Each updated release of ExtendSim 10 contains enhancements and fixes to maintain and improve its quality and stability. This is the complete list of changes in each release.
From ExtendSim 10.0.6 to 10.0.7 • Released on November 12, 2020
Blocks • New and Improved Features
Batch (Item library)
- Created procedure Bprc_DynamicDataTable to enable dynamic linking to the batch quantities & attributes input dialog tables.
Executive (Item library)
- Added call to dlg_buildModelBlockConnsTable in BLOCKRECEIVE8.
- Added reference to new Cloud include file and replaced calls to dlg* procedures with Cloud* procedures in BLOCKRECEIVE8.
Resource Manager (Item library)
- Added new dialog button ExportResourceClasses_BTN in Resources table to manually trigger the creation of the [Resource Classes] table using current content in [Pools], [Resources], and [Groups] tables.
- Added call to RMdlg_enableDisableButton to manage a new button for exporting resource class definitions.
- Added new checkbox ExportResultsToSeparateTbls_chk to the Results tab to support new functionality for breaking out resource results in the [Resources] table to a separate table.
- Added a new dynamic array for use in the validation of resource requirement expressions table content.
- Added new variables and logic to better manage dialog refreshing.
- Added new data structures to more completely capture information for resource change groups.
Resource Pool (Item library)
- Moved locally defined constants related to Resource Pool queues and allocation policies into the RP constants v10.h include file.
Throw Item (Item library)
- New implementation: Added an option to set an attribute with my Throw block number.
Merge & Diverge (Rate library)
- Added a warning to prevent the use of sensor blocks or sensing mode in Merge & Diverge blocks.
Component, Distribution Builder, End Node, Event Builder, and Start Node (Rate library)
- Added block Help.
Histogram (Chart library)
- Increased the maximum number of bins and maximum number of bars.
Line Chart and Scatter Chart (Chart library)
- Added the ability to filter data on schedule in continuous models.
Chart & Report libraries
- Cleaned up categories for all Chart and Report library blocks and hid them in the Library menu. Hidden Categories with respective Subcategories in the Chart and Report libraries are:
Chart > Bar Charts >
• Bar Chart
• Histogram
Chart > Line Charts >
• DB Line Chart
• Line Chart
• Scatter Chart
Report > Information >
• Item Log Manager
• Reports Manager
Report > Statistics >
• Cost Stats
• DB Statistics
• Statistics
Template library
- Enhanced all hierarchical blocks in the Templates library with updated documentation.
Added new hierarchical block to the Templates library… Queue - Empty Based on Conditions that shows how to empty a Queue based on one of two conditions:
- When the Queue block is full.
- When an item has spent a maximum number of units of time in the Queue.
If either of these conditions are present, all items in the Queue will be forced to leave
Block • Fixes
Activity (Item library)
- Fixed the issue where the current contents table was getting initialized when it shouldn't have been.
- Fixed user ability to store preempted remaining delay on the same attribute as the block's main processing delay attribute IF the user has left PEUseDelayAttribchk unchecked.
Create (Item library)
- If startIn is connected and if there's only one row in the schedule, non-zero create time should be allowed if PrgStartInBehaviorpop == FOLLOW_SCHEDULE.
- If prgStartInBehaviorpop = ONEITEMTHEN_WAIT, then the next item generated is a future event not a current event.
Executive (Item library)
- Removed old code which checked for the existence of too many Executive blocks in the model. It's been commented out because it is no longer necessary as ExtendSim now blocks users from adding a second Executive to the model.
History (Item library)
- Fixed the bug that would occur when siBlockWasScriptCreated was set, the variable would need to be copied in the DialogItem ScriptCreated. The value in the dialog item is used by the Mouse Click include.
- If the History block starts recycling the rows in ItemHistorydtbl, then ExtendSim will start recycling the records that have been written to in ILMMapInfo[].
Information (Item library)
- Corrected the issue where the Icon was not animating at the beginning of the simulation.
- Adjusted block position because there's a new Sensor connector on the top of the block's icon.
Queue (Item library)
- Current contents table is no longer getting initialized when it shouldn't.
- Changed the name of to CalcCosts to q_CalcCosts in order to accommodate generic costing logic.
Queue Matching (Item library)
- Corrected some code in on updateStatistics that failed to check whether or not the block was/was not in Batch mode.
- If a departures list does not exist, don't try to calc ave length.
- Fixed the "dump group" input as ConnectorToolTipSet was indicating the wrong value.
Queue, Equation and Resource Item (Item library)
- Corrected the current contents table from getting initialized when it shouldn't.
Read(I) and Write(I) (Item library)
- If a table is selected, blank out the rest of the coordinates because the new table likely wont have the same schema for field and record settings.
Resource Manager (Item library)
- Added a new dynamic array for use in the validation of resource requirement expressions table content.
- Added new variables and logic to better manage dialog refreshing.
- Added a new variable rMcostPerUsereleasedResources to enable accumulation cost per unit time in for released resources. This is used in calculating resource-based item costs.
- Added the explicit setting FCattribPop in FCInputVariableType_POP.
- Updated the RMprc_changeResourceProperty procedure to allow for resource shifts to be set to NULL/BLANK.
Resource Pool (Item library)
- Corrected argument value being passed to update pending capacity value in RPfcn_calcNumberResourcesChanged.
Resource Pool Release (Item library)
- Added costing logic to AR_releaseResources to properly account for time-based resource costs.
Select Item Out (Item library)
- When the label or attribute to animate is too long, it gets truncated. Stretch the animation object to fit the name.
Transport (Item library)
- Fixed that some models were getting corrupted and leaving animation objects on the worksheet which needed to be removed.
Write(I) (Item library)
- Added Item Quantity to the list of options for writing item information to the database.
Data Import Export (Value library)
- New code was added to handle fact that OLEObjectIsRegistered() was returning a false positive sometimes.
- Added conditional logic that depends on which type of ADO database is selected in the ADOWhichFilepop message handler. This fixed a problem when a selected ADO database is mySql.
Random Number (Value library)
- For the empirical table, the table was sorted at the beginning of the simulation. If the first column is string attributes, the indexes need to be sorted also.
- If there's a problem in setting a parameter, then abortallsims is needed. Not a simple abort; otherwise it would click in a loop as many times as the number of RunSimulation.
Read and Write (Value library)
- The function XL_OpenFile() is needed to return the workbook path selected by the user.
Convey Flow (Rate library)
- In an if/else statement, an else was missing making the else statement always applied.
- Fixed the quantity checking.
- There was no checking of the quantity in layers compared to the quantity in the Convey Flow block. The code was written but never executed. We now have quantity checking for attribute layers.
- Made sure that the change to the status of the layer from intermediate to exit and also updated the last time update.
- In the case where an intermediate layer was transformed into an entering layer, the last time updated layer needed to be adjusted to currenttime, otherwise the quantity in the layer would be wrong.
- Adjusted quantities when precision checking between quantity in block and cumul layer quantities did not add up. Added a warning message if the differences are too big.
- The variable siNoProductAtTheEndOfTheBlock needed to be updated as often as possible, changing the location on where it is updated as it was missing some update which caused the simulation to stop.
- Fixed the double call to on OpenExec_btn, so there is just one call.
- The first calculation of the content in the block (density and layers) was not updating properly at the beginning of a run. Needed a flag to allow the first calculation.
- Checking precision was not enough to prompt the calculation of the amount of product in the tank creating a conflict proper updating of the data in the block (timing problem because rates may not have been updated yet) causing the layer amounts to be wrong.
- A second element might be needed if the inflow rate was more than 0 as there might have been a new portion starting to fill up in a now empty Convey Flow block.
- In the case of a change of speed, the outflow rate was not always updating properly. It needed to consider the max output rate with new speed.
- When checking on contents, if portion content is 0 the other content tolerance could be 1E-5.
- When calculating portion after change of inflow rate, but at same time of the last change of Rate, if the Convey Flow is full, the model might lose the last portion containing the current inflow density at location 0. This caused some major problems not to having this information available for future calculations.
- Reviewed sensor logic where the sensor was not being set properly when at the limits.
History(R) (Rate library)
- Fixed a bug that when siBlockWasScriptCreated is set, the variable needed to be copied in the DialogItem ScriptCreatedR. The value in the dialog item is used by the Mouse Click include.
Interchange (Rate library)
- Using the same mechanism that is in the Convey Flow block in the Interchange and Tank blocks. Try to avoid sending an update of attributes if the model knows there will be a recalculation of the effective rates. It is always preferable to update Effective Rates before the Attribute values.
- When circumstances have changed while propagating new rates, an extra LP may have to be solved. (In this case, conditions have changed and no more exit layer is available.)
Tank (Rate library)
- Need to check that the simulation is running to call a function when ReleaseOnAttriVal+prm is changed otherwise get an error message.
- When initializing attribute layers, if cINITCONTENTSWITHOUTATTVALUES and an outflow connection is made, avoid allowing 2 empty entering layers.
- Using the same mechanism that is in the Convey Flow block in the Interchange and Tank blocks. Try to avoid sending an update of attributes if the model knows there will be a recalculation of the effective rates. It is always preferable to update Effective Rates before the Attribute values.
- When circumstances have changed while propagating new rates, an extra LP may have to be solved. (In this case, conditions have changed and no more exit layer is available.)
Valve (Rate library)
- If change option on Executive block, assume the Advanced status option needs to be updated accordingly and not just enabled/disabled.
- If siStartingGoal + diValuesInIsConnected[cVALUESINGOAL] + !FirstGoalFixedchk, check the goal connector. Otherwise there may be differences from one run to another when doing successive runs.
- The reception of a new constraining rate no longer has anything to do with the connection to a goal, if the value changed with Link.
Component (Reliability library)
- Node Interrupt options now only show if the node has more than one event cycle.
- The name stored in the ID - Component Name field in the Component Set table needed to be altered.
- In models with many fail modes, calling RBDDBNEventsReg_GetEvents() in OpenModel2 slows the model as it does a sort on the event cycle names.
Component & Start Node (Reliability library)
- Fixed SDEventsTblttbl and SDIntsTblfrm row indexes now start at 1.
Distribution Builder (Reliability library)
- Time units in distributions table are now getting updated properly in PreCheckData.
- When opening the Distribution Builder dialog, by default it show the contents of the first record.
- After committing, be open to more Link Alert messages.
- When the number of records in the commit table becomes large, closing the commit table prior to committing speeds things up a lot.
End Node (Reliability library)
- Set EndNodeNameShowAboveIconchk = TRUE by default.
Event Builder (Reliability library)
- Found a problem with the ability of the Start Node and Component blocks to effectively open the Event Builder block remotely to the correct event cycle when the user clicks on one of the Edit Class buttons in the Event Cycles table.
- After committing, be open to more Link Alert messages.
- In models with many fail modes, calling RBDDBNEventsReg_GetEvents() in OpenModel2 slows the model as it does a sort on the event cycle names.
- When the number of records in the commit table becomes large, closing the commit table prior to committing speeds things up a lot.
Start Node (Reliability library)
- No longer reporting the node name in the event log in the wrong format.
- For now, hide SDIntsTbl dialog items.
- If NoValue at allowRepair input, don't treat it as an error condition. There may be times when the input connector is actually a no value. Instead treat a no value as permission to repair. If the user wants to actively stop the repair, they will have to set the connector to FALSE.
- Only show Node Interrupt options if the node has more than one event cycle
- Changed the name of Event Status table to Event Cycle Instances.
- In models with many fail modes, calling RBDDBNEventsReg_GetEvents() in OpenModel2 slows the model as it does a sort on the event cycle names.
- There were problems with the values at the valuesIn input connector getting updated properly at the beginning of the run.
Buttons (Utilities library)
- Fixed an issue with copy/pasting equation code from one editor window to another editor window.
Application • New and Improved Features
Miscellaneous
- Using a new version of QT - 5.14.
- Switch control now toggles when clicked, making it much easier to change the state of the switch from off to on and vice versa.
- Added Find Me button to all dialogs so user can find where owning block resides.
Application • Fixes
Converting Models to ExtendSim 10
- Fix ExtendSim 9 arrow connection settings: always go from output to input when converting to ExtendSim 10.
- ExtendSim 9 plotters with a visible Key were not showing the Legend in ExtendSim 10.
- Converting an older library was crashing when converting a block with no connectors, like the default ExtendSim 9 structure block.
Relating to Blocks and Hierarchical Blocks
- Changing the connection type now works properly in hierarchical blocks' submodel or structure.
- Hierarchical block tabs are now the correct gray color and the tab border is visible.
- Block numbers and simulation order numbers are now visible even if animation objects or connections cover them.
- Invalid block dates are now shown stating they are invalid.
Database
- Corrected the issue that some random distributions (e.g. Triangular) would lose the last parameter value in some cases.
- Opening a database table will no longer make the model "unsaved".
- Fixed WhichDTCellClicked() function which would sometimes return the wrong cell.
- DBDatabaseCopy() function now copies to the correct destination all the time.
- Corrected the placement of popup selectors to be centered in a dialog box.
- Fixed issue when creating relations sometimes didn't work and had to be redone.
- Opening pre-ExtendSim 10 models sometimes caused some database table windows to be invisible.
- Using a database table to define random seeds now works correctly.
- DBTableExportData() now works correctly while multiple models are running.
- Inserting and/or deleting a field into a database table viewer now always works.
- Database field columntags now display all records starting at the first record.
- Date and time fields or column tags now allow editing of both the date and the time sections.
- Date and time cells can now be selected without opening their editor.
- Copying and pasting of dates from Excel will give all sections of time.
Block Structure
- Now remembers which line number was used last in the goto line command.
- Connectors used a hidden cyan color incorrectly in some cases.
- If the script pane is ripped off, the go to definition command now works.
- Creating new connectors in a hierarchical block's structure will no longer create incorrectly sized connector text blocks.
- Fixed the opening of the dialog editor and icon views that would set the scrollbar values too high, displaying an empty window.
- Checkboxes and Radiobuttons now have the correct colors in dialogs.
- Dragging objects to left edge of a structure dialog window now works correctly.
- Connectors now show input/output status by using the correct connector image.
Miscellaneous App Fixes
- Slider clone will no longer move behind blocks.
- Slider now works properly during a simulation run.
- Undoing a move operation didn't always undo to the old position.
- Application allows optional opening of newer models and newer libraries with warnings.
- Models and libraries can be opened in ExtendSim 10.0.6.
- Fixed the prevention of deleting or pasting of blocks during a simulation run.
- Added type of connector to connector properties dialog.
- Moved Find Dialog down and left as it covered the ExtendSim close box.
- Added an option to make value connectors black.
- Cloned datatables now allow editing.
- Problems with stopping running models resolved.
- Child field popups now work in linked and cloned datatables.
- Copy and Paste now works with cloned datatables in Notebooks and in hierarchical blocks' worksheets and Notebooks.
- Swedish keyboards now work correctly with the ALT GR key and square bracket keys.
- Added missing block numbers in messages that are involved with stopping a running model.
- Clones in hierarchical blocks now update to the latest values when the hierarchical block is opened.
- Missing Go to Debugger button always present if block has aborted a simulation run.
- You can now call RunSimulation() from a cloned datatable button columntag cell without crashing.
- More problems with the stopping of running models resolved.
- Equation editor fast click timing issue is no longer occasionally corrupting equations.
- Bad duplicate connections from rapid copy/paste commands are prevented and now get repaired when opening previous ExtendSim 10 models.
- Datatable read-only links disabled using Link button to change to a different link.
- Added error messages when trying to change data in a datatable read-only link.
- ExtendSim can now launch when installed on a different drive (e.g. D drive).
- A worksheet and its scrollbars now automatically increase or decrease in size as a model changes size.
- Large selection copy/paste is more reliable for huge models.
- Slider arrow keys now work and give higher resolution than using the thumb to change outputs.
- Show Object IDs and Show Simulation Order commands now show their block numbers clearly above all other elements in the worksheet.
- Fixed the issue where Data Table clones had the incorrect row height, chopping off the bottom of numbers.
- Histogram (Chart library) no longer crashes when changing the number of bins.
- The File menu now shows the Save command even if the worksheet is torn off.
- Cloud version only: Server Connected window will show up if the Cloud version gets a connection. This code should be disabled until finished.
- If a connector array is collapsed, it now correctly calculates the block's area. Fixes RBD problem with connecting blocks.
- Dialog parameters now show the number using the existing width of the parameter.
- Slider now uses arrow keys to change its value by 1% or 10%.
- Editing datatable entries now show full numeric precision while editing.
- The formatting of numbers now looks at the height of a cell or parameter to calculate the correct font size.
- Right-clicking a Popup button do not send messages to the block.
- When changing simulation time units or parameters, a DIALOGOPEN message is now sent to open blocks.
- Dialog Text Frame now gets created with a larger size so it is easily resized and keeps its size when dragged in a structure window.
- Align Left command now won't crash when finding an empty object.
- Added more block information to OLE/COM error messages.
- Clones can now be deleted during a simulation run.
- Multiple clones now update correctly.
- Named connections can now be edited even if they are connected to an output.
- When editing datatables or parameters, the correct font is now used.
- When opening models, block substitution now recovers correctly if the user accidentally didn't choose a block.
- User messages now handle carriage returns correctly.
- Cloned datatables can now be deleted.
- Online Help now works correctly for all blocks.
- Plotter clones now keep their size when dragged.
- Left over created animation objects now get cleaned up while opening model.
- Blocks no longer jump when clicked on after clicking on another application.
- New model endTime is no longer 10, but 1000 like the Simulation Setup value.
- Autoscrolling now works with either an object being dragged or the cursor selecting a hidden area outside the view.
- Having a block's Properties dialog open and behind the worksheet no longer causes a crash.
- Cloned datatables now have a grow table icon.
- Corrected the issue where animation would sometimes progress in the wrong order on certain connections.
- Plotter error messages no longer prevent the placement of a new Optimizer block on a model.
- You can now delete clones while the model is running.
- Dragging a clone to a block now works even if you drag the clone to an animation object.
- Newly created animation objects, which have their bounds undefined, now have their original bounds set to their new bounds..
- Linking a datatable to a database or global array would sometimes change the linked values when selected in the datatable..
Functions • New
String DIGetName(long blockNum, integer dialogID) returns the dialog item name from the item's dialogID.
Integer LibrariesOpen(StringDynamicArrayName) returns the list of library names in the String dynamic array.
String LibraryUsed(integer blockNum, data02Ptr blockData) returns the name of the library that owns blockNum.
Enhanced getDialogItemInfo() to allow a "which" of 11 which returns the item's dialog tab number.
Functions & Messages • Fixes
RemoveSignal() no longer crashes when removing too many signals and it now removes the trace.
In some rare cases, the ResumeSim message was not being sent when the model resumed. This has now been fixed.
FindBlock functions on longer find textblocks when looking for block labels.
DuplicateBlock() no longer crashes.
A BLOCKCLICK message now gets sent when mouse button is released.
Right-clicking on a block no longer incorrectly generates a BLOCKCLICK message.
Calling SetRunParameter() to change a random seed now works immediately even if it's during a run instead of waiting for the next run.
SetDialogVariable() no longer incorrectly changes the row 0 cell in a dialog table when changing a different cell.
RemoveSignal() now works properly even if the plot is closed.
LocalToGlobal2() now works correctly for non-block objects.
FormatString() no longer crashes if a returned string ends up longer than 255 characters.
The CreateHBlock() function now asks for a name only if the name argument is blank.
ExtendDateDiffDate() doesn't crash for any dates.
GetBlockTypePosition() no longer includes connectors or labels and returns the same values as in ExtendSim 9.
Includes • New
RBD Procs v10.h (Reliability library)
- Added block Help.
AR constants v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Added the new constant AR_RANK_FIELDNAME which is used in the Resource Requirement Expressions table.
RM constants v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Added new constant RM_BLOCKINGRESOURCES_DATABASENAME.
- Added c_ExportResourceClasses_BTN_name and c_ExportResReqExpressions_BTN_name constants.
- Updated c_SRRD_numArguments_i from 10 to 11.
RM database v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Added a new function RMdBprc_deleteBlockingResourcesDBs to delete blocking resources database from model.
- Created a new procedure RMdBprc_exportPoolResourceResults to export Pool and Resource table results to separate tables.
- Created a new function RMdBfcn_validateExpressionGroups to validate resource requirement expressions table use to auto-generate ARM requirements.
- Added new field to specify the associated filtering condition when creating RRexpressionGroups in RMdBprc_createRRexpressionGroups procedure.
- Relocated the procedure deleteGroupFromDatabase from the Resource Manager block to this include and renamed it RMdbPrc_deleteGroupFromDatabase.
- Added a new argument autogenerateName to the procedure RMdBprc_saveQuantityExpressionData to specify whether to automatically generate names for quantity expressions.
RM dialog v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Added a new procedure RMdlg_enableDisableButton.
RM functions v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Added logic to assign previously reassigned resources to a higher priority item in RMfcn_doesResHavequantityToAllocate.
- Added a qualifier in RMfcn_serviceWaitingOrder for reassigned resources to filtering condition for checking whether to service the resource order.
- Added new logic in RMfcn_checkResourceReassignment to accommodate resource reassignment from one resource order that already has reassigned resources to another.
- Updated RMfcn_isResourceQEblocker to include "reassigned" resources as blockers.
- Created new function RMfcn_getRREexpressionGroupRec used for auto-generating resources.
- Added new argument to RMfcn_createNewFilteringCondition to allow for the specification and lookup of the filtering condition name.
- Added new logic to reduce overhead from string searches in RMfcn_executeResourceChange.
- Added crecordIndexChangePropertyName to support enhancement to dynamic resource change functions.
RM message handlers v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Restructed the code for the query for AR_GETBLOCKINGREQUIREMENTRESOURCES_ACTIONTYPE in BLOCKRECEIVE7 to get a list of resources blocking a resource requirement from being satisfied.
- Added a new call in RMmsg_onTabSwitch to RMdlg_enableDisableButton to manage a new button for exporting the [Resource Classes] table.
- Set the new checkbox ExportResultsToSeparateTbls_chk to True in the CREATEBLOCK message handler.
- Changed a parameter in the call to RMfcn_addResources to force auto-generated resource names to be distinct in the RMprc_addResourceClasses procedure.
- Created a new procedure RMprc_deleteBlockingResourcesTables() to delete the tables created during a simulation run in the blocking resources database.
- Added error checking for property specifications and sequences when auto-generating resource requirements in RMprc_setupResReqExpressionData.
- Do not update pending status of resource if it is already in Reassigned state in RMprc_respondToResourceStatusChange(integer resourceRecord.
RM procedures v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- New logic added to RMprc_SchedServiceWaitOrdersEvent to prevent rescheduling events for blocks that have already been scheduled.
- New logic added to reduce string-based searches in RMprcexecuteResourceChanges and RMprcchangeResourceProperty.
- Eliminated call to RMprcrequestRRdependenciesUpdate in RMprcexecuteResourceChanges and moved it to procedure RMprc_changeResourceProperty to update only the immediately affected resources to to reduce unnecessary overhead when making dynamic resource changes.
CHART_CONN_VariableInputConn v10.modl (Chart library)
- Added the ability to filter data on schedule in continuous models.
- Corrected a mistake in naming of a function - should be CONA_OnConArrayChangedComplete instead of CONA_OnConArrayChangedCompleted.
CHART_DATA_Management v10.modl & CHART_DATA_Management v10.h (Chart library)
- Added the ability to filter data on schedule in continuous models.
- Changed behavior: When Last point selected, it is now filtering out the new data when Y is not changing, but time is changing. It applies no duplicate after Last point filtering. It makes sense because otherwise cases with a lot more points than necessary might slow down simulation.
- Improvement: The Histogram has now the option in multi-run Only end values like the Scatter.
CHART_DB_ValuesFromDB v10.modl (Chart library)
- Increased the maximum number of bins. Also the number of bins can be equal or lower, not strictly lower than max.
CHART_HIST_BIN_DataOptions v10.modl (Chart library)
- Added more details to error messages about the setting of the bins in the Histogram.
- The minimum axis should be the one set in the block if it is not supposed to be calculated.
- Lifted the restriction that bins had to be constructed at least once within the first run. It turns out that's too restrictive of a condition when gathering data across multiple runs.
- Bins only being constructed during the first run is too restrictive. This condition has been lifted.
CHART_HIST_CONN_DataOptions v10.modl (Chart library)
- Improvement: The Histogram has now the option in multi-run Only end values like the Scatter.
- If draw Histogram is not during a simulation (with button) scaling should happen if scaling is only at end of simulation.
ColumnTags v10.h, Constants v10.h, & Link Info v10.h
- Added a #Define COLUMN_TAGS_CONSTANTS_INCLUDE to identify the presence of the declared include in the block.
CONA_Manage_ConnectorArray v10.modl, CONA_Manage_ConnectorArray v10.mox, & CONA_Manage_ConnectorArray v10.h
- Corrected a mistake in naming of a function - should be CONA_OnConArrayChangedComplete instead of CONA_OnConArrayChangedCompleted.
- Added a constructor for the variable connector declared per position with each position linked to a different parameter.
- Added a constructor to reset data within includes before calling any other constructor.
- Added the use of new include: Miscellaneous general tools
- Added a public function to gather the connected block# of a given connector.
Constants v10.h
- GetDialogItemInfo with which==11 returns the position of the tab the dialog item is in (starts at 0).
- Added new costing constants.
DBDI DB selection from DI v10.h & DBDI DB selection from DI v10.h.modl
- To avoid having to declare the necessary includes in the main, do it conditionally within the include.
- Added a separate function to clear info before constructors. It is useful when constructors can be called from multiple includes.
- Improved code: New DBDI_onLinkContentWithIndexes allows the use of parameters as inputs.
Dialog utilities v10.h
- Added a variable value field to the table created by dlg_buildModelDialogVarsTable.
Includes • Fixes
Diverge Merge v10.h (Rate library)
- Added a warning to prevent the use of Sensor blocks or sensing mode in Merge & Diverge blocks. Otherwise, it is slow, adds a lot of complexity, and is inaccurate most of the time.
Flow.h (Rate library)
- In some cases, individual blocks could be set to update at each step even if the global option in the Executive is set "as necessary". Checking is now more thorough.
- According to the Executive global rule, the value of UpdateEachStep_chk needs to be changed in blocks.
Tank and Attribute v10.h (Rate library)
- In case the exiting layer does not exist (cOUTFLOW_FROM_ATT_VAL), it is possible that a new entering layer can make the exiting layer possible to select as the exit authorization needed to be updated.
- With the option cOUTFLOW_FROM_ATT_VAL, the search for the right exiting layer now works properly as it was using the wrong static variable to point to the Flow Attribute interrupting the simulation.
- When initializing Attribute Layers, if cINIT_CONTENTS_WITHOUT_ATT_VALUES and an outflow connection is made, avoid ending up with 2 empty entering layers.
- When a new layer becomes the entering layer, it is possible that this layer was neither cLAYER_S_INTERMEDIATE nor cLAYER_S_EXITING but is already set to entering. The if condition needed to be tightened to take this case into consideration.
- If a previous entering layer is empty, do not remove the layer when updating the quantity in the layer, do it right after the calculation.
- When a candidate for the Exit layer is found, the first liLowerIDElement found was not set properly. This caused the Exit element to also not be set properly. This has now been fixed.
- When a new value is received for the Attribute Value to exit the Tank block, when layers are updated, do not remove the empty layers.
Tank functions v10.h (Rate library)
- Animation bug fix: If animate level and capacity is infinite, the animation was wrong. It has now been hidden anyway because there wass no way to show a level if capacity is infinite (level is a percentage of capacity).
- A message could attempt to send a value connector during InitSim causing the simulation to abort. Test to be sure you're in Initsim before sending the message.
- When initializing Attribute Layers, if cINIT_CONTENTS_WITHOUT_ATT_VALUES and an outflow connection is made, avoid ending up with 2 empty entering layers.
- Use the same mechanism as in the Convey Flow, Interchange, and Tank blocks. Try to avoid sending an update of attributes if you know there will be a recalculation of the Effective Rates. It is always preferable to update Effective Rates before the Attribute values.
DBN End Node v10.h, DBN Node v10.h, DBN Start Node v10.h, DBN v10.h, DBN v10.h, Dist v10.h, Distribution Builder.cm, & RBD Procs v10.h (Reliability library)
- For icon ID animation, changed " - " (space dash space) to "-" (no space dash no space).
EB Procs (Reliability library)
- After committing, be open to more Link Alert messages.
EVT Procs (Reliability library)
- Only show Node Interrupt options if the node has more than one event cycle.
- Changed the meaning of ISDAttribEciIDpop from ECC.
RBD DB Component & RBD DB Start Node v10.h (Reliability library)
- The name stored in the ID - Component Name field in the Component Set table needed to be altered.
RBD DB ECI v10.h (Reliability library)
- Corrected the problems with the values at the valuesIn input connector getting updated properly at the beginning of the run.
RBD DB Start Node v10.h (Reliability library)
- Corrected formatting for SDEventsTblNodeBlockName_txt.
- Redesigned the Event Status table. It is now called Event Cycle Instances and has different fields and p-c relationships.
- Added an availability field to RBDDBRsltsEventSumTbltxt.
- If running, only package data at the end of the last run.
RBD DBN Indexes Get, RBD DBN Procs v10.h, RBD DBN Start Node, & RBD Procs v10.h (Reliability library)
- When the number of records in the commit table becomes large, closing the commit table prior to committing speeds things up a lot.
RBD DBN Procs v10.h (Reliability library)
- RBDDBNEvtReg_EventsList[] was getting sorted by blockNum instead of compID. This has now been corrected.
RBD DBN Start Node v10.h (Reliability library)
- A row must be selected before attempting to set block icon view in the subsequent call to SDEventsTblBlockNum_Get(topRow).
RBD Procs v10.h (Reliability library)
- SD_EventsTbl_NodeBlockName_txt was getting assigned a name to it that contained spaces which was causing an incorrect evaluation of it.
- Column headings in SD_EventsTbl_ttbl are now conditional.
- Conditional popup heading when adding a new event cycle instance for the Node-DE Interrupt.
- Added block Help.
- Don't ever set evtReg to "N/A" because it has no meaning during the simulation run. Rather set to "ignore" and conditionally build the events table to show "N/A" when there's only one ECI.
- SDEventsTblttbl and SDIntsTblfrm row indexes should start at 1.
- For now, hide SDIntsTbl dialog items.
- SDEventsTblNodeBlockName_txt was getting assigned a name to it that contained spaces which was causing an incorrect evaluation of it. This has now been corrected.
- Only show Node Interrupt options if the node has more than one event cycle.
- A row must be selected before attempting to set block icon view in the subsequent call to SDEventsTblBlockNum_Get(topRow).
- Don't ever set a schedule or shift event to N/A because those two always ignore interrupts.
RM database v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Added a check for "Expression Group ID" in RMdBfcn_validateRREproperties().
- Created a new procedure RMdBprc_updateFieldProperties to update field properties in Pools and Resources tables.
RM dialog v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Added the new procedure RMdlg_initializeFCpopups() to standardize the initialization of filtering condition popups.
- Added error checking for filtering condition popup variables that forces initialization if popup values are out-of-range.
- Added a call to RMdlg_populatePropertiesSourcesPopup in RMdlg_populateListOptionsPopup.
- Added a call in RMdlg_refreshDialogVariables(string tabName) to setDialogVariable to force the initialization of the ResourceGroup_POP popup.
- Created a new initialization procedure RMdlg_initializeMaxTextWidth to initialize maxTextWidth array. Added a call to this procedure before making calls to Dlg_setTableDisplayDimensions.
- Added a new procedure RMdlg_initDialogRefreshVars to initialize refresh management data structures.
- Added a call to RMdlg_hideUnusedDialogVariables() in the procedure RMdlg_setDialogVarsVisibilityInTab.
RM functions v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Modified RMfcn_checkResourceReassignment to get the resource order ID from the resource's current value in the [Resources] table in.
- Added logic to accumulate cost per unit time in the new variable rM_costPerUse_releasedResources for released resources.
- Added a condition in the function RMfcn_getNumFCsInGroup to check to ensure the requirement expression property is equal to the quantity property.
- Added logic in RMfcn_executeQuantityExpression for testing results of quantity expression to depend on whether a procedure was executed from dialog.
- Added logic in RMfcn_executeQuantityExpression to prevent allocating less than minimum allocation quantity specified for the resource.
- Fixed the uninitialized variable problem in RMfcn_createNewFilteringCondition.
- Added explicit setting of count-based Resource Pool fields in RMfcn_addResourcePool.
RM message handlers v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Initialized refresh management data structures with a new call to RMdlg_initDialogRefreshVars().
- Added setting of SysGlobal29 to rM_costPerUse_releasedResources to support resource-based item costs when releasing resources.
- Added a call to RMdlg_hideUnusedDialogVariables() in the RMmsg_onTabSwitch() procedure.
- Changed the timing of when RMdlg_setDialogVariableLabels is called in RMmsg_onTabSwitch().
- Fixed the constant used to control sizing of checkbox titles in RMmsg_onTabSwitch.
RM procedures v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Fixed the logic in RMprc_changeResourceProperty to check if the property being changed dynamically during a simulation run is a custom resource property.
- Cleared the reference to child resource order when releasing a resource order in RMprc_releaseResourceOrder(integer resourceOrderRecord).
- Added loop terminating condition when searching for matching property values in RMprc_setupResReqExpressionData(real i_arguments_ptr, real r_arguments_ptr, real s_arguments_ptr).
- Added code to set the rank value of a resource requirement in the RMprc_autogenResourceReqs procedure.
- Initialized the static variable rM_costPerUse_releasedResources in RMprc_ReleaseResources procedure.
- Added a condition in RMprc_autoGenerateResources that the RRE table must have records in it.
- Updated the RMprc_changeResourceProperty procedure to allow for resource shifts to be set to NULL/BLANK.
RP procedures v10.h (Resource Pool)
- Fixed error message outputs in RPprc_validateTotalResourcesCount.
- Fixed accounting for pending capacity changes including converting pendingCapacityChange from integer to real.
- Updated the user error message in RPprc_updateStaticVariableValue.
CHARTBARCONN_DataOptions v10.modl (Chart library)
- Updated the width of the columns after a possible change of name for categories or series.
CHARTBARCHARTCreateAndAddNewPoint v10.modl (Chart library)
- When creating the Histogram, the default bins were not set in a proper order: Bin# 0, 3, 4, 1, 2 instead of Bin# 0, 1, 2, 3, 4.
CHARTBARCHARTCreateAndAddNewPoint v10.modl & CHARTBARCHARTCreateAndAddNewPoint v10.h (Chart library)
- When increasing the maximum for categories in the Histogram, the existing blocks would not have their max changed because it is set in createblock. Made a change in oldfileUpdate updating existing Histograms.
CHARTDATAManagement v10.modl & CHARTDATAManagement v10.h (Chart library)
- Fixed problem with the cCHARTDATAFILTERNODUPLICATE filter, it did not properly filter data for Scatter and Line charts for filter Y when identical to X.
CHARTHISTBIN_DataOptions v10.modl (Chart library)
- Fixed problem where the maximum is fixed and not being taken into account when creating bins, but the maximum value received was taken into consideration instead.
- Increased the maximum number of bins. Also the number of bins can be equal or lower, not strictly lower than the maximum.
CHARTHISTCONN_DataOptions v10.modl (Chart library)
- If setup recording during the simulation, the resize of the table might not be enough causing an error message. This has been corrected.
- In multi-run, the Histogram from one run to another would not reset the bar values properly because of a confusion between passing an argument series instead of bar. This has been fixed.
- The wrong column was being used to set negative reset values in cCHART_HIST_SERIES_I_ONLY_ONE_RUN_NUM and not cCHART_HIST_SERIES_I_SCHEDULE_ROW.
- The option cCHART_HIST_UPDATE_AT_END_SIM now works properly.
CONAManageConnectorArray v10.modl, CONAManageConnectorArray v10.mox, CONAManageConnectorArray v10.modl, & CONAManageConnectorArray v10.h
- In CONA_TrueIfConnected, it was returning an error code of 0 instead of the -1 expected.
DBDI DB selection from DI v10.modl
- If the database table was not selected, the dialog text was not disabled. Now Record ID is disabled if no table has been selected or the selected table has no ID field.
- In function call DBDI_RemoveDBSelectionUpTo, the dialog values were not erased, only the internal data within the include. The dialog has to be blank also.
- In case the record selected had modified its ID name, the ID name was not always updating in the dialog. Needed to update the value if necessary and not skip validation.
- In the case where a database table or field is being selected and the index is the same, it needs to check that the name is still up to date before returning and changing nothing. There was an issue when name DB/Table/Field would change and not be valid anymore, but not being updated either.
- To avoid looping in LinkContent and LinkStructureNone initialize values for flag.
Equations v10.h
- Call GetSimulateMsgs(TRUE) if model is continuous.
- Changed the UserError wording for describing when the equation cannot find the specified include file.
- Enhanced the search for prototypes in users' include files.
- Fixed a bug with tracking the right Link Alert input variable name.
lp_solve v10.h
- Changed the error message as it needed to be shorter since it was getting truncated.
From ExtendSim 10.0.5 to 10.0.6 • Released on February 11, 2020
Blocks • New and Improved Features
Information (Item library)
- Added area counting.
Resource Pool Release (Item library)
- Added a popup menu and associated logic in passItem to allow users to specify block behavior when passing items have invalid release attribute values specified.
Diverge, Catch, Flow, ThrowFlow, Tank Merge, Interchange (Rate library)
- Protected the code in the Rate library including moving some includes to a Not installed folder.
End Node (Reliability library)
- Added the down(CS) output value connector. It is needed for proper communication with the Valve block.
Start Node (Reliability library)
- Added a new table, Results_Tables_ttbl, that supports overlapping event handling for the Node Summary and Event Summary tables and enhances the Results tab user interface.
- Added the down(CS) output value connector. It is needed for proper communication with the Valve block.
Histogram (Chart library)
- The Histogram block displays statistical information, using bars to show the frequency of data sets (series) in successive numerical intervals of equal size (bins).
Scatter Chart (Chart library)
- Updated the dialog for a multi-run trace by removing checkboxes, replacing them with options and a Per Trace For Run column (additional multi run option: all runs, only end values).
Block • Fixes
Create (Item library)
- Corrected calls to prgSVT_OnPrg_dtbl().
Executive (Item library)
- If SA_Names_ttbl is out of bounds, it will ignore user clicks.
- When there is a problem, it will break out of string attribute loop.
- There was a problem with the simulation order being different than 1 in a model where the simulation order is set to Custom. If it happens on openmodel, ExtendSim will change the simulation order to 1. If it happens when simulation starts, ExtendSim will interrupt the run with an error message.
Exit (Item library)
- Now allows the pulling of upstream items for the first (currentTime=0) scheduled event by setting diConToPullItemsFrom[i] = True.
Resource Manager (Item library)
- Forces the total allocation time to be equivalent to the total busy time.
- For now, in RMprc_updatePoolStatusTime, set the total quantity allocation time equal to total busy time.
Resource Pool Release (Item library)
- Changed the order in which SetupDialog is called in the DIALOGOPEN message handler.
- Added an ELSE case for setting transaction log table field indices when a table already exists.
Shift (Item library)
- Moved the code from openModel to OpenModel2 so all Reliability blocks will need to have their openmodel done before receiving a message from the Shift block.
Throw Item (Item library)
- Fixed that if a Throw Item block had not been set up yet and you click on its dialog, the animation of the label could be wrongly updated.
- Fixed the issue where sometimes the Throw Item could not find the Catch Item block and no error message was sent, simply the dialog of the block would open with no explanation. Now the dialog will only open if there has been an error message set before.
Transport (Item library)
- Fixed the getting flag so it happens after the return.
Unbatch (Item library)
- Must check after call to PullItems in On ItemOut message handler to make sure we placed an item on the output connector before sending a response to NEEDS.
Activity, Batch, Catch Item, Convey Item, Equation(I), Get, Queue Equation, Queue, Red(I), Resource Item, Set, Transport, Workstation, Write(I) (Item library)
- If Change item animation using property was selected as the Item animation attribute, is wasn't part of the tracking attribute system. It has now been added to the system so the Executive block can know about it.
Data Import Export (Value library)
- Cleaned up the call sequence for setting up Excel objects in XL_populateNamedRangesPopup and XL_populateTableNamesPopup.
- Fixed a problem with named range popup not retaining popup settings by passing g_internalEvent as an argument in the call to DIEmsg_onXL_RangeInputType_POP in the XL_RangeInputType_POP message handler.
- Replaced existing GUID for ADO COM DLL so it will work with 64-bit COM DLL.
- Hid the dialog checkbox for using an embedded object.
- Added a condition in DIE_refreshExternalfieldListTable to ensure that XD_TableName_prm is blank before exiting from the procedure.
Equation (Value library)
- oVarsOut_NumCons was being used in a for loop to access table arrays. This was not correct as there will always be at least 1 even if the connector is hidden. Consequently, when dealing with table arrays, oVars_NumTableRows must be used.
Lookup Table (Value library)
- If the time scheduled in a table was the same in 2 consecutive rows, the block would think it was time to repeat the schedule. It has been corrected.
- Problem fixed that when DISCRETE_OUTPUT + reset + time to reset + data had an entry for time to reset the row in Data was skipped.
Read & Write (Value library)
- If a whole row is being read whole row, the reference point has to be results_StartCoordinate_prm – not "1";
- Embedded objects are no longer supported in ExtendSim 10.
Scenario Manager (Value library)
- Allow row=-1 to accommodate scenario table headers row click events in the DIALOGCLICK message handler.
Equation-Based blocks in the Value library
- Corrected RCC Functions.h for equation-based blocks.
Convey Flow (Rate library)
- To avoid a loop, the clock needed to be advanced if lrNextEvent==CurrentTime. In some cases of currenttime if events are very close or very large, if could happen that currentTime==NextTime in it would get into an infinite loop.
- For improved accuracy, fixed an issue where it might not test if next the event is too close to current time.
- It was possible to have a Conveyor content of 0 (due to precision) while still having product in a portion that would ocassionally create loops in a current event. To remedy this problem, when the Tank content is 0, the portions are emptied.
- srLastTime_Calculation needed to be set up as StartTime rather than 0 and it needed to know if a first calculation had already been made or not. Otherwise, a connected block could ask at starttime for the content of the block, but it would get -10 because first calculation had not been done yet and if (srLastTime_Calculation>=CurrentTime) prevented the calculation from happening.
- When content is calculated for each event, we could be in a situation where the on simulate event would occur before the blockreceive2 message handler. It created an error in the simulation and a case in which the exit layer already emptied without going through blockreceive2.
Valve (Rate library)
- Corrected an issue that might occur when pasting a Valve block from one model to an empty model, the String lookup for advance status was not being updated leaving the first column of the advance status empty.
Start Node (Reliability library)
- Removed the valuesIn connector error checking in StepSize. In the case where a user might be running through different scenarios with the RSM block, event cycles settings may legitimately change for wear, cycles, and schedule.
- Corrected an issue that might happen when removing an event cycle by hand via the Event Cycles tab. evtReg ID's where not getting recycled so evtReg ID's were constantly growing.
- Changed how occLog and reports are managed across multiple runs because simulation runs were slowing down when occLog got too big.
- In occLog, we changed the ID field to not be a unique record ID field in order to speed things up.
- Fixed a bug with data management for the event log.
- Corrected issues in SD_EventsTbl_BlockNum_Get() and SD_IntsTbl_BlockNum_Get() that were holdovers from when ExtendSim switched from block numbers as ID's to unique integers as ID's.
- Fixed bugs in RBD_DB_EvtStatusTbl_Init() and EVT_CES_Table_FillOut(). The RBD_DB_FI_EvtStatusTbl_Node field was missing the ID value.
Component, End Node, & Start Node (Reliability library)
- The around me tables were displaying block numbers instead of Node ID's. This has now been corrected.
All blocks in the Chart library
- The minimum and maximum for axis is now properly kept in between runs.
Application • New and Improved Features
Block Structure
- Updating hierarchical blocks on open models now has a "Please wait…" dialog so you can see its progress.
- Rotation of an animation object in the icon view now rotates the animation object on the model.
Miscellaneous
- Allow multiple library blocks to be added to the model via copy/paste from the library window.
- Optionally include page numbers when printing.
- Added more information to the Abort Simulation message.
Functions • New
GetModelSimulationOrder() returns the simulation order of the block that called this function.
Application • Fixes
Converting Models to ExtendSim 10
- Fixed ExtendSim 9 to ExtendSim 10 model and block conversion issues where connectors were added or eliminated in a block.
- Fixed crashes when converting very large, pre-ExtendSim 10 models.
- Reading pre-ExtendSim 10 models now correctly converts dynamic arrays of reals correctly.
- Old box connectors from older library blocks can now connect to new item connectors when reading in older models.
Relating to Blocks and Hierarchical Blocks
- Improved the functionality of scrolling data tables.
- Equation debugging error messages now refer to the correct offending blocks.
- Chart datatables are now updating correctly.
- Repaired models that had hierarchical blocks that when the Properties dialog was opened, it would corrupt the hierarchical block.
- Fixed dialog items showing through to the wrong tab.
- Animation objects created by code were not showing after copy/paste or Make Selection Hierarchical commands. This has now been fixed.
- Cloning of dialog items now correctly obeys properties dialogs.
- Clones don't disable dialog items when dialog items are disabled by code.
- Fixed issue of false message about multiple includes in Equation blocks.
Database
- No longer sends unneeded database data or structure messages to blocks if creating records during importing.
- Fixed a double-click crash that might happen when there were no tables in the database when in Data View mode.
- When right-clicking on a table header, don't change the existing database table selection.
- Undo now works when creating and deleting database relations
- Fixed a crash that might occur when opening a database that has some tabs removed.
- Selecting from a list of tables field now keeps the field visible.
Block Structure
- When editing a block's structure, clicks in the Dialog Editor no longer changes dialog items.
- ModL code to track scrollbars in different tables now works precisely.
- Dialog item connection to Stat::Fit now updates properly.
- Radio button column tags now displays properly.
- When reducing the number of connectors in a block, models no longer show partial connections.
- Selected connectors in the Icon tab are now more visible.
- Radio button and checkbox bold styles clear correctly when styles are removed.
Miscellaneous App Fixes
- Player RunTime version does not allow changes in dialog tables.
- Fixed problem with animation objects created by code.
- Eliminated crash when aborting the opening of a hierarchical block worksheet.
- Fixed some licensing issues that were preventing activation to be completed.
- Improved the explanation of licensing error messages to help users complete the licensing step.
- Corrected an issue that caused model animation to occasionally travel in reverse.
- Fixed situations where the model was not set to dirty - changes weren't saved when the model is closed.
- Navigators now update correctly when changing models.
- More windows now remember their positions when reopened.
- Improved stopping model runs that would continue when the Stop button was pressed or abort functions were called.
- The simulation status bar now reports the correct number of runs if the simulation is stopped or aborted.
- Fixed simulation message order so it is the same as ExtendSim 9, but with additional message handlers.
- Successive randomized seeds (seed 0) are now different no matter how closely in time they are created.
- Pasting a model with an Executive block over another model no longer crashes.
- Changed qt.conf file so changing the Windows settings for screen resolution and zooming works better.
- Added more color to improve the visibility of selected text and other objects.
- Fixed a bug where clicking Help opened the wrong block's Help.
- Improved the wording for several error messages and dialogs.
- Added warning, and an option to Open or Cancel, when opening a model that had been created or saved in a newer release
- Equation blocks no longer falsely report that include files were being used twice.
- Breakpoints window doesn't get lost when switching monitors.
- During model open, identifies models that have multiple outputs connected using named connections.
- Notebook maximum size has been increased so that it can be stretched over multiple monitors.
Functions • Fixes
LastKeyPressed() function now returns correct key.
RunSimulation function now works when being called from outside ExtendSim.
RemoveSignal() now works correctly.
WaitNTicks() is more accurate.
DBRandomDistributionSet() function now uses the useSeed argument to allow changing the seed any time – even during a simulation run.
DBTableCloneToTab() now works correctly whether the Database window is open or not.
CloneGetList now correctly gets all clones if Name argument is blank.
CloneHideDisable now works correctly.
Includes • New
CHART_DATA_Management v10.modl (Chart library)
- Replaced the dialog for a multi-run trace: Removed checkboxes and replaced with options per the Trace For Run column.
- Improved code: Added a new function which returns if data can be collected by looking at disable recording and window recording options.
- Improved scaling: Found a more elegant number for scaling limit.
- Option changed: Replaced NoResetOnConsecutiveRuns_chk in Scatter and implemented it in the Histogram with additional options on the Run column.
CHART_CONN_VariableInputConn v10.modl (Chart library)
- Replaced the dialog for a multi-run trace: Removed checkboxes and replaced with options per the Trace For Run column.
- Improved code: Added a new function which returns if data can be collected by looking at disable recording and window recording options.
- Option changed: Replaced NoResetOnConsecutiveRuns_chk in Scatter and implemented it in the Histogram with additional options on the Run column.
CHART_DISPLAY_options v10.modl (Chart library)
- Improved scaling: Found a more elegant number for scaling limit.
- Option changed: Replaced NoResetOnConsecutiveRuns_chk in Scatter and implemented it in the Histogram with additional options on the Run column.
Includes • Fixes
Flow v10.h & Flow constants v10.h (Rate library)
- Propagation starving and/or blocking the Convey Flow block is now treated as a Tank and or an Interchange. Limitation is not necessarily both ways.
- Corrected an issue with block/starve propagation in cases where:
- An external message comes to a variable connector x and needs to be sent back to the other branches.
- And in the case where another branch y receives another external message.
The branch x now properly propagates this second message by differentiating cLIMITING_TO when it comes from an Executive block or when it comes from within the block itself.
- The siFlowLP_E list tells which blocks are responsible for blocking/starving the flow. Instead of removing blocks from the list while being treated, they are instead flagged because removing elements of the list caused problems by deleting information that is needed in a future section which limits the flow.
Flow solver LP_Solve v10.h (Rate library)
- The siFlowLP_E list tells which blocks are responsible for blocking/starving the flow. Instead of removing blocks from the list while being treated, they are instead flagged because removing elements of the list caused problems by deleting information that is needed in a future section which limits the flow.
- Improved the error message that informs which block is linked to a specific section.
Tank functions v10.h (Rate library)
- Corrected an issue with block/starve propagation in cases where:
- An external message comes to a variable connector x and needs to be sent back to the other branches.
- And in the case where another branch y receives another external message.
- The branch x now properly propagates this second message by differentiating cLIMITING_TO when it comes from an Executive block or when it comes from within the block itself.
DBN Start Node v10.h (Reliability library)
- Fixed a network builder bug where the internal database could get confused if the user deleted a node connection in a complicated network.
RBD DBN Procs.h, RBD Procs v10.h, RBD DB Start Node v10.h, RBD DB Indexes Get v10.h, RBD Procs v10.h, RBD DBN Start Node v10.h, RBD DB Procs v10.h, & RBD Prototypes v10.h (Reliability library)
- Corrected an issue in which evtReg was not being updated with the correct start node ID for event cycles associated with components during a copy/paste.
- Fixed selection of a row in the event cycles table in a component block.
RM functions v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- Total allocation time is now forced to be equivalent to total busy time.
RM procedures v10.h (Advanced Resource Management)
- For now, in RMprc_updatePoolStatusTime, set total quantity allocation time equal to total busy time.
CHART_BAR_CONN_DataOptions v10.modl (Chart library)
- Fixed problem that would sometimes occur when liNewSeriesSize and/or liNewCategoriesSize would remain at -1 (no change), it would cause an error.
CHART_CONN_VariableInputConn v10.modl (Chart library)
- Corrected an issue that might occur when a point that was identical to its previous one was put on a chart, it was not writing the extra point. The receiving message flag was not resetting to false and cancelled the recording of points from there forward.
CHART_DATA_Management v10.modl (Chart library)
- If time changed, but liY_ValueHasChanged hadn't, and you selected the last point on the chart, the point would sometimes be ignored as there was some missing code.
CHART_DISPLAY_options v10.modl (Chart library)
- Scaling is now done during a simulation run only after 2 points have been drawn on the Graph. No scaling of points any earlier as it was too much of a guessing game.
- Scaling during initsim is done differently if it's a Bar or Line Chart.
CHART_TRACE_CreateAndAddNewPoint v10.modl (Chart library)
- The minimum and maximum for axes is now remembered between runs if necessary.
RPM dialog v10.h (Report library)
- Block names are now filtered by those which have a Results tab when building a list of unique block names in a block filter types table.
Block location utils v10.h
- If error message during open model then it aborted the initialization, abort has to be replaced by return.
CONA_Manage_ConnectorArray v10.modl
- Change from an error message if failed function to return -1, it allows more flexibility in the timing of some calls.
RP procedures v10.h
- Added an ELSE case for setting transaction log table field indices when a table already exists.
