Get view reference

Maybe this is a simple question. Is there an easy way to get the treenode reference of view that is just created by using createview() command? The createview() returns a NULL.

This could be useful if we want to manipulate the created view using code, for example, setting the locations of the view.

Thanks.

You can get a reference to the last node in VIEW:/active after you've created the view to get a handle on it. There may be better ways to do this, but this way works.

createview("VIEW:/standardviews/modeltree",0,0);
treenode newview = last(node("/1",views()));
set(spatialx(newview),50);
set(spatialy(newview),50);
set(spatialsx(newview),300);
set(spatialsy(newview),300);
refreshview(newview);

This is another way to actually change the view's data before you open it. This could lead to problems though if you change a standard view: everywhere that Flexsim opens that view will use the values you set until you close Flexsim and reopen it.


string viewpath = "VIEW:/standardviews/modeltree";
treenode viewnode = node(viewpath);
set(spatialx(viewnode),50);
set(spatialy(viewnode),50);
set(spatialsx(viewnode),300);
set(spatialsy(viewnode),300);
createview(viewpath,0,0);

Thanks very much. This is very helpful! If createview() can return a reference, that could be a better way.