Description

Creates an event set at a specified date/time.

Syntax

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function CreateEventEpoch( _ ByVal Name As String, _ ByVal Description As String _ ) As IAgCrdnEvent

[Visual Basic .NET]

Public Function CreateEventEpoch( _
   ByVal Name As String, _
   ByVal Description As String _
) As IAgCrdnEvent

[C#]
public IAgCrdnEvent CreateEventEpoch( string Name, string Description );

[Managed C++]
public: IAgCrdnEvent^ CreateEventEpoch( String __gc ^ Name, String __gc ^ Description );

[Java]
public IAgCrdnEvent createEventEpoch( String Name, String Description );

[Unmanaged C++]
public: HRESULT CreateEventEpoch( BSTR Name, BSTR Description, IAgCrdnEvent ** ReturnValue );

[Unmanaged C++]

public: HRESULT CreateEventEpoch(
   BSTR Name, 
   BSTR Description, 
   IAgCrdnEvent ** ReturnValue
);

Parameters

Name
Description

Remarks

Spaces and most punctuation ( except for "-_().") cannot be used as a part of a component name when creating new components via VGT API.

Example

Create and configure fixed epoch event.

[C#] Copy Code

IAgCrdnEvent timeEvent = provider.Events.Factory.CreateEventEpoch("MyEventFixed", "MyDescription"); 

IAgCrdnEventEpoch asEpoch = timeEvent as IAgCrdnEventEpoch; 

 

// Epoch can be set explicitly (Uses current DateTime unit preference, this code snippet assumes UTCG) 

asEpoch.Epoch = "1 May 2016 04:00:00.000"; 

 

// Epoch can also be set with the epoch of another event 

IAgCrdnEventFindOccurrenceResult startTime = provider.Events["AvailabilityStartTime"].FindOccurrence(); 

asEpoch.Epoch = startTime.Epoch; 

 

IAgCrdnEventFindOccurrenceResult occurrence = timeEvent.FindOccurrence(); 

if (occurrence.IsValid) 

{ 

    Console.WriteLine("Event occurred at: " + occurrence.Epoch); 

}