Execute method

The Execute
method sends an execute command to the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server and retrieves a response string. The Execute
method applies to the BatchServer
and BatchRemote
objects.

Syntax	strReturn = object.Execute strExecute
	The Execute method syntax has these parts:
	Part	Description
	object	Object expression that evaluates to a BatchServer or BatchRemote object.
	strExecute	(required) String representing an execute supported by the FactoryTalk Batch Server application.
	strReturn	Data associated with the specified item. (For the format of this data, refer to the appropriate execute.)
Remarks	The data for the item returns synchronously with this method. The FactoryTalk Batch Server waits, at most, a time period equal to the TimeoutPeriod property. If the server does not recognize an item string, then strReturn contains FAILED. If the timeout period expires before the data is collected internally to the FactoryTalk Batch Server, then strReturn contains TIMEOUT.

This code example is

Visual Basic

6 syntax.

Example:

Dimension a

FactoryTalk Batch

Server object and two strings:

Dim svr As New BatchControl.BatchServer

Dim strExecute As String

Dim strReturn As String

svr.TimeoutPeriod = 10000

Format an execute string.

This example asks the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server to acquire resource ID number 1:

strExecute = "ACQUIRE(response,user,0,1)"

Send the execute and print the response:

strReturn = svr.Execute(strExecute)

MsgBox strReturn

Message Box should display "SUCCESS:"

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