Latest OPC Data Client News

OPCData.NET and OPCData-COM Version 5.0 Released - The new version 5.0 has been redesigned to allow for more flexibility and scalability. Some of the changes included are:

• All components are in managed code, i.e. purely .NET solution.
• Uses strongly typed parameters and properties.
• Designed in accordance with Microsoft recommendations for component development, and Code Analysis (FxCop) rules.
• There is no longer a COM process (middle layer) between your application and the OPC server.
• Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 support.
• Unicode is now used throughout the product.

You can read about all the different changes at the links below.
What’s New in OPCData-COM v5.0
What’s New in OPCData.NET v5.0

Upgrading from Version 3 - The API for version 5 has changed, meaning some of the method signatures, properties and objects are different. For this reason not all code from version 3 will directly convert to version 5. The code changes are minimal and to assist you in upgrading your OPCData.NET project we have created an Upgrade Document. We recommend reading through this document to help speed up the upgrading process. 

Upgrade OPCData.NET - VB.NET
Upgrade OPCData.NET - CSharp