Redirect selected object to the GUI

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Rocio A asked Oct 2, '24 Logan Gold answered Oct 18, '24

Redirect selected object to the GUI

Hello,

I have a question regarding the GUI.

In the tutorial it says: once you have associated an operator with the GUI and double click on the operator to open this window, the objectfocus attribute will change. You will specify a route to the operator you are editing. For example, you have associated an operator named Bob with this GUI. When you double-click Bob, this GUI is instantiated and its objectfocus attribute is set to the string path: "MAIN:/project/model/Bob".

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/24.1/Reference/DeveloperAdvancedUser/GUIs/KeyConceptsGUIs/KeyConceptsGUIs.html

Gui redirect ejemplo.fsm

However, my model in the objectfocus does not have the /Bob added.

Why does this happen?

And another question, is it possible to detach the object from the GUI?

Thank you

Software Version:

FlexSim 24.1.1

gui tree redirect objectfocus

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Answer 1 · 2024-10-18T21:05:26Z

Logan Gold answered Oct 18, '24

Hey @Rocio A , Jason means you can click on the viewfocus or objectfocus node and press P on the keyboard. You can also right-click on a node, go through Node, and click on "Add Coupling Data" to do the same thing. Either way, it will change the data of the node to be a pointer to the Object (Bob) instead of text data with the Object's path in the Model tree.

However, this change will only persist for as long as the GUI stays open. If you close the open GUI and open it again, it will revert to the Model tree path.

I'm guessing there was a change in the software at some point to start using the Object's path/rank in the Model tree and the documentation just wasn't updated to reflect that change, so that's why you're seeing something different in your model than what it says in the documentation. It's still doing the same thing, just in a different way.

I'm not sure if it's possible to change it so the GUI opens with pointer data, but I'll add an improvement suggestion to the dev list.

For your question about detaching the GUI from an Object, I don't think there is a button or option like the "Redirect selected objects..." option. You can always go into the Object's tree and manually change its GUI focus class to the default. For example, for Bob, you open its tree (MODEL:/Bob>special/guifocusclass), and change the text of this node to:

VIEW:/standardviews/modelingutilities/QuickerProperties

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Answer 2 · 2024-10-03T11:41:52Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Oct 3, '24 Rocio A commented Oct 10, '24

The GUI instance is correctly pointing to the third node in the model - 'Bob':

However this isn't ideal in my view - if the model ranks are changing with the GUI open then the gui could end up changing the wrong object. It is better to add coupling data (press P) to the node so that it stores a pointer to the object instead:

Also note that you need to explore the structure of the instantiated GUI to check these values - not the one that you define in Tools/GUIs.

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Rocio A commented · Oct 04 at 09:29 AM

Hello @Jason Lightfoot ,

In the model that I shared, the numbers that accompany the GUIs of your images do not appear.

I don't understand why /BOB doesn't appear in my model.

I attach some images of what I see in my model

Thank you

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Rocio A commented · Oct 04 at 09:53 AM

"Also note that you need to explore the structure of the instantiated GUI to check these values - not the one that you define in Tools/GUIs."

Right click on the GUI that opens when you double click Bob and choose "Explore Structure"

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Rocio A Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Oct 08 at 06:30 AM

Hello @Jason Lightfoot ,

I have made a video with the steps you have indicated and what appears in your images does not appear.

and I don't understand what you mean with what you explained to me in the previous answer:

"However, this is not ideal in my opinion: if the model ranges change with the GUI open, then the GUI could end up changing the wrong object. It is better to add docking data (press P) to the node so that it stores a pointer to the object instead:"

Thanks in advance

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