Connect Method

Connects two object's properties together including connecting to an external data source. Once the connection is successfully made, changes in the source's data are automatically transferred to the connected property. Use Connect to make animation connections to data source tags. Connect supports expressions as the definition of a source.

Syntax

object.Connect bstrPropertyName, bstrSource, iStatus, [fTolerance], [iFlags], [fDeadband], [fUpdateRate]

Properties

The Connect method syntax has the following parts:

Part	Description
object	An object expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.
bstrPropertyName	String. The name of the object's property to animate.
bstrSource	String. The data source reference definition.
iStatus	Long. Returns the error value. Return values are: 0 – OK 1 – Syntax error 2 – Data Undefined 3 – Data type mismatch
fTolerance	Variant. (Optional) Used to evaluate the definition of equal in an expression.
Iflags	Variant. (Optional) Reserved.
fdeadband	Variant. (Optional) Used to determine how much the source needs to change before the exception is transferred to the connected property.
fUpdateRate	Variant. (Optional) The requested maximum update rate for this connection in seconds. This property is used as a hint to the data system for a poll rate to the OPC server.