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A single subscription

If you no longer want to receive event notifications, you need to unsubscribe from them. To unsubscribe from events that you have previously subscribed to, call the UnsubscribeEvents method, passing it the subscription handle.

.NET

C#
VB.NET

// 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

COM

VBScript

Rem This example shows how to unsubscribe from specific event notifications.
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 ServerDescriptor: Set ServerDescriptor = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.ServerDescriptor")
ServerDescriptor.ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2"

Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.EasyAEClient")
WScript.ConnectObject Client, "Client_"

WScript.Echo "Subscribing..."
Dim SubscriptionParameters: Set SubscriptionParameters = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.AESubscriptionParameters")
SubscriptionParameters.NotificationRate = 1000
Dim handle: handle = Client.SubscribeEvents(ServerDescriptor, SubscriptionParameters, True, Nothing)

WScript.Echo "Waiting for 10 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 10*1000

WScript.Echo "Unsubscribing..."
Client.UnsubscribeEvents handle

WScript.Echo "Waiting for 10 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 10*1000



Rem Notification event handler
Sub Client_Notification(Sender, e)
    If Not (e.Succeeded) Then
        WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & e.ErrorMessageBrief
        Exit Sub
    End If

    If Not e.EventData Is Nothing Then WScript.Echo e.EventData.Message
End Sub

Python

Python (.NET)

# 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.')

All subscriptions

You can also unsubscribe from all events you have previously subscribed to (on the same instance of EasyAEClient object) by calling the UnsubscribeAllEvents method.

// This example shows how to unsubscribe from all 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 UnsubscribeAllEvents
    {
        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...");
                client.SubscribeEvents("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 1000);

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

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...");
                client.UnsubscribeAllEvents();

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

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...")
                client.SubscribeEvents("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 1000)

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

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...")
                client.UnsubscribeAllEvents()

                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

COM

VBScript

Rem This example shows how to unsubscribe from all event notifications.
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 ServerDescriptor: Set ServerDescriptor = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.ServerDescriptor")
ServerDescriptor.ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2"

Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.EasyAEClient")
WScript.ConnectObject Client, "Client_"

WScript.Echo "Subscribing..."
Dim SubscriptionParameters: Set SubscriptionParameters = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.AESubscriptionParameters")
SubscriptionParameters.NotificationRate = 1000
Client.SubscribeEvents ServerDescriptor, SubscriptionParameters, True, Nothing

WScript.Echo "Waiting for 10 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 10*1000

WScript.Echo "Unsubscribing..."
Client.UnsubscribeAllEvents

WScript.Echo "Waiting for 10 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 10*1000



Rem Notification event handler
Sub Client_Notification(Sender, e)
    If Not (e.Succeeded) Then
        WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & e.ErrorMessageBrief
        Exit Sub
    End If

    If Not e.EventData Is Nothing Then WScript.Echo e.EventData.Message
End Sub

Python

Python (.NET)

# This example shows how to unsubscribe from all 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...')
IEasyAEClientExtension.SubscribeEvents(client, '', 'OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2', 1000)

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

print('Unsubscribing events...')
client.UnsubscribeAllEvents()

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

client.Notification -= notification

print('Finished.')

If you are no longer using the parent EasyAEClient object, you should unsubscribe from the events, or dispose of the EasyAEClient object, which will do the same for you. Otherwise, the subscriptions will internally be still alive, and may cause problems related to COM reference counting.