I'm converting a VB app (runs as service) to C# / PISDK.

I've had several years working with PI / VBA, VB6 / API and SDK but I'm new to C#, so there is a learning curve.

Essentially, the app uses csv files containing 3 items per line (Tag, Date, Value)
I want to walk thru each line, parse it out, validate the TAG, then insert the value into PI for that Tag and the TimeStamp in the csv file.
(Most dates are within the last 24 hours).

I know I'll have to validate that the TAG is in the system and will do that, but I'm struggling with the line below

PIServer.PIPoints[txtTagWrite.Text].Data.UpdateValue(txtValueWrite.Text,"*-100s", PISDK.DataMergeConstants.dmReplaceDuplicates, null);

What do I have to do to stick something like "2/08/2010 18:00" in place of the "*-100s" parameter?

Looks to like your web site is unique to the pi developers world. Thanks for putting it on line.

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Hi Tom,

Welcome to the forum
I think I have a few guys from your company registered on here now.

I have been through a few VB.Net to C# conversions, it was a learning curve when I went through them seen as though I started out as a VB only guy. There are a few syntax gotcha's with doing a conversion using PISDK so be sure to post back when you hit them.

Michael is right (as always ) that you can pass the absolute date as a string. If you are working across time zones then be sure to make use of the PITime objects and TimeZone object from the connecting server. Also, if you are writing back to a collective then you need to manage passing the data around the collective members (e.g. PItoPI) until we get PISDK v1.4.

By the way, any reason why you are not using PI-BatchFL or PI-UFL for loading in the files to PI?

I like to think OSI followed my example of a PI developers forum, they do have a subscription based OSISoft vCampus now.

Cheers,

Rhys.