Hey there,

since i changed to SP17, to get this new warning about POU "GetNextClient". I really use this often in my project.
Does anyone know how to use VisuUtils instead?

Hey,
hope the example of "VU.IVisualizationClientIteration" will help.

Regards

THX for this. I will check this if i have time.

Edit: i think i need some food for thought.

I have several functions which use "GetNextClient"

for Example:

FUNCTION CheckClientCount : INT
VAR_INPUT
END_VAR
VAR
    pClient       :    POINTER TO VisuElems.VisuElemBase.VisuStructClientData;
END_VAR

VisuElems.g_ClientManager.BeginIteration();

WHILE (pClient := VisuElems.VisuElemBase.g_ClientManager.GetNextClient()) <> 0 DO
    IF pClient^.GlobalData.ClientType = VisuElems.VisuElemBase.Visu_ClientType.WebVisualization THEN
      CheckClientCount:= CheckClientCount+1;
    END_IF
END_WHILE

@m.prestel
yes, i checked the example, but at the moment, i don't understand how to replace "GetNextClient" with this what @Thomas has done in his example.

@sedoerr

In the example, the custom filter "ClientFilter" is used as itfClientFilter.
The "ClientFilter" accepts currently all clients, since "IsAccepted" always returns true

You can use the "ClientFilter" from the example, but VisuUtils also provides some predefined filters, see "Globals" inside VisuUtils.

Once you defined your filter, check out "VisuClientIteration".
In your case I would reset your counter inside "StartIteration" and increase it in HandleClient.

Best regards,
Marcel

I'm having some troubles with this same issue and I'm wondering if someone can help me out.

On a settings visual I allow the operator to enter some values however if they activate the page change button it will change the change with the Numpad dialog open. Since I'm using Visuelems.CURRENTVISU to change the pages I came across this code noted below for determining if the Numpad dialog was active.

This code worked great however now in 3.5.19 it's now obsolete. I've tried following the directions in the attached program above however I can't see to get it to work in my program.

Can anyone provide some help to determine if a dialog is open?

FUNCTION Check_Dialog_Open : Bool
VAR_INPUT
    sDialogName : STRING; // Input variable for the name of the dialog
END_VAR
VAR
    pstClientData : POINTER TO VisuElems.VisuStructClientData;  // Pointer to the client data structure
    itfDialogManager : VisuElems.IDialogManager;  // Interface for the dialog manager
    itfMyDialog : VisuElems.IVisualisationDialog; // Interface for the specific visualisation dialog
END_VAR

// Begin the iteration over the client manager
VisuElems.g_ClientManager.BeginIteration();

// Loop through each client until no more clients are found
WHILE (pstClientData := VisuElems.VisuElemBase.g_ClientManager.GetNextClient()) <> 0 DO
    // Get the dialog manager interface
    itfDialogManager := VisuElems.g_VisuManager.GetDialogManager();

    // Get the specific dialog interface using the dialog name
    itfMyDialog := itfDialogManager.GetDialog(sDialogName);

    // Check if the dialog is open for the current client
    Check_Dialog_Open := VisuDialogs.VisuDlgUtil_IsDialogOpen(itfMyDialog, pstClientData, itfDialogManager);

    // If the dialog is open, exit the loop
    IF Check_Dialog_Open THEN
        EXIT;
    END_IF
END_WHILE