Coding assistance needed

I'm trying to write a couple lines of code to change the name of an object from one name to another through an exit method.

Currently this is what I have

if (part_name !="Blue")
{
setname(item,"Red");
}

The first line of code is read, but nothing happens.

Another item I'm needing help with is how to move a part from the separator to the combiner on certain parts that need to go through my system twice. Not sure how to start the code for this issue.

If there is a good place for example code for these type of items I would appreciate some reference documents for I know code in other simulation software, but not FlexSim.

Thanks - Heather

if you want to compare text you have to use the function "comparetext()". So your lines should read:
if( !comparetext( part_name, "Blue") )
{
setname(item,"Red");
}

For the other question, can't you just use an output port and send that back to the entry of another object?

Steven - That code was read, but it still does change the name of the part. Not sure why for the name matches perfectly and should change without an issue.

I state that the part that I'm trying to look at the name of is on a pallett

Hi Heather,

Do you know if the item referenced in your code is the item for which you want the name to change?

One thing you could do is step through your code as it's executed and watch the local variables to see if they are actually pointing to the objects you think they are.

Put a break point in your trigger code by clicking in the margin left of the code text. This will put a red circle (a break point) in your code. The next time that code is executed, execution will stop at the break point and show you a yellow arrow where the execution is currently paused.

New tool panes will also have opened up to show you local variables, watch variables, and the call stack. There will also be code stepping buttons at the top of your paused code window to step to the next line, or into a function, etc.

Let us know what you find out.

Ben - Thanks for your assistance. I have been able to get the code to work to change the name of the item.

In 7.5 we made a change to make string comparisons work with the standard == operator.

if (getname(item) == "MyItem")

This is a valid comparison.