getbundlevalue in the DLL

Hey there,
I'm trying to use getbundlevalue in a DLL to get a string type field from a bundle but apparently this overload was not exposed in the DLL. I can only get a number type field from a bundle.

From "declaration.h": (no getbundlevalue returning string)

inline double getbundlevalue(treenode x, int entrynr, char* fieldname){return getbundlevaluealias1(x, entrynr, fieldname);}
inline double getbundlevalue(treenode x, int entrynr, int fieldnr){return getbundlevaluealias2(x, entrynr, fieldnr);}

Does anyone know a workaround for that?

Thanks.
Andre.

Hello Andre,

have you tried to store your string to a node directly in the model tree? Then you return this node as number from your DLL, convert the number back to a node and get access to the string with the command getnodestr(obj/node).

Jörg

Hello Andre,

You could also cast the value to a string (I got this info from FlexSim):
"string varsting = apchar((void*)(size_t)getbundlevalue(bundlenode, entrynumber, "fieldname"));

char* varcharpointer = apchar((void*)(size_t)getbundlevalue(bundlenode,
entrynumber, "fieldname"));

The (size_t) will cast the variable from a double to a pointer, the (void*) will cast that pointer as a void pointer, and the apchar() command is a FlexSim command that takes a void pointer as its parameter and will either return a string or a char pointer. This is why I have the assigned variable (either varstring or varcharpointer) type as either a string or a char pointer.


You just need to make sure the entrynumber and "fieldname" variables in the getbundlevalue() command are set correctly."


Esther

Thanks Esther, that worked perfectly!!