Getting a value from an option-type parameter

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wooram-kim asked Feb 18 2025 at 5:59 AM Gui Vaccaro commented Feb 18 2025 at 3:22 PM

Getting a value from an option-type parameter

Hi,

I have found that I cannot access a value of option-type paramters with flexscript ("Model.parameters.Parameter1"). I have checked that flexscript with braket works well (Model.parameters["Parameter1"].value). I attached the file.

parameters.fsm

Thank you.

Software Version:

FlexSim 24.1.1

flexscript parameters

parameters.fsm (24.9 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2025-02-18T07:04:50Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Feb 18 2025 at 7:04 AM Gui Vaccaro commented Feb 18 2025 at 3:22 PM

Interesting. While the documentation states that both expressions are identical in behaviour, this apparently isn't true for the option type parameter.

The syntax with square brackets returns the rank of the currently chosen option. Whereas "Model.parameters.Parameter1" returns the value assigned to the currently active option.

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wooram-kim commented · Feb 18 2025 at 7:14 AM

I think it should be fixed because when I assign a value into the parameter, it chages chosen option, not assigned value. (Model.parameters.Parameter1 = 2)

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Felix Möhlmann wooram-kim commented · Feb 18 2025 at 7:39 AM

I agree, this inconsistency should at the very least be mentioned in the documentation.

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Gui Vaccaro Felix Möhlmann commented · Feb 18 2025 at 3:22 PM

There is also another issue with this feature. If one gets the "value", it returns the row of the option, not the content written in the right hand column. For instance, for Option3 the value would return 3 instead of 1. The same problem happens with list widgets on dashboards.

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