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 InstanceInstancePath)
	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 that 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.
	IsProperty	Gets a value indicating whether IInstance is a property. (Inherited from Instance)
	IsReadOnly	Indicates that 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 that this instance is a TcComInterfacePointer. (Inherited from Instance)
	IsTypeGuid	Indicates that this instance has set TypeGuid flag. (Inherited from Instance)
	IsVirtual	Gets a value indicating whether this instance is virtual.
	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)
	ValueEncoding	Gets the value encoding.

Reference

Symbol Class TwinCAT.Ads.TypeSystem Namespace

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