PIPoint.GetPath Method (AFEncodeType)

public string GetPath(
	AFEncodeType encodeType
)

Public Function GetPath ( 
	encodeType As AFEncodeType
) As String

Dim instance As PIPoint
Dim encodeType As AFEncodeType
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.GetPath(encodeType)

public:
String^ GetPath(
	AFEncodeType encodeType
)

member GetPath : 
        encodeType : AFEncodeType -> string 

Parameters

encodeType

Type: OSIsoft.AFAFEncodeType
Specifies how the path to the PIPoint is encoded. See AFEncodeType for details.

Return Value

A path to a PIPoint is created by one of the GetPath Overload methods is restored from a string by the FindPIPoint(String) method.

The GetPath method is similar to using the IPIPersist.Persist method to save an object, but has options that can produce a more human readable format. If the string is encoded with either the ShortName or FriendlyName option, it cannot be restored using FindPIPoint.

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