topic Re: How to easily convert FlexSim script into a dll file? in FlexSim Forum

How to easily convert FlexSim script into a dll file?

royjuventus29 — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 16:59:29 GMT

[ FlexSim 24.0.1 ]

I know there is a post to talk about this (in 2016). I tried to download the DLL Maker, but it is very old. I have used some recently-added FlexSim scripts in the 2024 version and I would like to easily convert them into a DLL file and call them in a self-defined button. I find some FlexSim scripts (for example XML.Document) are not supported in the DLL Maker. Is there a solution for this?

Re: How to easily convert FlexSim script into a dll file?

arunTTT2P — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 06:47:05 GMT

Have you gone through this post?

Re: How to easily convert FlexSim script into a dll file?

royjuventus29 — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:56:35 GMT

Yes, I have read it. Could you tell me how to achieve the XML.Document and Object.Create("xxx") in the dllmaker compiler?

Re: How to easily convert FlexSim script into a dll file?

philboboADSK — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:30:31 GMT

XML.Document is a FlexScript class. It isn't accessible in C++. See The Objcet class type is not available in Dll-Maker. - FlexSim Community

If you want to read/write xml from the DLL Maker, use a C++ library, such as tinyxml2. Using C++ libraries is the purpose of using the DLL Maker. If you want to use FlexScript, then just use it directly; you don't need to put such code into a DLL. Create a user command or a node function if you want to call FlexScript functions from other functions.

If you want to access FlexSim C++ classes rather than the basic functions in the DLL Maker, then you need to use the Module SDK.

Re: How to easily convert FlexSim script into a dll file?

philboboADSK — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:34:03 GMT

To create objects using the DLL Maker, use createinstance() to create instances of library classes or createcopy() to create copies of instances.