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Old 08-04-2009
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if i write code like these "treenode ts =createemptytasksequence(centerobject(current,1),0 ,0);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_TRAVEL,current,NULL);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_FRLOAD,item,current,port);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_BREAK,NULL,NULL);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_TRAVEL,outobject(current,1) ,NULL);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_FRUNLOAD,item,outobject(cur rent,1),opipno(current,1));

dispatchtasksequence(ts);"in some trigger.
can i find "ts " in the tree?
if in other trigger i want to reference "ts",How should I do ? thank you ?
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ts is a reference to the node you create with createemptytasksequence(). With inserttask() you insert additional nodes into the first node. This whole tree construct is your tasksequence. With dispatchtasksequence() you transfer the part of the tree into the taskexecuter or dispatcher.
In the taskexecuter you can see the tree under activetasksequence. Here it is shown which tasksequence he is doing in the moment and which task he is just in.
So to refer to these nodes you can do it by pointing to the activetasksequence.
If the taskexecuter has other tasksequences they can be found in the tasksequencequeue node in the tree under variables.

To be honest, I do not understand why you want to do this and what are you trying to do.
In the moment I get the impression, that some people here in the community try to understand the deepest inside of Flexsim. In a way that might be interesting, but to work with Flexsim you do not need to understand all this stuff. Why not just work with the standards and take some things as they are?
What can be the reason to understand what are all the pointers, what the nodefunction is doing as long it does what I want. To mess around in the tasksequences?
I am working now more than three years with Flexsim and was able to build my models without understanding the deepest inside of Flexsim.
Why not just building models with the standard and simulate?
Okay, maybe I got something wrong here, but in the moment I really wonder about some questions. Maybe it would be helpful if people would write what they are going to do and why they think they need to know all this stuff.
I do not need to understand what Word is doing behind the scenes as long as I am able to write text and can print it ...
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because i do not know how use inserttask(obj tasksequence, TASKTYPE_BREAK , null, obj involved2 )(especial, involved2)? can you give me a example?
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???,

First, it would be nice if you would fill out the "about me" section of your profile so that we could know who we are helping out. Like, what your name is.

The break task type will execute the "Break To Requirement" function. This is unless the involved1 or involved2 objects are specified. If involved1 is sprecified then instead of calling the taskexecuters "Break To Requirement" function a message will be sent to the object specified. This way you can have the break to logic on one object if you have many operators. If the involved2 object is specified then it is assumed that it is a straight reference to the task sequence that the TaskExecuter should break to.

You should never specify both parameters. It is an either/or type of deal.

What I explained above is covered in more detail in the user manual if you look under Task Types.

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thank you ,i fill out the "about me".my name is xu linwei ,i am chinese flexsim agent strategic partner.
"If the involved2 object is specified then it is assumed that it is a straight reference to the task sequence that the TaskExecuter should break to."
how reference to the task sequence ,in same trigger,or in other trigger?can you give me example?

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If you look at the Command documentation and sort it by category, there is a section called TaskExecuter Object. The commands in that section are used in conjunction with task sequences. The command you are looking to use is probably gettasksequence().
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Brandon i do not this view is right.
"The break task type will execute the "Break To Requirement" function.
This is unless the involved1 or involved2 objects are specified."

in my model the involved1 or involved2 objects are not specified but execute the "Break To Requirement" function.
my code is like this,i set var1 1,it executes the "Break To Requirement" function
treenode ts = createemptytasksequence(centerobject(current,1),0, 0);

inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_TRAVEL,current,NULL);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_FRLOAD,item,current,port);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_BREAK,NULL,NULL,1,0);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_TRAVEL,outobject(current,po rt),NULL);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_FRUNLOAD,item,outobject(cur rent,port),opipno(current,port));

dispatchtasksequence(ts);


i do not know why,and i also confused involved2 ("a straight reference to the task sequence")
i use gettasksequence(). but it is not work

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I do not understand what you are trying to do and why you think you need to understand invovled2.
As said in the manual you normally use involved1 or involved2. Using invlovled2 can be also directly done where you create the original tasksequence. So why do you think you need to use involved2. As far as I see the whole thing in 99,9 percent of the times you will use involved1 or the standard NULL, NULL.

So please try exactly to describe what you are trying to do and why do you think that you need to use invovled2.
What is working in your attached model and what is not working. Where do you think you have an issue?
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I just want to understand invovled2. I think you know more flexsim,you'll be more flexible use of flexsim,I think I will use it in the future. Thank you Tom David
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Here is a completely contrived example of using involved2 in a break task:

Code:
treenode ts1 = createemptytasksequence(te, 0,0);
inserttask(ts1, TASKTYPE_TRAVEL, station1);
treenode ts2 = createemptytasksequence(te, 0,0);
inserttask(ts2, TASKTYPE_LOAD, someitem, station1);
inserttask(ts1, TASKTYPE_BREAK, NULL, ts2);
dispatchtasksequence(ts1);
You would never do this in real life because you might as well just insert the load task directly into ts1. However, the case where you might need to use this is when ts2 has already been created previous to the execution of this code. So instead of creating ts2 here, you would be referencing some task sequence either in your own queue:

Code:
treenode ts2 = gettasksequence(current, 1);
or in some globally accessible dispatcher's task sequence queue:

Code:
treenode ts2 = NULL;
for(int i = 1; i <= content(gettasksequencequeue(globaldispatcher)); i++)
{
   if(some criterion is met)
   {
      ts2 = gettasksequence(globaldispatcher, i);
      break;
   }
}
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Thank you Anthony Johnson ,l write code like this ,it does not work and have something wrong,i do not know why
treenode ts = createemptytasksequence(centerobject(current,1),0, 1);

inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_TRAVEL,current,NULL);
treenode tss=gettasksequence(centerobject(current,1),3);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_DELAY,NULL,NULL,1);

inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_FRLOAD,item,current,port);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_BREAK,NULL,tss,1,0);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_TRAVEL,outobject(current,po rt),NULL);
inserttask(ts,TASKTYPE_FRUNLOAD,item,outobject(cur rent,port),opipno(current,port));

dispatchtasksequence(ts);

and can you help me about this question http://www.flexsim.com/community/for...ead.php?t=1024
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I have attached a sample model that illustrates what you were trying to accomplish. The code is in the "Request Transport From" trigger.

There were two keys to getting this to work. First, for the Break task to be executed the first variable needs to be something other than 0 or the maximum content of the Task Executer must be greater than it's content at the time of the Break task. Second, in my example it was very important for the priority of the task sequence that included the Break task to be greater than the task I wanted to break to. If not the Break to task sequence would sometimes be executed prior to the task sequence with the Break task in it (See Example).

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sorry,it does not i want to do ,i want to get break tasksquence from other trigger,not the same trigger ,so can you give me example use gettaskquence() command from tasksquence Produced by other trigger ?


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