how flexsim calls external C++programs directly

[jiang_j]

[ FlexSim 18.2.3 ]

how flexsim calls external C++programs directly,can you give a simple example ,thank you

[joerg_vogel_HsH]

@jiang J, you want to optimize parameters by an external program. This means the external program lets run a model and varies parameters. Or do you want to let run a model in FlexSim and call an external program that evaluates results and returns updated parameters in your model?

[jiang_j]

I want to run a model in the FlexSim and call an external program, which is usually an optimization algorithm that can predict the future in real time and give the next best decision

[joerg_vogel_HsH]

@jiang J, this means, you stop all objects in a model. Then you call a program, that returns values in a file, you read the file data from FlexSim, you update parameters in FlexSim and resume all objects again. Is this right, or is there a different behavior?

[steven_hamoen · Accepted solution]

@jiang J Please search for either DLL maker of Module SDK to know exactly how to build a C++ program/DLL that can be linked to FlexSim

[Jeanette_Fullmer]

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