Code Editor

Overview and Key Concepts

The Code Editor window allows you to edit code for picklists and triggers throughout FlexSim. The window can be used as a floating window (default), or it can be docked into the main FlexSim window in any configuration. Just click the tab or the title bar and drag it over the Dock Windows icon.

Throughout FlexSim you will see buttons. Clicking this icon will open the Code Edit window and allow you to edit that picklist or trigger's code. Alternatively, many right click menus (like in the Tree Window) have the option to select Explore, then As Code that will also open a Code Edit window.

When you open up the Code Editor, you'll likely see some header statements that will look something like this:

		treenode current = ownerobject(c);
		treenode item = parnode(1);
		

Within the code window, you can specify whether you want your code to be interpreted as FlexScript or DLL linked. You can also check the FlexScript syntax by pressing the button.

Code Builders

When you are editing code in the Code Editor, or entering values in a picklist field, the Library (left pane) changes to display a list of Code Builders.

These Code Builders can be dragged into your Code Editor or picklist field to give you the correctly formatted command. Use the tab key to select each commented section of the template code. i.e., /*"title"*/

You can also filter the Code Builder list by typing in the field.

DLL Functionality

You can also specify the given field as accessing a function from a dll. In this case you would not provide the code as the text, but would provide the path to the dll as well as the name of the function to call. To create such dll you would need to use a special Visual C++ project. This project is available on the user community. The code field itself will need to specify two strings, each enclosed in quotes. The first string is the path to the dll. The second string is the name of the function. When you press the DLL radio button a message will appear that will let you create a template specifying the two strings.

Properties

The Code Editor has the following properties:

The tab bar displays the current object and trigger/picklist being edited.

Icon	Description
	Displays this help page.
	Removes all template code. Template code may be found in picklists and triggers and takes the form of: /***popup:Conditional*/ and /** \nCondition: *//***tag:expression*//**/
	Checks syntax for compile errors.
	Toggles the current code as Flexscript.
	Toggles the current code as DLL linked.
	The Sampler allows you to insert code into your code editor to reference objects, set labels, get values, etc.