GetSmartWallItems returned different result on SmartClient

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Hi,

I have developed a Plugin for Smart Client to retrieve what is on the Smart Wall, which includes the Monitor(s) the the VIewItem(s) on the Monitor. It was running perfectly on Smart Client 2017 R3, but not after we upgraded to Smart Client 2020 R2.

The main section of code handling this look as below;

private string SmartWallItemsString = "";
private void CheckSmartWallChildren(Item parent)
{
            List<Item> itemsOnNextLevel = parent.GetChildren();
            if (itemsOnNextLevel != null)
            {
                foreach (Item item in itemsOnNextLevel)
                {
                        if (item.HasChildren != HasChildren.No)
                        {
                            SmartWallItemsString += "*"+item.Name+":"+item.GetChildren().Count + "|";
                            CheckSmartWallChildren(item);
                        }
                        else {
                            SmartWallItemsString += "::"+item.Name+":"+item.FQID.ObjectId.ToString() + "|";
                    }
                }
            }
        }
 
        private string GetSmartWallItems()
        {
            SmartWallItemsString = "";
            var SmartWallItemsList = ClientControl.Instance.GetSmartWallItems();
            SmartWallItemsString += SmartWallItemsList.Count + "|";
            for (int i = 0; i < SmartWallItemsList.Count; i++)
            {
                CheckSmartWallChildren(SmartWallItemsList[i]);
            }
            return SmartWallItemsString;
        }

The different results on Smart Client 2017 and 2020 are shown below:

2017:

1|*Decoder:2|*Mon1:1|::FLEXIDOME IP starlight 6000 VR (128.133.229.120) - Camera 1:ee2c36d1-27d6-4c45-9858-c0adbeaa0f7a|*Mon2:2|::FLEXIDOME IP starlight 6000 VR (128.133.229.74) - Camera 1:93beaf57-95e9-49b4-80a4-98f60beea4da|::Empty ViewItem:77e11963-9092-44fc-8dcc-517c99b4a782|

2020:

1|*Decoder:2|::Mon1:bd4c406f-001a-4e30-ab80-3225581bfc83|::Mon2:aa5a9e85-9495-42d6-8237-5fbbe5ce4419|

For better readability, I formatted the results as below:

2017:

1|*Decoder:2|

*Mon1:1|

::FLEXIDOME IP starlight 6000 VR (128.133.229.120) - Camera 1

:ee2c36d1-27d6-4c45-9858-c0adbeaa0f7a|

*Mon2:2|

::FLEXIDOME IP starlight 6000 VR (128.133.229.74) - Camera 1

:93beaf57-95e9-49b4-80a4-98f60beea4da|

::Empty ViewItem

:77e11963-9092-44fc-8dcc-517c99b4a782|

2020:

1|*Decoder:2|

::Mon1

:bd4c406f-001a-4e30-ab80-3225581bfc83|

::Mon2

:aa5a9e85-9495-42d6-8237-5fbbe5ce4419|

My finding is that Smart Client 2020 no longer “consider” the ViewItems on Monitors as children, hence no more returning the children count and children names.

Please advise on how can I retrieved the ViewItems on the Smart Client Smart Wall monitors in version 2020.

Thanks.

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I have done no testing with the very old version. Testing with the new version I get the result that I expected. See this screen capture where I use the Config Dump tool plugin sample to examine the items hierarchy:

sw_dump
sw_dump720×472 93.9 KB

I have a suspicion that there might be small changes that could break your coding as I found this: https://developer.milestonesys.com/s/article/changes-to-Smart-Wall-in-Smart-Client-MIP-plug-ins

I hope you can use the tool sample as I did and do corrections and solve the issue you have.