OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC XML-DA - Browse for branches

.NET

// This example shows how to obtain all branches at the root of the address space. For each branch, it displays whether 
// it may have child nodes.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
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using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.AddressSpace;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess.Xml
{
    class BrowseBranches
    {
        public static void Main1Xml()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyDAClient();
            DANodeElementCollection branchElements;
            try
            {
                branchElements = client.BrowseBranches("http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx");
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            foreach (DANodeElement branchElement in branchElements)
                Console.WriteLine($"BranchElements(\"{branchElement.Name}\").HasChildren: {branchElement.HasChildren}");
        }


        // Example output:
        //
        //BranchElements("Static").HasChildren: True
        //BranchElements("Dynamic").HasChildren: True
    }
}
' This example shows how to obtain all branches at the root of the address space. For each branch, it displays whether 
' it may have child nodes.
'
' 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.AddressSpace
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel

Namespace DataAccess.Xml
    Partial Friend Class BrowseBranches
        Shared Sub Main1Xml()
            Dim client = New EasyDAClient()

            Dim branchElements As DANodeElementCollection
            Try
                branchElements = client.BrowseBranches("http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx")
            Catch opcException As OpcException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            For Each branchElement In branchElements
                Console.WriteLine($"BranchElements(""{branchElement.Name}"").HasChildren: {branchElement.HasChildren}")
            Next branchElement

        End Sub

        ' Example output
        '
        'BranchElements("Static").HasChildren: True
        'BranchElements("Dynamic").HasChildren: True

    End Class
End Namespace

Python

# This example shows how to obtain all branches at the root of the address space. For each branch, it displays whether 
# it may have child nodes.
#
# 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 import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.AddressSpace import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel import *

# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyDAClient()

try:
    branchElements = IEasyDAClientExtension.BrowseBranches(client, ServerDescriptor('http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx'))
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message, sep='')
    exit()

for branchElement in branchElements:
    print('BranchElements("', branchElement.Name, '").HasChildren: ', branchElement.HasChildren, sep='')

# Example output:
#
#BranchElements("Static").HasChildren: True
#BranchElements("Dynamic").HasChildren: True

 

QuickOPC supports OPC XML-DA also on Linux and macOS.
See Also

Examples - Client OPC Data Access

Examples - Client OPC Unified Architecture

Concepts