Re: help: how to access simulation time value

[Roger M. Burkhart]

> Is there a pre-packaged routine to access the current time value for a
> simulation?  If not, how can it be done otherwise?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geoff Schultz

There's a macro, getCurrentTime(), which returns the current running time
of a simulation from within any action running within the schedule.

If an activity running the schedule is stopped, and you're inquiring
its time from the actions within that schedule, you can get the
current time the schedule's activity object using the message
[aScheduleActivity getCurrentTime].  The macro uses this message
internally from the current running activity.  You'd typically need
to do this yourself only if you're running multiple simulations in
parallel and wanting to keep them coordinated or check their status.

Roger


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