OPC DA - How to Determine the Full Path of a Tag and Discover the Separators Used by the OPC Server (Tag Structure)|Classic OPC: DA, A&E, HDA, XML-DA, etc.|Forum|OPC Foundation

Hello,

I am an OPC enthusiast and I am just starting in this field. I am developing an OPC client in C# using OPCAutomation.dll for OPC DA. I have made significant progress, but I have encountered a situation that I will describe below. I am able to navigate through the items, but I am unable to extract the correct path from them to populate a field and read this address in another part of the program.

For instance:
In one OPC server, the address is like this: /xxxxxx/xxxxxxx/xxxx/value
In another OPC server, the address is like this: xxxxxx/xxxxx/xxxx/real
In yet another OPC server, the address is like this: xxxxxx.yyyyy.zzzzzz.double
In this case, I need to use only the end part of the address, like zzzzzz.double, to perform a read.

I would like to know how to perform this mapping (with the correct separators). The test OPC client I am using as a reference accomplishes this.

Best regards,
Alisson