IAdsSymbol Interface

Attributes

Gets the Type Attributes.
(Inherited from IAttributedInstance)

BitSize

Gets the size of the IDataType in bits.
(Inherited from IBitSize)

ByteSize

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

Category

Gets the Symbol/Datatype Category
(Inherited from ISymbol)

Comment

Gets the comment of the IInstance
(Inherited from IInstance)

ContextMask

Gets the ContextMask of the symbol, indicating the task the variable belongs to. If ContextMask is not zero use CyclicInContext or OnChangeInContext to add notifications.
(Inherited from IContextMaskProvider)

DataType

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

DataTypeId

DataType identifier of the Symbol AdsDataTypeId

ImageBaseAddress

Gets the AmsAddress of the Process Image

IndexGroup

Gets the index group of the Symbol
(Inherited from IProcessImageAddress)

IndexOffset

Gets the index offset of the Symbol
(Inherited from IProcessImageAddress)

InstanceName

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

InstancePath

Gets the relative / absolute access path to the instance (with periods (.))
(Inherited from IInstance)

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 IBitSize)

IsByteAligned

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

IsContainerType

Gets a value indicating whether this Symbol is acontainer type.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IsPersistent

Gets a value indicating whether this ISymbol is persistent.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IsPointer

Indicates that the IInstance represents a Pointer type (Pointer TO)
(Inherited from IInstance)

IsPrimitiveType

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is a primitive type.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IsProperty

Gets a value indicating whether IInstance is a property.
(Inherited from IInstance)

IsReadOnly

Indicates that this instance is read only.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IsRecursive

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is recursive.
(Inherited from ISymbol)

IsReference

Indicates that the IInstance represents a Reference type (REFERENCE TO)
(Inherited from IInstance)

IsStatic

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

IsVirtual

Gets a value indicating whether this instance is virtual.
(Inherited from IProcessImageAddress)

Parent

Gets the parent Symbol
(Inherited from ISymbol)

Size

Gets the size of the object in bytes or Bits dependant on IsBitType
(Inherited from IBitSize)

SubSymbols

Gets the SubSymbols of the ISymbol
(Inherited from ISymbol)

TypeName

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

ValueEncoding

Gets the value encoding.
(Inherited from IAttributedInstance)

HasExternalDataReferences

Indicates, that the Instance value includes process memory data, that cannot be read in one memory block.
(Defined by DataTypeExtension)

IsExternalDataReference

Indicates, that the field is static or is not part of the parents processimage memory location
(Defined by DataTypeExtension)

Unwrap

Gets the Unwrapped Symbol
(Defined by SymbolExtensions)