Interface: ActionList

--Open Particle View to see results
ParticleFlow.openParticleView()
--Create an empty event
ev = Event()
--> $Event:Event 02 @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000]
--Get the number of actions - the Event IS empty...
ev.numActions()
--> 0
--Disable Automatic Event Encapsulation
particleFlow.beginEdit()
--> OK
--Create a new Find_Target Action
ft = find_target()
--> $Find_Target:Find Target 01 @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000]
--Enable Encapsulation again
particleFlow.endEdit()
--> OK
--Append the Find_Target to the Event
ev.appendAction ft
--> true
--Get the first action in the Event...
ev.getAction 1
--> $Find_Target:Find Target 01 @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000]
--Let’s create another Action...
particleFlow.beginEdit()
--> OK
--This time a Birth Action
bt = birth()
--> $Birth:Birth 01 @ [0.000000,0.000000,0.000000]
particleFlow.endEdit()
--> OK
--Insert the Birth at first position
ev.insertAction bt 1
--> true
--Try to insert the Find_Target
--You cannot - it is already in the Event!
ev.insertAction ft 1
--> false
--Remove the second event (Find_Target)
ev.removeAction 2
--> true
--Initialize a variable to pass by reference
ind = 0
--> 0
--Check if the Birth is in the Event - It is!
ev.hasAction bt &ind
--> true
--The by-reference variable has the index
ind
--> 1
--See if Find_Target is also there -
--It isn’t anymore.
ev.hasAction ft &ind
--> false
--See if Birth is an Action...
ev.isAction bt
--> true
--See if Find_Target is an Action...
ev.isAction ft
--> true
--See if Birth is an Operator...
ev.isOperator bt
--> true
--See if Find_Target is an Operator...
ev.isOperator ft
--> false
--See if Birth is a Test...
ev.isTest bt
--> false
--See if Find_Target is a Test...
ev.isTest ft
--> true
--See if the Event is activated...
ev.isActivated()
--> true
--Deactivate it!
ev.activate false
--> OK
--Now it is deactivated.
ev.isActivated()
--> false
--Activate it again.
ev.activate true
--> OK
--Works!
ev.isActivated()
--> true
--See if the Birth action is active
ev.isActionActive 1
--> 1
 
--Deactivate the Birth action
ev.activateAction 1 0
--> OK
--Did it work?
ev.isActionActive 1
--> 0
--Back to Active
ev.activateAction 1 1
--> OK
--Birth is back to work!
ev.isActionActive 1
--> 1
--Initialize some variables to pass by reference
x = y = 0
--> 0
--Get the Event location in Particle View
ev.getPViewLocation &x &y
--> OK
--X now contains the X coordinate...
x
--> 27
--...and Y the Y coordinate
y
--> 14
--Let’s change the location to 40,40
ev.setPViewLocation 40 40
--> OK
--Get again to make sure it worked...
ev.getPViewLocation &x &y
--> OK
x
--> 40
y
--> 40
--Get the Z order of the Event
ev.getPViewZOrder()
--> 1
--Set the Z order down to 0
ev.setPViewZOrder 0
--> OK
--Check that it worked
ev.getPViewZOrder()
--> 0
--Get the width of the Event
ev.getListWidth()
--> 180
--Set the width to something larger
ev.setListWidth 300
--> OK
--It worked (you should see it in PView)
ev.getPViewRightBoundary()
--> 300
--Make it smaller
ev.setListWidth 100
--> OK
--Check where the right boundary is
ev.getPViewRightBoundary()
--> 100
--Get the collapsed state of the Event - currently it will
--always return false, this is for Future Use.
ev.isCollapsed()
--> false
--Note: Not Implemented Yet!
ev.collapse()
--> OK
--Note: Not Implemented Yet!
ev.expand()
--> OK
--See if there are Events upstream - there are none
ev.hasUpStream()
--> false