Util Class

Provides a set of utility functions for ASCOM clients and drivers

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
ASCOM.UtilitiesUtil

Namespace: ASCOM.Utilities
Assembly: ASCOM.Utilities (in ASCOM.Utilities.dll) Version: 3351c4f3fa64146a7efd5b51ed4591e32a0a5484

Syntax

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public class Util : IDisposable

Public Class Util
	Implements IDisposable

public ref class Util : IDisposable

The Util type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Util	Initializes a new instance of the Util class

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Properties

	Name	Description
	BuildNumber	Platform build number
	JulianDate	Current Julian date
	MajorVersion	Platform major version number
	MinorVersion	Platform minor version number
	PlatformVersion	Current Platform version in Major.Minor form
	SerialTrace	Enable/disable serial I/O tracing
	SerialTraceFile	Change the serial trace file (default C:\SerialTrace.txt)
	ServicePack	Platform service pack number
	TimeZoneName	The name of the computer's time zone
	TimeZoneOffset	UTC offset (hours) for the computer's clock
	UTCDate	The current UTC Date

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Methods

	Name	Description
	ArrayToVariantArray	Convert an array of .NET built-in types to an equivalent Variant arrray (array of .NET Objects)
	ConvertPressure	Convert atmospheric pressure from one altitude above mean sea level to another
	ConvertUnits	Convert from one set of speed / temperature / pressure rain rate units to another
	DateJulianToLocal	Convert Julian date to local-time Date
	DateJulianToUTC	Convert Julian date to UTC Date
	DateLocalToJulian	Convert local-time Date to Julian date
	DateLocalToUTC	Convert local-time Date to UTC Date
	DateUTCToJulian	Convert UTC Date to Julian date
	DateUTCToLocal	Convert UTC Date to local-time Date
	DegreesToDM(Double)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal degrees and minutes with default delimiters DD° MM'
	DegreesToDM(Double, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal degrees and minutes with the default minutes delimeter MM'
	DegreesToDM(Double, String, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal degrees and minutes
	DegreesToDM(Double, String, String, Int32)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal degrees and minutes with the specified number of minute decimal places
	DegreesToDMS(Double)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal degrees, minutes and seconds with default delimiters DD° MM' SS"
	DegreesToDMS(Double, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal degrees, minutes and seconds with with default minute and second delimiters MM' SS"
	DegreesToDMS(Double, String, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal degrees, minutes and seconds with default second delimiter SS"
	DegreesToDMS(Double, String, String, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal degrees, minutes and seconds
	DegreesToDMS(Double, String, String, String, Int32)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal degrees, minutes and seconds with specified second decimal places
	DegreesToHM(Double)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal hours and minutes with default delimiters HH:MM
	DegreesToHM(Double, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal hours and minutes with default minute delimiter MM (null string)
	DegreesToHM(Double, String, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal hours and minutes
	DegreesToHM(Double, String, String, Int32)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal hours and minutes with supplied number of minute decimal places
	DegreesToHMS(Double)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds with default delimters of HH:MM:SS
	DegreesToHMS(Double, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds with the default second and minute delimiters of MM:SS
	DegreesToHMS(Double, String, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds with the default second delimiter SS (null string)
	DegreesToHMS(Double, String, String, String)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds
	DegreesToHMS(Double, String, String, String, Int32)	Convert degrees to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds with the specified number of second decimal places
	DewPoint2Humidity	Calculate the relative humidity (%) given the ambient temperature (°Celsius) and dew point (°Celsius)
	Dispose	Disposes of resources used by the profile object
	DMSToDegrees	Convert sexagesimal degrees to binary double-precision degrees
	HMSToDegrees	Convert sexagesimal hours to binary double-precision hours
	HMSToHours	Convert sexagesimal hours to binary double-precision hours
	HoursToHM(Double)	Convert hours to sexagesimal hours and minutes with default delimiters HH:MM
	HoursToHM(Double, String)	Convert hours to sexagesimal hours and minutes with default minutes delimiter MM (null string)
	HoursToHM(Double, String, String)	Convert hours to sexagesimal hours and minutes
	HoursToHM(Double, String, String, Int32)	Convert hours to sexagesimal hours and minutes with supplied number of minute decimal places
	HoursToHMS(Double)	Convert hours to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds with default delimiters HH:MM:SS
	HoursToHMS(Double, String)	Convert hours to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds with default minutes and seconds delimters MM:SS
	HoursToHMS(Double, String, String)	Convert hours to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds with default second delimiter of null string
	HoursToHMS(Double, String, String, String)	Convert hours to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds
	HoursToHMS(Double, String, String, String, Int32)	Convert hours to sexagesimal hours, minutes, and seconds with specified number of second decimal places
	Humidity2DewPoint	Calculate the dew point (°Celsius) given the ambient temperature (°Celsius) and relative humidity (%)
	IsMinimumRequiredVersion	Tests whether the current platform version is at least equal to the supplied major and minor version numbers, returns false if this is not the case
	ToIntegerCollection	Convert an integer safearray to an ArrayList collection that can be used in scripting languages
	ToStringCollection	Convert a string safearray to an ArrayList that can be used in scripting languages
	WaitForMilliseconds	Pauses for a given interval in milliseconds.

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Remarks

Reference

ASCOM.Utilities Namespace