topic How do I link a combo box to an edit box? in FlexSim Forum

How do I link a combo box to an edit box?

Zayth — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 01:26:27 GMT

[ FlexSim 23.2.1 ]

Hi,

I want to build a GUI with a combobox which I want to associate with distributions and the parameters can be changed. for example combobox has the following options 1. normal(mean-std dev), option 2. weibull (location-scale-shape), lognormal mean dest dev (mean-std dev). When the user chooses one of these 3 distributions, he can enter the parameters that define said distribution. If he chooses Weibull, the parameters to enter would be location, scale and shape. In this case I want to implement it for the MTBF MTTR times

I would appreciate it very much.

Re: How do I link a combo box to an edit box?

jonah_kendellR47TC — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 19:12:22 GMT

I demonstrated how you can do this in this model:

ComboBoxEdit_JK.fsm

The inter-arrival times for Source1 have a "value by case" which looks at the GUI combobox as the case function. Each case in the combobox (1, 2, 3) will use a corresponding distribution (Normal, Weibull, Lognormal) to determine the arrival time. Then, I replaced each parameter in the function with a reference to a Global Table cell, instead of a number. So now, you can edit the Global Table to have the parameters you want for each statistical distribution, and can use the combobox to select a distribution.

Re: How do I link a combo box to an edit box?

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 23:50:07 GMT

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Re: How do I link a combo box to an edit box?

Zayth — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:51:54 GMT

Thank you very much! It helped me a lot!

Re: How do I link a combo box to an edit box?

Zayth — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 02:02:57 GMT

yes, your answer was very helpful in te interface i am developing. this space is very gratifying to ask questions.