Writing recipe values with C# AddIn

[seal0706]

Hello

i'm new to this forum and am currently working on a Zenon wizard. I would be very happy if someone can help.

The problem arises when accessing data to recipe variables, the values are not saved permanently. I call the GetDynamicProperty () or SetDynamicProperty () methods via the AddIn Object Model (COM).

The #Develop debugger generates debug messages that read and write took place as expected.

However, no value changes are retained in the zenon editor (project manager: Project> -> Recipes-> RGM-> Edit recipe ...).

C # source code:

re">        object RcpValuePropValue = myRcpValue.GetDynamicProperty("Value");

re">        context.DebugPrint("GetDynamicProperty("Value"): " + RcpValuePropValue.ToString(), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

re">        Type t = RcpValuePropValue.GetType();

re">        context.DebugPrint("Type of object " + t.ToString(), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

re">        //set recipe value 

re">        double Schwimmerlaenge = 440;re">                                

re">        RcpValuePropValue = Schwimmerlaenge;

re">        myRcpValue.SetDynamicProperty("Value", RcpValuePropValue);

re">        context.DebugPrint("SetDynamicProperty("Value"...): " + Schwimmerlaenge.ToString(), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

re">        RcpValuePropValue = myRcpValue.GetDynamicProperty("Value");

re">        context.DebugPrint("GetDynamicProperty("Value"): " + RcpValuePropValue.ToString(), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

re">                

                if(!myRcp.SaveCurrentValuesAsRecipe())

re">            context.DebugPrint("Error saving recipe!", DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

                              

                if(!myRcpGrp.Save())

re">        context.DebugPrint("Error saving recipe group!", DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

Debug-output:

re">        Debug Ausgabe:GetDynamicProperty("Value"): 39

re">        Debug Ausgabe:Type of object System.Double

re">        Debug Ausgabe:SetDynamicProperty("Value"...): 440

re">        Debug Ausgabe:GetDynamicProperty("Value"): 440

Best regards

seal

[c.f.]

Hello Seal and welcome to the forum!

reading you code it is a bit unclear what these variables are:

'myRcpValue'
'myRcp'
'myRcpGrp'

Are you accessing standard receipes? or receipes of the receipe group manager (RGM)?

[seal0706]

Hi,
thank you for your response.

I'm accessing RGM receipes via the ObjectModel. The variables 'myRcpGrp', 'myRcp' and 'myRcpValue' are inhereted from the Interface class 'IRuntimeObject'.

I have declared the variables myRcpGroup and myRcp in two loops.

IRecipeGroup myRcpGrp = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection [i];
'i' is the index of the outer loop. I go through all recipe groups of the RGM with the Index 'i'.

IRecipe myRcp = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection [myProject.RecipeGroupCollection [i] .Name] [j];
'j' is the index of the inner loop. 'j' runs through the recipes of the RGM recipe group.

The variable 'myRcpValue' is the value of the RGM receipe variable that I want to write.

I wrote the add-in as an editor Wizard in the Zenon Editor, as described in the Example:
https://onlinehelp.copadata.com/help/800/addin/html/RecipeGroupManager-IRecipeValue-SetDynamicProperty(String,Object).htm

Unfortunately, I did not find anything about converting the type 'object' into 'Double' in function 'SetDynamicProperty()'.

Any idea how the values ​​are stored in the recipe?

Kind regards

[seal0706]

Hello,

here is the whole Project Wizard:

public void Run(IProject context, IBehavior behavior)
{

// enter your code which should be executed on triggering the function "Execute Project Wizard Extension" in the SCADA Runtime
int i, j;

if(context == null)
{

Console.WriteLine("No reference to an active zenon project");
return;

}

IProject myProject = context;

Console.WriteLine(myProject.RecipeGroupCollection.Count + " Recipe Groups");

for (i = 0; i < myProject.RecipeGroupCollection.Count; i++)
{

IRecipeGroup myRcpGrp = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i];

if(myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[ myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name ] == null)
{

Console.WriteLine("Recipe Group doesn't exist");
return;

}

else
{

Console.WriteLine("myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name: " + myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name);

for(j = 0; j < myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[ myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name ].Count; j++)
{

string name = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name][j].Name;

Console.WriteLine("Recipe Info: " + name + " Schwimmerhöhe in mm: " + name.Substring(8,2));

// get recipe
IRecipe myRcp = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name][j];

if (myRcp != null)
{

//get the last variable and value in the recipe
int RcpCountVariable = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[ myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name ].CountVariable;
IRecipeVariable myRcpVar = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name].GetVariable(RcpCountVariable-1);
IRecipeValue myRcpValue = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name][j].GetRecipeValue(RcpCountVariable-1);

if (myRcpValue != null && myRcpVar != null)

{

Console.WriteLine("Variablename: " + myRcpVar.Name);

object RcpValuePropValue = myRcpValue.GetDynamicProperty("Value");
Console.WriteLine("GetDynamicProperty("Value"): " + RcpValuePropValue.ToString());

//set recipe value
double Schwimmerlaenge = Int32.Parse(name.Substring(8,2));
RcpValuePropValue = Schwimmerlaenge;

myRcpValue.SetDynamicProperty("Value", RcpValuePropValue);
Console.WriteLine("SetDynamicProperty("Value"...): " + Schwimmerlaenge.ToString());

RcpValuePropValue = myRcpValue.GetDynamicProperty("Value");
Console.WriteLine("GetDynamicProperty("Value"): " + RcpValuePropValue.ToString());

myRcp.SaveCurrentValuesAsRecipe();

}

}

myRcpGrp.Save();

}

}

}
return;

}

I appreciate any help.

Thxs

[c.f.]

However, no value changes are retained in the zenon editor

Oh now I get It: you are trying to write a Project Wizard Extention to change something in the Editor?

That's not possible. you should write a Editor Wizard Extention for the Editor. Project Wizards are for the Runtime

[seal0706]

Hello,

I've tried both options. No changes have been saved in the recipe with either the editor wizard or the runtime wizard.
The value should be changed to 440. But In the recipe itself, the value remained unchanged.

Here is the source code of the editor wizard:


IProject myProject = context.Workspace.ActiveProject;

context.DebugPrint(myProject.RecipeGroupCollection.Count + " Recipe Groups", DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

for (i = 0; i < myProject.RecipeGroupCollection.Count; i++)
{
IRecipeGroup myRcpGrp = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i];

if(myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[ myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name ] == null)
{
context.DebugPrint("Recipe Group doesn't exist", DebugPrintStyle.Error);
return;
}
else
{
context.DebugPrint("myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name: " + myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name, DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

for(j = 0; j < myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[ myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name ].Count; j++)
{
string name = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name][j].Name;
context.DebugPrint("Recipe Info: " + name + " Schwimmerhöhe in mm: " + name.Substring(8,2), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

// get recipe
IRecipe myRcp = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name][j];

if (myRcp != null)
{
//get the last variable and value in the recipe
int RcpCountVariable = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[ myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name ].CountVariable;
IRecipeVariable myRcpVar = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name].GetVariable(RcpCountVariable-1);
IRecipeValue myRcpValue = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i].Name][j].GetRecipeValue(RcpCountVariable-1);

if (myRcpValue != null && myRcpVar != null)
{
context.DebugPrint("Variablename: " + myRcpVar.Name, DebugPrintStyle.Standard);
object RcpValuePropValue = myRcpValue.GetDynamicProperty("Value");
context.DebugPrint("GetDynamicProperty("Value"): " + RcpValuePropValue.ToString(), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

Type t = RcpValuePropValue.GetType();
context.DebugPrint("Type of object " + t.ToString(), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

//set recipe value
double Schwimmerlaenge = 440;
RcpValuePropValue = Schwimmerlaenge;

myRcpValue.SetDynamicProperty("Value", RcpValuePropValue);
context.DebugPrint("SetDynamicProperty("Value"...): " + Schwimmerlaenge.ToString(), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

RcpValuePropValue = myRcpValue.GetDynamicProperty("Value");
context.DebugPrint("GetDynamicProperty("Value"): " + RcpValuePropValue.ToString(), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);

ItemSaved = myRcp.SaveCurrentValuesAsRecipe();

if(!ItemSaved)
{
context.DebugPrint("Error saving recipe!", DebugPrintStyle.Standard);
ItemSaved = false;
}
}
}
ItemSaved = myRcpGrp.Save();

if(!ItemSaved)
{
context.DebugPrint("Error saving recipe!", DebugPrintStyle.Standard);
ItemSaved = false;
}
}
}
}

Here is the wizard as an image-file. it was not possible to format the sources

[c.f.]

Hi,

i modified the code a little and now it works (as Editor Wizard.)

public void Run(IEditorApplication context, IBehavior behavior)
    {
      IProject myProject = context.Workspace.ActiveProject;


      context.DebugPrint("Amount Recipe Groups" + myProject.RecipeGroupCollection.Count, DebugPrintStyle.Standard);


      for (var i = 0; i < myProject.RecipeGroupCollection.Count; i++)
      {
        IRecipeGroup currentRecipeGroup = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[i];
        var currentRecipeGroupName = currentRecipeGroup.Name;


        if (myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[currentRecipeGroupName] == null)
        {
          context.DebugPrint("Recipe Group doesn't exist", DebugPrintStyle.Error);
          return;
        }
        else
        {
          context.DebugPrint($"Accessing Recipe Group myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[{i}].Name: " + currentRecipeGroupName, DebugPrintStyle.Standard);


          for (var j = 0; j < myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[currentRecipeGroupName].Count; j++)
          {
            // get recipe
            IRecipe currentRecipe = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[currentRecipeGroupName][j];


            if (currentRecipe != null)
            {
              string currentRecipeName = currentRecipe.Name;


              //the following code line was altered because it seems very intimidating: the wizard is dependant on the name of a recipe. if the recipe name does not match string lenght criterias the wizard will fail.
              //context.DebugPrint("Recipe Info: " + currentReicpeName + " Schwimmerhöhe in mm: " + currentReicpeName.Substring(8, 2), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);
              context.DebugPrint("Current recipe Name: " + currentRecipeName, DebugPrintStyle.Standard);




              //get the last variable and value in the recipe
              int indexLastVariableInRecipe = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[currentRecipeGroupName].CountVariable -1;
              
              IRecipeVariable myRcpVar = myProject.RecipeGroupCollection[currentRecipeGroupName].GetVariable(indexLastVariableInRecipe);
              IRecipeValue myRcpValue = currentRecipe.GetRecipeValue(indexLastVariableInRecipe);


              if (myRcpValue != null && myRcpVar != null)
              {
                context.DebugPrint("current variable name: " + myRcpVar.Name, DebugPrintStyle.Standard);
                object RcpValuePropValue = myRcpValue.GetDynamicProperty("Value");
                context.DebugPrint("GetDynamicProperty(\"Value\") is: " + RcpValuePropValue.ToString() + " of type: " + RcpValuePropValue.GetType() + " before change.", DebugPrintStyle.Standard);


                //set recipe value
                double Schwimmerlaenge = 45.0;
                //RcpValuePropValue = Schwimmerlaenge;


                myRcpValue.SetDynamicProperty("Value", Schwimmerlaenge);
                context.DebugPrint("SetDynamicProperty(\"Value\"...) to new value: " + Schwimmerlaenge.ToString(), DebugPrintStyle.Standard);


                RcpValuePropValue = myRcpValue.GetDynamicProperty("Value");
                context.DebugPrint("GetDynamicProperty(\"Value\") is: " + RcpValuePropValue.ToString() + " after change.", DebugPrintStyle.Standard);


                var recipeSaved = currentRecipe.SaveCurrentValuesAsRecipe();


                if (!recipeSaved)
                {
                  context.DebugPrint("Error saving recipe!", DebugPrintStyle.Standard);
                  recipeSaved = false;
                }
              }
            }


            var recipeGroupSaved = currentRecipeGroup.Save();


            if (!recipeGroupSaved)
            {
              context.DebugPrint("Error saving recipe!", DebugPrintStyle.Standard);
              recipeGroupSaved = false;
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }

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