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Block Name: TextDisplay

Code File Location: VisualSim/actor/lib/gui/Display

Description

Display the values arriving on the input port in a text display dialog. Each value is displayed with a header containing the current time in scientific format. If it is a single value, this is displayed on a line.  If it is a data structure, it is displayed with each field on a line. The input type can be of any type.

The block behavior is controlled as follows:

• If there is no PlotManager in the model, then the blocks will save or view based on the settings in the block. 
• If the PlotManager is included in the model, then the Configure Model will create the XML file.  The generated index file will list the Displays/Plotters with view/save and base file names.
• When the simulation is run with the PlotManager scenario, two updates are performed- the index file contains an unique identifier for the run and a set of outputs are written with the identifier as a suffix to the file names.  The unique identifier is a incremental number.  The unique run is determined by the matching of the parameter values from the list in the index file.
• If the parameter combination already exists, then the file is simply overwritten.  If the parameter combination does not exist then the XML is updated with the new number + parameter values.  In this case, the file is created and populated.
• The output cannot be viewed from the Post Processor.  It can be viewed from any text editor or from VisualSim Architect.

Refer TextDisplay Demo Model.

Parameter	Explanation	Type	Example
columnsDisplayed	The horizontal size of the display, in columns. This contains an integer, and defaults to 40.	Integer	75
rowsDisplayed	The vertical size of the display, in rows. This contains an integer, and defaults to 10.	Integer	8
title	The title to put on the toolbar of the view.  Note:  The first time the viewer is rendered the path value is rendered.  If this field has a value, the default will be replaced.  This first value not change if this field is updated.  to change the view, make sure to delete the block and re-instantiate it.	String	"Transactions"
viewText	If this option is enabled, the Text Display will be displayed during the simulation.  This must be disabled during batch mode.	-	-
saveText	If this option is enabled, then the Text_Display will be saved to the File_Name.	-	-
fileName	This block accepts a file name as a parameter. There are a number of file path options available for this block.  To see the list, view the section on File Paths in the Reference Guide document here. The file name is a concatenation of any number of individual strings and parameters, separated by "+".  To view the file path in a demo model, click here.	-	-

Port	Explanation	Type
Input	This is a default input port.	General

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