Difference between Events and Operations

Massou

Hi,
I've looked at the blanks server exemples and the photon custom events and photon custom operations pdf from this topic
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=107
but the codes in OnOperationRequest seems the same for events and operations request and i dont know how to make the difference.
maybe with the operations code but im not sure.
One more thing that I do not understant is:

[EventParameter(Code = 100, IsOptional = false)]

in this code

using Photon.SocketServer.Rpc;
public class MyCustomEvent : Event
{
[EventParameter(Code = 100, IsOptional = false)] 
public string Message
{
get; set;
}
}

PS: Sory for my bad comprehention of the c# (i learn it since two weeks) and sorry for my bad english.
PS2: If people with more expercience than me can explain me those things it would be very useful for me.

thanks in advance.

dreamora

An Operation is a 'network function' basically called from the clients on the photon server.
While an event is just 'a data packet sent across the net' normally used for client -> client information (where the server only relays the information) or when the server wants to inform a client about something independent of an operation called from that client (for example when you are hit and take damage due to another player)

Boris

[EventParameter] is photon 2 specific, in photon 3 it's [DataMember].
This attribute is used to map a property to a byte key (and the other way around).
On client side you can access the Message in the event hashtable/dictionary with this key, for instance "string message = (string)data[100]".
OperationRequests are for client-to-server communication, OperationResponses for server-to-client (as a response on an OperationRequest) communication and Events for all other server-to-client notifications which includes data that is sent from one client via the server to other clients.

Massou

Ok thanks for yours answers.