CreateNewObject


CreateNewObject(class, inModule, title, identifier, original)

Create a new Analytica object of specified class, in specified module, and return a handle to it.

Parameters:

  • «class»: the type of object, such as Variable, Chance, Index, Module, FormNode, etc.
  • «inModule»: the parent module to contain this object. It tries to position the node in the first available empty space in the diagram for this module.
  • «title»: optional text for the Title attribute of the new object.
  • «identifier»: the desired identifier. If that identifier is already in use, it adds digits to the end to make a unique identifier. If not specified, it uses the «title» or «class» to generate an identifier.
  • «original»: if the object is an Alias or FormNode (User input or output), this is the original object to which it refers.

The creation of a new object is a side-effect -- i.e. it makes a permanent change to the model -- so you can only use CreateNewObject in a button's OnClick attribute (or the Typescript Window) or a Function called from OnClick. You cannot use it in the definition of a Variable.

Usage

This function is rarely used in models. It is used in advanced situations that implement meta-inference algorithms, such as algorithms that alter a model and its structure, or which automatically construct a sub-model for a specialized computation, or create "diagrams as drawings" to depict information.

History

Introduced in Analytica 5.0.

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