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Support Questions / Exceptions in ClxDriver.dll

« on: March 17, 2021, 08:12:06 AM »

I mistakenly posted this in tips and tricks first, I just moved it here where I think it should be...

Hi! I've been tinkering with AHMI for a couple of years. I recently purchased the ClxDriver.dll and control packs to help support, and also because I wanted an easy way to deploy a click-once app with some of the AHMI features.

I have noticed that when I use the EthernetIPForCLXCom.Subscribe method, even with a try-catch block, I never seem to actually hit the catch block when I get an exception (Wrong tag name in the subscription), yet the app is throwing an exception in the debugger. The only place I can see that exception is in the debugger, the code continues to run without displaying the messagebox that I have in the catch section.

When I use just a .read("Tagname"), the exception acts as it should and I do hit the catch block. Only the Subscription method seems to hide the exception when using the ClxDriver.dll.

I have uploaded an image showing the only way I can see the exception. Maybe it is my VS settings, possibly, but this is the first time I have ever encountered this.

Here is the code that is causing the exception, the tag name error was in:

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     Private Sub DataSubscriptionToPLC()
        Try
            PLCSubscriptionIDs.Add(PLC.Subscribe(PLCTag_InvalidateTorques, 1, AddressOf SubscriptionCallback))
            PLCSubscriptionIDs.Add(PLC.Subscribe(PLCTag_AddTorques, 1, AddressOf SubscriptionCallback))        
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("Failed to subscribe. " & ex.Message)
        End Try
    End Sub

The tag name was wrong in PLCTag_InvalidateTorques, but it never actually failed and presented any exception.

Any ideas how I can catch this exception?

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