Create combined Flowitems OnMessage

Hello everybody,

maybe you could help me another time.
How can I create combined Flowitems with an OnMessage command?

I want to fill my queues directly after time 0, when starting the simulation.

I also do this with another Flowitem in my model with this code:

OnReset

 /**CS: Send Triggermessage*/
treenode current = ownerobject(c);
senddelayedmessage(current,0,current);
return 0;

OnMessage

 
/**Create Flowitems*/
/** \nNumber to create: */
int numitems = /**/gettablenum("start", 1, 2)/**/;
/** \nFlowitem Bin rank: */
int flowitemrank = /**/gettablenum("start", 1, 1)/**/;
/** \nDestination: */
treenode destination = /**/current/**/;
/**\n\n*/
for (int index = 0; index < numitems; index++)
{
insertcopy(first(rank(node("/Tools/FlowItemBin",model()),flowitemrank)), destination);
}

But now the real question: How can I create combined flowitems with a command?
With combined flowitems I mean 4 colored textured boxes on a waggon.

And I want to have 10 of those loaded waggons in my queue.

Thank you already in advance!
Jens

Originally Posted by Jens Mühlheimer

Hello everybody,

maybe you could help me another time.
How can I create combined Flowitems with an OnMessage command?

I want to fill my queues directly after time 0, when starting the simulation.

I also do this with another Flowitem in my model with this code:

OnReset

 /**CS: Send Triggermessage*/
treenode current = ownerobject(c);
senddelayedmessage(current,0,current);
return 0;

OnMessage

 
/**Create Flowitems*/
/** \nNumber to create: */
int numitems = /**/gettablenum("start", 1, 2)/**/;
/** \nFlowitem Bin rank: */
int flowitemrank = /**/gettablenum("start", 1, 1)/**/;
/** \nDestination: */
treenode destination = /**/current/**/;
/**\n\n*/
for (int index = 0; index < numitems; index++)
{
   insertcopy(first(rank(node("/Tools/FlowItemBin",model()),flowitemrank)), destination);
   //I assume that this previous line created a wagon in your queue
   destination = last( destination ); //destination becomes your wagon
   flowitemrank = TheFlowItemRankOfYourColoredTexturedBox; //flowitemrank becomes the rank of the coloredtexturedbox
   for ( int x = 1; x <= 4 ; x++ ) {
     insertcopy(first(rank(node("/Tools/FlowItemBin",model()),flowitemrank)), destination);
   }
}

But now the real question: How can I create combined flowitems with a command?
With combined flowitems I mean 4 colored textured boxes on a waggon.

And I want to have 10 of those loaded waggons in my queue.

Thank you already in advance!
Jens

Would this do the trick?

Almost,

The problem was that the variables have been overwritten all the time.
I fiddled around with the code a bit and got it working.
Thanks a lot:

 
/**CS: Create stock*/
treenode current = ownerobject(c);
int numitems = gettablenum("start", 5, 2); // Number to create
int flowitemrank = gettablenum("start", 5, 1); // Which item from the bin
treenode destination = current; // Where to create this shit
for (int index = 0; index < numitems; index++)
{
insertcopy(first(rank(node("/Tools/FlowItemBin",model()),flowitemrank)), current);
//I assume that this previous line created a wagon in your queue
destination = last( current ); //destination becomes your wagon
int flowitemrank_box = 1; // here i just introduced another variable
for ( int x = 1; x <= 10 ; x++ ) 
{
insertcopy(first(rank(node("/Tools/FlowItemBin",model()),flowitemrank_box)), destination);
}
}