Stack overflow on moveobject

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Guillaume M2 asked Aug 20, '21 Ryan Clark commented Aug 25, '21

Stack overflow on moveobject

Hello,

I am currently working on a project where FlexSim has to communicate with an external application. To summarize, when this application sends a message via socket, we create an flowitem in the model() (via the c++ module loaded in flexsim with a dll) then we add labels to this object and finally, we move the flowitem in a queue. As soon as the flowitem enters the queue, it generates a token in a processflow and the simulation goes on...

The problem I have now is that I have a "Stack overflow detected" error randomly when calling the moveobject function. As I say, this exception is random, I can generate a hundred objects without any problem but after a while, the exception is generated.

In the model tree, I can see is that the object is not moved in the queue (still in the root of the tree). After that the whole c++ module seems to stop working (If I don't catch the exception, the whole program crashes).

What would you recommend to avoid this mistake? I have already tried some things, whithout success :

- Use insertcopy and then destroy

- Create directly the object in the queue (but by adding the labels after, the results are not good in the simulator)

Thank you.

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.0.10

flexsim 20.0.10 moveobject dll error stack overflow

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Ryan Clark commented · Aug 25, 2021 at 01:44 AM

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Answer 1 · 2021-08-20T14:23:15Z

Phil BoBo answered Aug 20, '21 Phil BoBo edited Aug 20, '21

Use a Delay activity with 0 time in order to split the processing into multiple events rather than synchronous calls on the stack.

Troubleshooting Process Flows - Using 0 Second Delays (flexsim.com)

Delay Activity (flexsim.com)

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Guillaume M2 commented · Aug 20, 2021 at 02:52 PM

OK thank you. Where should I put the event ? At the beginning of the processflow where the tokens are released ? In the C++ part just before or after the moveobject?

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Phil BoBo ♦♦ Guillaume M2 commented · Aug 20, 2021 at 02:55 PM

I don't know. I don't have your model in front of me to know what it is doing or why. All I have is this statement from you:

"As soon as the flowitem enters the queue, it generates a token in a processflow and the simulation goes on"

If you are using a Wait For Event listening to OnEntry, then all the processing of that activity and subsequent activities is handled synchronously within the moveobject() call. Put the Breathe after the Wait For Event activity so that it finishes moving the item in before executing the rest of the Process Flow logic.

All the processing of the queue's logic for sending items happens synchronously as well when an item is moved into it. So if you have ports and logic that fires a bunch of synchronous functions on the stack in that logic, you might want to use delayed messages to split that up as well.

Without more information, I can't tell you exactly what to do. I'm just trying to explain the general solution to the issue so that you can understand what is happening and fix your code accordingly.

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