Getting Started

4 • THE ADVANCED PROCESS PANEL
The values of the attributes, variables, or expressions (other) listed are then read from
or written to the specified Record Number (row) in the recordset.
TYPICAL USES
• Reading in airline arrival/departure information
• Prompting an end user for model configuration data (menu)
• Writing order information to a data file, such as order arrival, order fill time, order
completion time
PROMPTS
Prompt
Description
Name
Type
Arena File Name
Unique module identifier displayed on the module shape.
Method of reading or writing used. Data may be read from a file
or from the keyboard. Data may be written to a file or to the
screen.
Name used to identify the file within the File module. Applies
only when reading from or writing to a file.
Overriding File Format Format for writing or reading the data. This format will override
any format specified in the structure field of the File module (for
files of the Sequential File Access Type). Enter a FORTRANstyle
or C-style format (enclosed in double quotes) to exactly
describe the type and location of each field. Or enter the
keyword FREE to specify a list-directed format whereby each
field will be assumed to be separated by a comma or one or more
blanks. A FORTRAN or C format (enclosed in double quotes)
may be used to describe the type and location of each field.
Recordset ID
Record Number Access
Type
Variable Type
Attribute Name
Identifies the recordset in Arena File Name that will be accessed.
Applies only when the file Access Type (specified in the File
module) is Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft
Access, Microsoft Access 2007, or ActiveX Data Objects.
Record number (that is, row) in Recordset ID to read from or
write to. Applies only when the file (specified in the File
module) is Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft
Access, Microsoft Access 2007, ActiveX Data Objects, or
Extensible Markup Language.
Type of information that will be read or written.
Defines the symbol name of the attribute to be written or read.
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