasyAEClient())
            {
                var eventHandler = new EasyAENotificationEventHandler(client_Notification);
                client.Notification += eventHandler;

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
                int handle = client.SubscribeEvents("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 10 seconds...");
                Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...");
                client.UnsubscribeEvents(handle);

                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 10 seconds...");
                Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000);
            }
        }

        // Notification event handler
        static void client_Notification(object sender, EasyAENotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            if (!e.Succeeded)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", e.ErrorMessageBrief);
                return;
            }
            if (!(e.EventData is null))
                Console.WriteLine(e.EventData.Message);
        }
    }
}

' This example shows how to unsubscribe from specific event notifications.
'
' 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 System.Threading
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.OperationModel

Namespace AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient

    Friend Class UnsubscribeEvents
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Using client = New EasyAEClient()
                Dim eventHandler = New EasyAENotificationEventHandler(AddressOf client_Notification)
                AddHandler client.Notification, eventHandler

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...")
                Dim handle As Integer = client.SubscribeEvents("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 1000)

                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 10 seconds...")
                Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000)

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...")
                client.UnsubscribeEvents(handle)

                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 10 seconds...")
                Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000)
            End Using
        End Sub

        ' Notification event handler
        Private Shared Sub client_Notification(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EasyAENotificationEventArgs)
            If Not e.Succeeded Then
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", e.ErrorMessageBrief)
                Exit Sub
            End If
            If e.EventData IsNot Nothing Then
                Console.WriteLine(e.EventData.Message)
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

# This example shows how to unsubscribe from specific event notifications.
#
# 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 time

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


# Notification event handler
def notification(sender, e):
    if not e.Succeeded:
        print('*** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')
        return
    else:
        if e.EventData is not None:
            print(e.EventData.Message)


# Instantiate the client object
client = EasyAEClient()

client.Notification += notification

print('Subscribing events...')
handle = IEasyAEClientExtension.SubscribeEvents(client, '', 'OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2', 1000)

print('Waiting for 10 seconds...')
time.sleep(10)

print('Unsubscribing events...')
client.UnsubscribeEvents(handle)

print('Waiting for 10 seconds...')
time.sleep(10)

client.Notification -= notification

print('Finished.')

PowerShell
Visual Basic (VB 6.0)

# This example shows how to subscribe to events and display the event message with each notification. It also shows how to 
# unsubscribe afterwards.
#
# Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
# OPC client and subscriber examples in PowerShell on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-PowerShell .
# 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.

#requires -Version 5.1
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents

# The path below assumes that the current directory is [ProductDir]/Examples-NET/PowerShell/Windows .
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcClassicCore.dll"
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcClassic.dll"
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcClassicComponents.dll"

# Instantiate the client object.
$client = New-Object EasyAEClient

# Notification event handler
Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $client -EventName Notification -Action { 
    if (-not $EventArgs.Succeeded) {
        Write-Host "*** Failure: $($EventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief)"
        #return
    }
    if ($EventArgs.EventData -ne $null) {
        Write-Host $EventArgs.EventData.Message
    }
}

Write-Host "Subscribing events..."
$handle = [IEasyAEClientExtension]::SubscribeEvents($client, "", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 1000)

Write-Host "Processing event notifications for 1 minute..."
$stopwatch =  [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() 
while ($stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds -lt 60) {    
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
}

Write-Host "Unsubscribing events..."
$client.UnsubscribeEvents($handle)

Write-Host "Finished."

REM This example shows how to subscribe to events and display the event message with each notification. It also shows how to
REM unsubscribe afterwards.
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 Visual Basic on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VB .
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.

Private Sub SubscribeEvents_Main_Command_Click()
    OutputText = ""
    
    Dim serverDescriptor As New serverDescriptor
    serverDescriptor.ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2"
    
    ' Instantiate the client object and hook events
    Set Client1 = New EasyAEClient
    
    OutputText = OutputText & "Subscribing..." & vbCrLf
    Dim subscriptionParameters As New AESubscriptionParameters
    subscriptionParameters.notificationRate = 1000
    Dim handle
    Dim state
    handle = Client1.SubscribeEvents(serverDescriptor, subscriptionParameters, True, state)

    OutputText = OutputText & "Processing event notifications for 1 minute..." & vbCrLf
    Pause 60000

    OutputText = OutputText & "Unsubscribing events..." & vbCrLf
    Client1.UnsubscribeEvents handle

    OutputText = OutputText & "Waiting for 5 seconds..." & vbCrLf
    Pause 5000

    OutputText = OutputText & "Finished." & vbCrLf

    Set Client1 = Nothing
End Sub

Private Sub Client1_OnNotification(ByVal sender As Variant, ByVal eventArgs As EasyAENotificationEventArgs)
    If Not eventArgs.Succeeded Then
        OutputText = OutputText & eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief & vbCrLf
        Exit Sub
    End If
    If Not eventArgs.EventData Is Nothing Then
        OutputText = OutputText & eventArgs.EventData.Message & vbCrLf
    End If
End Sub

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

Reference

EasyAEClientCore Class
EasyAEClientCore Members

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