How can I add a new sub-component in the animation editor by FlexScript?

[yokota_t]

[ FlexSim 22.0.4 ]

Hello all,

I would like to use a script to do the same thing as pressing this button.

How can I do this?

Thank you.

[moehlmann_fe · Accepted solution]

For many windows you can do the following to see what code is executed when pressing buttons. Rightclick somewhere in the respective GUI and choose 'View' -> 'Explore Structure'. This will open the tree view of that window, where you should be able to find the relevant part of the GUI and see its attached code.

Many of the functions there probably won't be necessary when you add a component via code (like the undo management, setting the object as selected and repainting the window). The relevant parts here are line 3, where the drawsurrogate node of the object is referenced and line 11 where an object is created inside of it.

[yokota_t]

@Felix Möhlmann Thank you for sharing the useful technique! I'll check the code.