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In FlexSim you will write code mostly either in trigger functions or various option fields.

For almost all of those, you can open the code editor window with a button or option that looks like a scroll.

In that window you can enter your code. Most of the time you will have access to pre-defined variables that depend on which option/trigger you are editing. These will automatically appear at the top when opening the code editor.

For example, for the process time option you have references to the processor/combiner/separator and the processed item available.

Such option fields expect that the code will return some value that is then used as the value for the respective option.

This code would set the process time to 8s for items of type 3 or 6 and 12 for all other types.

Triggers generally do not need a return value. They are mostly used to set labels or manipulate objects in the model directly.

The example below (On Process Finish Trigger of a ombiner) changes the color of all boxes there were placed on the pallet according to the "Type" label on the pallet.

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