NEXT Message Serialization

Overview

The NextSerialization API has been created to facilitate reading and writing messages in the NEXT message format without the need to use the UI on an HMI device. Documentation for the serialization is available here: https://itwdiagraph.github.io/NextSerialization/

Intended Audience

The NextSerialization API is intended to be used by customers or third-party agents with development teams tasked with creating custom messages outside of the NEXTCreate platform.

Getting Started

Installing

Package Manager Console

Install-Package NextSerialization -Version 1.0.0

PackageReference

<PackageReference Include="NextSerialization" Version="1.0.0" />

.NET CLI

dotnet add package NextSerialization --version 1.0.0

NuGet Package Manager - Visual Studio

• Click the 'Project' menu
• Select 'Manage NuGet Packages'
• Enter 'NextSerialization' in the search bar and press enter to search
• Select the NextSerialization package in the results
• Click 'Install'

Basic Usage

Read an Existing Message File

var inputFile = "DiagraphReferenceResMarkData.next";
var messageSerializer = new MessageSerializer();
var message = MessageSerializer.ReadMessageFile<NextMessage>(inputFile);

Write Message Data to a File

var outputFile = @"DiagraphReference_Serialized.next";
MessageSerializer.WriteMessageFile<NextMessage>(message, outputFile);

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License