API System.ShowHandle: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:11, 13 July 2026

	ShowHandle
Given a handle to an object with viewable presence, shows that object on screen
- HANDLE	Handle
The object to display on screen
- BOOL	Return

This tells Flowcode to show whatever object is represented by Handle.

The types of object that are supported are:

Handle type	Result of this call
Component	Moves the camera in its current viewing plane over the components position If the panel (system or dashboard) the component exists on is not shown, this will open that window
Position	Behaves as though a component, and moves the camera to look at that position
LinkBar	Behaves as though a component, and moves the camera to look at the center of the link
Point cloud	Behaves as though a component, and moves the camera to look at the center of the cloud
Console	Opens the console window and selects the appropriate console tab
Scope group/stream	Opens the data scope window to show the scope

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-<sidebar>API Contents</sidebar>
+{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
-Given a handle to an object with viewable presence, shows that object on screen
+|-
+| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
-<div style="width:25%; float:right" class="toc">
+| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''ShowHandle'''
-====Class hierarchy====
+|-
-[[API System|System]]
+| colspan="2" | Given a handle to an object with viewable presence, shows that object on screen&nbsp;
-:[[API System|ShowHandle]]
+|-
-</div>
+|-
-__TOC__
+| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-h32-icon.png]] - HANDLE
+| width="90%" | Handle
-==Parameters==
+|-
-[[Variable Types|HANDLE]] ''Handle''
+| colspan="2" | The object to display on screen&nbsp;
-:The object to display on screen
+|-
+| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-bool-icon.png]] - BOOL
+| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
-==Return value==
+|}
-[[Variable Types|BOOL]]
-Returns true if the operation is a success, else false
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 * Declare a variable 'result' of type BOOL
 * Add to a calculation icon: <pre class="brush:[cpp]">result = ::System.ShowHandle(handle)</pre>
-''<span style="color:red;">No additional examples</span>''