Symbol Properties

The Symbol type exposes the following members.

Properties

 

Name

Description

AccessRights

Gets the access rights.

Attributes

Gets the Type Attributes. (Inherited from Instance.)

BitSize

Gets the size of this Instance in bits. (Inherited from Instance.)

ByteSize

Gets the (aligned) size of of the Type/Instance in Bytes (Inherited from Instance.)

Category

Gets the the DataTypeCategory of the Instance. (Inherited from Instance.)

Comment

Gets the comment. (Inherited from Instance.)

Connection

Gets the connection that produces values for this IValueSymbol

ContextMask

Gets the context mask of this instance. (Inherited from Instance.)

DataType

Gets the IDataType of the IInstance. (Inherited from Instance.)

HasValue

Gets a value indicating whether this instance has a value. (Inherited from Instance.)

ImageBaseAddress

Gets the AmsAddress of the Process Image

IndexGroup

Gets the index group of the Symbol

IndexOffset

Gets the index offset of the Symbol

InstanceName

Gets the name of the instance (without periods (.) (Inherited from Instance.)

InstancePath

Gets the relative / absolute access path to the instance (with periods (.)) (Overrides Instance.InstancePath.)

IsBitType

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is not basing on a full DataType but instead of some sort of bit mapping (Inherited from Instance.)

IsByteAligned

Indicates that the Size of the Object is Byte aligned (BitSize % 8 == 0) (Inherited from Instance.)

IsContainerType

Gets a value indicating whether the Symbols datatype is a Container type.

IsDereferencedPointer

Gets or sets a value indicating whether an ancestor is a dereferenced Pointer

IsDereferencedReference

Gets or sets a value indicating whether an ancestor is a dereferenced Reference

IsPersistent

Indicates if this instance is persistent. (Inherited from Instance.)

IsPointer

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is reference. (Inherited from Instance.)

IsPrimitiveType

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is primitive.

IsReadOnly

Indicates if this instance is read only. (Inherited from Instance.)

IsRecursive

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is recursive.

IsReference

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is reference. (Inherited from Instance.)

IsStatic

Gets a value indicating whether this IInstance is static. (Inherited from Instance.)

IsTcComInterfacePointer

Indicates if this instance is a TcComInterfacePointer. (Inherited from Instance.)

IsTypeGuid

Indicates if this instance has set TypeGuid flag. (Inherited from Instance.)

Namespace

Gets the namespace name. (Inherited from Instance.)

NotificationSettings

Gets or sets the notification settings.

Parent

Gets the parent Symbol

Size

Gets the size of the IDataType in bytes or Bits dependant on IsBitType (Inherited from Instance.)

SubSymbolCount

Gets the number of SubSymbols

SubSymbols

Gets the SubSymbols of the ISymbol

TypeName

Gets the name of the DataType that is used for this IInstance. (Inherited from Instance.)

Reference

Symbol Class

TwinCAT.Ads.TypeSystem Namespace