IRpcCallableInstance.TryInvokeRpcMethod Method (String, .Object., .AnyTypeSpecifier., AnyTypeSpecifier, .Object.., Object.)

Invokes the the specified RpcMethod of the IRpcCallableInstance.

Namespace:  TwinCAT.TypeSystem
Assembly:  TwinCAT.Ads.Abstractions (in TwinCAT.Ads.Abstractions.dll) Version: 5.0.294+Branch.releases-5.0.Sha.90bb9a1b43b6095934fddca3e72bc0ea15da1c14

Syntax

C#

int TryInvokeRpcMethod(
    string methodName,
    Object[] inParameters,
    AnyTypeSpecifier[] outSpecifiers,
    AnyTypeSpecifier retSpecifier,
    out Object[] outParameters,
    out Object retValue
)

Parameters

methodName

Type: System.String
Name of the method.

inParameters

Type: .System.Object.
The parameters.

outSpecifiers

Type: .TwinCAT.TypeSystem.AnyTypeSpecifier.
The out specifiers (specifying the out types) or NULL.

retSpecifier

Type: TwinCAT.TypeSystem.AnyTypeSpecifier
The ret specifier (specifying the return value) or NULL.

outParameters

Type: .System.Object..
The out parameters.

retValue

Type: System.Object.
The return value of the RPC method./>

Return Value

Type: Int32
AdsErrorCode.

Remarks

The RpcMethod optionally support In-Parameters, Out-Parameters and Return values. Therefore the parameters inParameters, outParameters, outSpecifiers, retSpecifier are allowed to be empty or NULL. In case of using primitive datatypes, the type specifier parameters (outSpecifiers and retSpecifier) are not necessary and should not be set.

Examples

The following sample shows how to call (Remote Procedures / Methods) within the PLC.

Dynamic Tree Mode

class RpcCallVirtualProgram
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Defines the entry point of the application.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="args">The arguments.</param>
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
    // Get the AdsAddress from command-line arguments
    AmsAddress address = ArgParser.Parse(args);

    using (AdsClient client = new AdsClient())
    {
        //client.Synchronize = false;

        // Connect to the target device
        client.Connect(address);

        SymbolLoaderSettings settings = new SymbolLoaderSettings(SymbolsLoadMode.VirtualTree);
        ISymbolLoader loader = SymbolLoaderFactory.Create(client, settings);

        // Get the Symbols (Dynamic Symbols)

        IRpcStructInstance main = (IRpcStructInstance)loader.Symbols["MAIN"]; // Gets the MAIN Instance of the PLC Program

        // Call a Method that has the following signature (within MAIN Program)
        /*  {attribute 'TcRpcEnable'}
        METHOD PUBLIC M_Add : INT
        VAR_INPUT
            i1 : INT := 0;
            i2 : INT := 0;
        END_VAR 
        */

        short result = (short)main.InvokeRpcMethod("M_Add", new object[] {(short) 3, (short) 4});

        // Call a Method that has no parameter and returns VOID
        main.InvokeRpcMethod("M_Method1", new object[] {});

        //Browsing RpcMethods
        foreach(IRpcMethod method in main.RpcMethods)
        {
        string methodName = method.Name;

        foreach(IRpcMethodParameter parameter in method.Parameters)
        {
            string parameterName = parameter.Name;
            string parameterType = parameter.TypeName;
        }
        }
    }
    }
}

Reference

IRpcCallableInstance Interface

TryInvokeRpcMethod Overload

TwinCAT.TypeSystem Namespace