Tag.NetType Property

Gets / Sets Type of PLC data type

Implements

ITag.NetType

Remarks

Setting this property has no effect and is provided for compatibility with other INGEAR.NET software titles. The property will only return Boolean,Int16 (default), Int32, Single, String and Byte  

Example

VB
Try
  ' ********************************
  ' * initialize controller and tag
   Dim MyPLC as New ABLink.Controller("192.168.1.32", CPU.SLC, Driver.ENET)
   Dim MyTag as New ABLink.Tag("N7:0")
   ' *******************************
   ' * Read tag
   MyPLC.ReadTag(MyTag)
    
   ' *******************************
   ' * check the status
   If ResultCode.QUAL_GOOD = MyTag.QualityCode Then
      Console.WriteLine(MyTag.Timestamp.ToString())
      Select Case MyTag.NetType
        Case GetType(System.Boolean)
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Boolean")
        Case GetType(System.Int16)
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Integer")
        Case GetType(System.Int32)
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Long")
        Case GetType(System.Single)
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Float")
        Case GetType(System.String)
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is String")
        Case GetType(System.Byte)
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Byte")
      End Case              
   Else
      Console.WriteLine(MyTag.ErrorString)
   End If
   
   Console.WriteLine(MyTag.QualityString)
Catch ex As System.Exception
   Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
End Try
   
C#
try
{
  //////////////////////////////////
  // initialize controller and tag
  ABLink.Controller MyPLC = new ABLink.Controller("192.168.1.32", CPU.SLC, Driver.ENET);
  ABLink.Tag MyTag = new ABLink.Tag("N7:0");
  /////////////////////////////////
  // write value to PLC
  MyPLC.ReadTag(MyTag);
  
  //////////////////////////////////
  // check results
  if(ResultCode.QUAL_GOOD == MyTag.QualityCode)
    Console.WriteLine(MyTag.Timestamp.ToString());
    switch(MyTag.NetType)
    {
        case typeof(System.Boolean):
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Boolean");
          break;
        case typeof(System.Int16):
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Integer");
          break;
        case typeof(System.Int32):
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Long");
          break;
        case typeof(System.Single):    
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Float");
          break;
        case typeof(System.String):
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is String");
          break;
        case typeof(System.Byte):
          Console.WriteLine("Tag is Byte");
          break;
     }         
  else
    Console.WriteLine(MyTag.ErrorCode);
  Console.WriteLine(MyTag.QualityString);    
}
catch(System.Exception ex)
{
  Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}  

See Also

Tag Class | ABLink Namespace | DataType