Methods and Events on Flexsim objects
I may just require a sanity check, but when building custom objects in flexsim I often find myself wishing I could create more easily accessible interfaces for my new objects similar to what is already in the existing library objects.
For instance I lack an easy way to create a method for my object. I realize that I can put code I a node under the variables node, and execute it using “nodefunction(variables(‘codeNode’, ‘objectNode’))”. But it seems a bit cumbersome compared with other object oriented environments. Am I just doing it all wrong?
Also when it comes to events I would love to be able to create a custom event trigger and handler – for instance when a variable node in the object is changed. Is there a reasonably lightweight way to setup such an event. I have noticed that the “nodefunctionlisten” is able to listen to a node and trigger code in a relay node when it is called, but I lack a similar function to survey when the value of a node is altered and trigger an eventhandler.
As a final dumb question; I have been looking at the Model tree and in many objects I find some nodes that are light blue and some that are not. Can anyone tell my exactly what that means, because I can find no reference to it in the help?
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