Example code, projects and solutions are available from the Start menu or the Launcher application (if you have used the Installation with the Setup Program on Windows to install OPC Studio). You can also access them from the file system:

• OPC Data Client COM Examples (OPC Data Client-COM and OPC Data Client-UA for COM) are in the Examples-COM subfolder of the installation folder.
• OPC Studio .NET Examples (OPC Data Client.NET and OPC Data Client-UA for .NET) are in the Examples-NET subfolder of the installation folder.
• OPC Data Client Python Examples (with Python.NET) are in the Examples-Python subfolder of the installation folder.

If you are developing for .NET and have not used the Installation with the Setup Program, you can download the .NET 6+ examples from the Web, in form of archives.

If you are developing in Python and have not used the Installation with the Setup Program, you can download the .NET 6+ examples from the Web, in form of archives.

There is a separate Examples section in this document that contains list of all examples and their purpose, with chapters for OPC Studio .NET Examples, and COM Examples. You can access these documentation chapters from the Start menu as well.

LINQPad support

LINQPad (http://www.linqpad.net/ ) is a software utility for .NET that allows you to quickly and interactively test out C#, VB.NET and F# code without the need for an IDE. We highly recommend that you use this tool (free edition exists) for experiments and learning.

OPC Data Client works well with LINQPad. We have made some special tweaks for it as well, e.g. to ensure a proper expandable display of all types in LINQPad.

OPC Data Client standalone installer ships with examples for LINQPad; see the Examples section in this document for details. The NuGet packages include the LINQPad examples as well.