start Command

Description

Creates an object of a specified component. To view the types of components that may be started, use the listCategories and listComponents commands. To view a list of all started objects, use the list command. To end an object that has been started, use the end command.

Command Syntax

start <path>/<component> <instance name>

Instance names for all started objects must be unique.

Example

This session shows how to start and end several objects.

>start Circle circ 
Object circ started. 
>start Circle circ2 
Object circ2 started. 
>start Circle circ 
ERROR: PHXNamedObjectAlreadyInUseException: 
Name circ is already in use. 
>end circ 
Object circ ended. 
>end circ2 
Object circ2 ended.