topic Re: buildall() cannnot be called in reset trigger in FlexSim Forum

buildall() cannnot be called in reset trigger

haozhou88FBM — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:08:40 GMT

[ FlexSim 17.1.1 ]

I recently noticed that buildall() command cannot be called in reset trigger. I am using 17.1.1 engine. I guess we have the problem since 17.0 engine. In some of my old models, I was trying to overwrite some trigger scripts in model reset trigger, that is why I need to call buildall() command after script updating.

The problem can be duplicated by two ways:

1. Create a brand new model. Open model on reset trigger. Write code buildall() and click apply. Then hit reset. FlexSim will try to compile the model even there is no any C code in the model. See attached image.

2. Create a brand new model. Drag a random object. Open object's on reset trigger. Write code buildall() and click apply. Then hit reset. You can obverse the same problem.

Could you provide suggestions of fixing this problem?

Thanks, Hao

Re: buildall() cannnot be called in reset trigger

logan_gold — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:28:38 GMT

It looks like no matter where you call the buildall() command, FlexSim needs to compile the model. My guess is FlexSim is using some uncompiled C++ code when it tries to execute the buildall() command, so I bet this is a bug. I will pass it along to the developers and it should hopefully get resolved in our next bug release.

In the meantime, you can try using the buildnodeflexscript() command. It is similar to the buildall() command, except you need to pass in a reference to a specific FlexScript node for it to build. It sounds like you are already changing specific nodes in your code, so you just need to call buildnodeflexscript right after changing a FlexScript node and pass in a reference to that node.

Re: buildall() cannnot be called in reset trigger

philboboADSK — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:53:05 GMT

buildnodeflexscript() is also recursive, so you can pass model() to build all the FlexScript code in the model:

buildnodeflexscript(model());

Re: buildall() cannnot be called in reset trigger

haozhou88FBM — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:35:00 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion Phil.