Description
This function adds a new Custom Item during the initialization phase of the server and returns its ID. In general, this function shall be used within the OnInitEvent callback only. Compared to the function nxa.AddCustomItem, the flags for Persistent, Historical, and Synchronziation can also be set.
Signature
string nxa.AddExtCustomItem (string, string, nxa.access, nxa.type, bool, bool, bool, string, string, string, ..., string)
Parameters
Name | Type | Mandatory/Optional | Description |
| string | M | name of the Custom Item |
| string | M | description of the Custom Item |
| nxa.access | M | access rights of the Custom Item |
| nxa.type | M | the data type of the Custom Item |
| bool | M | sets the persistent flag of the Custom Item |
| bool | M | sets the historical flag of the Custom Item |
| bool | M | sets the synchronization flag of the Custom Item |
| string | O | delimiter that is used to build the item ID (optional) |
| string | O | path1 (optional) |
| string | O | path2 (optional) |
| ... |
| string | O | pathN (optional) |
Return
Type | Description |
string | itemID of the new Custom Item |