Function & Argument Type(s)

Description

Example

appendFile     

(String filename, java.lang.Object token)

Write the token to the specified file.

File_Name = “E:\io.txt” appendFile("File_Name",port_token)

asURL

(String fileName)

Convert the argument from a fileName to a URL that begins with "file:".

asURL("File_Name")

readerToString         

(java.io.FileReader _is)

Read the entire content of a Reader into a String.

readFile

(String filename)    

Get the string text contained in the specified file.

readFile("File_Name")

writeFile

(String filename, java.lang.Object token)

Write the token to the specified file.

writeFile("File_Name",port_token)

recordTokenToLineWriter

(data structure)

Maintain the data structure format and converted into a string.  Send this to a FileWriter block.  The resulting file can be imported using the FileReader to generate Data Structures for the model.

recordTokenToLineWriter (input)

listenerFormatOutput

(data structure)

Formats the data structure as a string to include the current time header.  Feed this into a FileWriter block.  Format will be identical to the Listen viewers.

listenerFormatOutput (input)

myWarning

(string message)

Displays a warning message as a dialog pop-up

myWarning ("The processing is too slow")

myQuestion

(string message)

Pop-up window that accepts input from the user in the form of 'Yes' or 'No"

myQuestion ("Would you like cherries on top of your chocolate?")