Method: Add for DirectCellChannels

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Updated2024-09-12
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Adds an object to the DirectCellChannels collection of a CellBlock and returns a DirectAccessChannel object.

Set oDirectAccessChannel = Object.Add(Name, [DataType])

Object

DirectCellChannels
Object with this method

Name

String
Specifies the name of the channel.

[DataType]

Specifies the data type of the channel.
If you do not specify the data type, the first cell of the channel automatically determines the data type.
Enumeration with the following selection terms:

3	eI32	32-bit integer values
8	eU64	64-bit unsigned integer
10	eR64	64-bit real values
23	eString	Text
24	eEnum	Enumeration
30	eTime	Time values

oDirectAccessChannel

DirectAccessChannel
Returned object

Note The channel name must be unique.

The following example reads in the values of the worksheet columnwise from the second row of the first column and saves the values in channels of the first channel group:

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Dim oCurrSheet
Set oCurrSheet = Workbook.Sheets(1)
Dim oCellBlock
Set oCellBlock = oCurrSheet.GetCellBlock(2,1)

Dim i, Name, oNewChannel
For i = 1 to oCurrSheet.MaxPosition.Column
  Name = oCurrSheet.GetCellValue(1,i)
  Set oNewChannel = oCellBlock.Channels.Add(Name) 
  Call Root.ChannelGroups(1).Channels.AddDirectAccessChannel(oNewChannel)
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Method: Add for DirectCellChannels

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