/// <summary>
/// Reads all the bytes needed to fill a struct in C#, starting from a certain address, and return an object that can be casted to the struct.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="structType">Type of the struct to be readed (es.: TypeOf(MyStruct)).</param>
/// <param name="db">Address of the DB.</param>
/// <param name="startByteAdr">Start byte address. If you want to read DB1.DBW200, this is 200.</param>
/// <returns>Returns a struct that must be cast.</returns>
public object ReadStruct(Type structType, int db, int startByteAdr = 0)
{
int numBytes = Struct.GetStructSize(structType);
// now read the package
var resultBytes = ReadBytes(DataType.DataBlock, db, startByteAdr, numBytes);
// and decode it
return(Struct.FromBytes(structType, resultBytes));
}
public object ReadStruct(DataBlock structType, int db, int startByteAdr = 0)
{
int numBytes = Struct.GetStructSize(structType);
// now read the package
byte[] db1Buffer = new byte[512];
result = client.DBRead(db, startByteAdr, numBytes, db1Buffer);
if (result != 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + client.ErrorText(result));
}
// and decode it
return(Struct.FromBytes(structType, db1Buffer, this));
}
