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insightgetattachbytag

insightgetattachbytag

Purpose
Searches the scenario and the containing app for an attachment or attachments with the given tag, and retrieves them from the Insight server, placing them in the Mosel working directory where they can be read by the model. If any scenario attachments with the given tag are found, these are retrieved without searching the app. If no scenario attachments with the given tag are found, then the search continues at the app level.
Synopsis
procedure insightgetattachbytag(tag:text, attachments:list of insightattachment)
procedure insightgetattachbytag(tag:text, attachment:insightattachment)
procedure insightgetattachbytag(tag:text, filenames:list of text)
Arguments
tag 
The tag to search for
attachment 
An attachment object which will be populated with the details of the attachment that was retrieved
attachments 
A list which will be populated with the details of the attachments that were retrieved
filenames 
A list which will be populated with the filenames of the attachments that were retrieved
Example 
declarations
  attachment: insightattachment
end-declarations
insightgetattachbytag('mytag1', attachment)
if insightattachstatus<>INSIGHT_ATTACH_OK then
  writeln("Error searching for attachments")
else
  initializations from attachment.filename
    MY_ARRAY
  end-initializations
end-if
Example of searching for and retrieving an attachment with the tag tag1
Further information
1. Check the attachment status code using insightattachstatus to determine whether the attachment(s) were successfully retrieved.
2. Attempting to access attachments when the model is not being run through Xpress Insight will cause the model to abort with an error.
Related topics
insightattachstatus

Parent Topic Subroutines

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