CAEngine::CreateObject

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CreateObject(objName,objClass)

Creates a new Analytica object with identifier «objName» and class «objClass» in the CurrentModule and returns it as a CAObject.

Parameters

objName

string - the new object's identifier

objClass

string, one of:

• "Alias"
• "Attribute"
• "Button"
• "Chance"
• "Constant"
• "Decision"
• "Determ"
• "Form"
• "Formnode"
• "Function"
• "GraphStyleTemplate"
• "Index"
• "Library"
• "LinkLibrary"
• "LinkModule"
• "Model"
• "Module"
• "Objective"
• "Picture"
• "Text"
• "Variable"

Return value

CAObject

Example Usage

// C#
CAObject obj = ade.CreateObject ("NewVar","Chance");

API errors

• 40 – “Object could not be created”
• 41 – “Invalid name for object”
• 42 – “Object name already in use”
• 48 – “Invalid object class”