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 # Class MFileGen

 Last update: 09.03.2026 

<a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen"></a>

Namespace: [VM.Managed.DAFUL.CoSim.Matlab](VM.Managed.DAFUL.CoSim.Matlab.md)  
Assembly: VMDCoSimMatlab.dll

The M file generation setting class

```csharp
public class MFileGen : FileGen, IObservableObject, IDisposableObject, ILinkable, IObjectBase, IObject, ILinkContainer, IOwned, IHasID, IEventProvider, IHasKeyObject, ILinkContainerEvent, IVerifiable, IHistoryObjectSerializable, IAttributeContainer, INamed, IEnabled, INavigatorItem

```

#### Inheritance

object ← ObservableObject ← [LinkableBase](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/Pre/Data/VM.Models.Pre/Models/LinkableBase.cs) ← ObjectBase ← Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt; ← [CoSimBase](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimBase.cs) ← [CoSimSettingsBase](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs) ← [FileGen](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs) ← [MFileGen](VM.Managed.DAFUL.CoSim.Matlab.MFileGen.md)

#### Implements

IObservableObject, IDisposableObject, ILinkable, IObjectBase, IObject, ILinkContainer, IOwned, IHasID, IEventProvider, IHasKeyObject, ILinkContainerEvent, IVerifiable, [IHistoryObjectSerializable](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMHist/Interfaces.cs), IAttributeContainer, INamed, IEnabled, INavigatorItem

#### Inherited Members

[FileGen.Initialize(Unit.ConvertFactor)](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [FileGen.OnDeserialization(object)](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [FileGen.Get\_MessageLevel()](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [FileGen.FilePath](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [FileGen.FMIVersion](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [FileGen.Description](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [FileGen.MessageLevel](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [FileGen.ScaleFactor](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [CoSimSettingsBase.Initialize(Unit.ConvertFactor)](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [CoSimSettingsBase.OnDeserialization(object)](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [CoSimSettingsBase.Use](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [CoSimSettingsBase.ExecutingProgramPath](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [CoSimSettingsBase.InterfaceProgramType](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [CoSimSettingsBase.\_InterfaceTimeStep](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [CoSimSettingsBase.\_IOList](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimSettingsBase.cs), [CoSimBase.GetModelNavigatorInformationImpl(XmlDocument, XmlElement, bool)](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimBase.cs), [CoSimBase.FixUp(ObjectBase)](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimBase.cs), [CoSimBase.SetOldNameWithNewEntity(ObjectBase, ObjectBase)](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimBase.cs), [CoSimBase.FullName](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimBase.cs), [CoSimBase.Name](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimBase.cs), [CoSimBase.NonSymmetricName](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimBase.cs), [CoSimBase.IsEnabled](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimBase.cs), [CoSimBase.Comment](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimBase.cs), Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.GetKey(), Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.Initialize(Unit.ConvertFactor), Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.SetIconColor(Canvas), Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.OnDeserialization(object), Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.CustomGetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext), Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.RollbackEvent(), Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.OnDeserializedCore(object), Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.Key, Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.UntypedEventCore, Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.EventCore, Object&lt;ObjectEventCore&gt;.Attributes, ObjectBase.ReplaceEventCore(ObjectEventCore), ObjectBase.SetModifiedCore(ModifiedResult.ModifiedType), ObjectBase.AddPostDeserialize(StreamingContext), ObjectBase.LinkAddedToDocumentCore(IOwned, bool), ObjectBase.SetModified(ModifiedResult.ModifiedType), ObjectBase.SetModified(), ObjectBase.SetModified(ModifiedResult.ModifiedType, IDocument), ObjectBase.DestroyObject(object, LinkEventArgs), ObjectBase.DestroyObject(DestroyEventArgs), ObjectBase.DestroyObject(), ObjectBase.Initialize(Unit.ConvertFactor), ObjectBase.FixUp(ObjectBase), ObjectBase.DoWorkAfterUpdateContents(), ObjectBase.SetOldNameWithNewEntity(ObjectBase, ObjectBase), ObjectBase.SetIconColor(Canvas), ObjectBase.RemoveFromCreatedList(), ObjectBase.PostAddToDocument(), ObjectBase.PostRemoveFromDocument(Document), ObjectBase.GetArgumentList(LinkedList&lt;ObjectBase&gt;), ObjectBase.ResetInvalidEntity(), ObjectBase.OnDeserialization(object), ObjectBase.IsSerializableEvent(Delegate), ObjectBase.CustomGetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext), ObjectBase.CheckAndUpdateLink(HashSet&lt;ObjectBase&gt;), ObjectBase.Verify(VerifiedResult), ObjectBase.ConnectProxy(), ObjectBase.RollbackEvent(), ObjectBase.LinkRequestUpdating(object, LinkEventArgs), ObjectBase.LinkRequestUpdate(object, LinkEventArgs), ObjectBase.LinkRequestDestroying(object, LinkEventArgs), ObjectBase.LinkRequestDestroy(object, LinkEventArgs), ObjectBase.LinkAddedToDocument(object, AddToDocEventArgs), ObjectBase.LinkRemovedFromDocument(object, RemoveFromDocEventArgs), ObjectBase.DisposeManagedResources(), ObjectBase.GetDestroyEventExtraData(), ObjectBase.OnLinkReserved(ILink, object, EventArgs), ObjectBase.CreateEntityWhenUpdateContents(Action), ObjectBase.GetObjectByKey(UIntPtr), ObjectBase.FindObjectOnXmlDeserialize(string), ObjectBase.UpdateContents(XmlReader, ObjectBase, string), ObjectBase.UpdateContents(XmlReader, ObjectBase), ObjectBase.UpdateContents(string, string), ObjectBase.UpdateContents(string), ObjectBase.SetFlagWhenXMLFile(string, bool), ObjectBase.IsEqualArray&lt;T&gt;(T\[\], T\[\]), ObjectBase.IsEqualList(List&lt;double&gt;, List&lt;double&gt;), ObjectBase.SetContainer(IOwned, bool), ObjectBase.GetTargetListForUpdate(), ObjectBase.SkipUpdateObjectImpl(), ObjectBase.raise\_OnUpdating(object, LinkEventArgs), ObjectBase.raise\_OnUpdate(object, LinkEventArgs), ObjectBase.raise\_OnDestroying(object, LinkEventArgs), ObjectBase.raise\_OnDestroy(object, LinkEventArgs), ObjectBase.raise\_Destroying(object, Identifier), ObjectBase.raise\_OnAdded(object, AddToDocEventArgs), ObjectBase.raise\_OnRemoved(object, RemoveFromDocEventArgs), ObjectBase.raise\_OnContentsUpdated(object, EventArgs), ObjectBase.Dispose(bool), ObjectBase.SkipModified, ObjectBase.ClearChildInfoBeforeDeserialize, ObjectBase.KeyImpl, ObjectBase.ID, ObjectBase.TopologyEntityTypeName, ObjectBase.ObjectStateForCircularError, ObjectBase.ObjectState, ObjectBase.IsChildExternable, ObjectBase.IsExternable, ObjectBase.Container, ObjectBase.Owner, ObjectBase.Document, ObjectBase.UntypedEventCore, ObjectBase.KernelKey, ObjectBase.Key, ObjectBase.OnContentsUpdated, ObjectBase.OnRemoved, ObjectBase.OnAdded, ObjectBase.Destroying, ObjectBase.OnDestroy, ObjectBase.OnDestroying, ObjectBase.OnUpdate, ObjectBase.OnUpdating, [LinkableBase.OnDeserialization(object)](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/Pre/Data/VM.Models.Pre/Models/LinkableBase.cs), ObservableObject.Dispose(), ObservableObject.RaisePropertyChanged(string), ObservableObject.RaisePropertyChanged(string, object, object), ObservableObject.Dispose(bool), ObservableObject.DisposeManagedResources(), ObservableObject.DisposeUnmanagedResources(), ObservableObject.IsDisposed, ObservableObject.TryDisposing, ObservableObject.Disposed, ObservableObject.Disposing, ObservableObject.PropertyChanged

#### Extension Methods

[LinkPropertyItemCache.GetLinkProperties(object, LinkPropertyType)](VM.Models.Pre.Cache.LinkPropertyItemCache.md#VM_Models_Pre_Cache_LinkPropertyItemCache_GetLinkProperties_System_Object_VM_Models_Pre_LinkPropertyType_), [LinkPropertyItemCache.GetLinkPropertiesAndValues(object, LinkPropertyType)](VM.Models.Pre.Cache.LinkPropertyItemCache.md#VM_Models_Pre_Cache_LinkPropertyItemCache_GetLinkPropertiesAndValues_System_Object_VM_Models_Pre_LinkPropertyType_), [LinkPropertyItemCache.GetLinkedObjects&lt;T&gt;(object, LinkPropertyType)](VM.Models.Pre.Cache.LinkPropertyItemCache.md#VM_Models_Pre_Cache_LinkPropertyItemCache_GetLinkedObjects__1_System_Object_VM_Models_Pre_LinkPropertyType_)

## Constructors

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen__ctor"></a> MFileGen()

Initializes a new instance of the  class.

```csharp
public MFileGen()

```

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen__ctor_System_String_"></a> MFileGen(string)

Initializes a new instance of the  class.

```csharp
public MFileGen(string strName)

```

#### Parameters

`strName` string

Name of the  class.

## Properties

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_IOList"></a> IOList

Obsolete

```csharp
[Obsolete]
public CoSimIOList IOList { get; set; }

```

#### Property Value

[CoSimIOList](https://github.com/AnsysVirtualMotion/DAFUL/blob/9110677a5f6a53d7604f8dfd35b4c5fceb59e8e0/DAFUL/ClassicPre/Data/VMDCoSimCore/CoSimIO.cs)

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_InterfaceProgramType"></a> InterfaceProgramType

Gets the type of the interface program.

```csharp
public override InterfaceType InterfaceProgramType { get; set; }

```

#### Property Value

InterfaceType

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_InterfaceTimeStep"></a> InterfaceTimeStep

Obsolete

```csharp
[Obsolete]
public Variable InterfaceTimeStep { get; set; }

```

#### Property Value

Variable

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_MFileName"></a> MFileName

Gets or sets the name of the M file.

```csharp
public string MFileName { get; set; }

```

#### Property Value

string

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_SimulinkFileName"></a> SimulinkFileName

Gets or sets the name of the simulink file.

```csharp
public string SimulinkFileName { get; set; }

```

#### Property Value

string

## Methods

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_Initialize_VM_Unit_ConvertFactor_"></a> Initialize(ConvertFactor)

Initializes member through unit convert factor.

```csharp
public override void Initialize(Unit.ConvertFactor factor)

```

#### Parameters

`factor` Unit.ConvertFactor

The unit convert factor.

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_LinkRequestUpdate_System_Object_VM_Managed_LinkEventArgs_"></a> LinkRequestUpdate(object, LinkEventArgs)

Request for update the linked object.

```csharp
protected override void LinkRequestUpdate(object objNotifier, LinkEventArgs arg)

```

#### Parameters

`objNotifier` object

The linked object.

`arg` LinkEventArgs

The  instance containing the event data.

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_OnDeserialization_System_Object_"></a> OnDeserialization(object)

Called when \[deserialization\].

```csharp
protected override void OnDeserialization(object sender)

```

#### Parameters

`sender` object

The sender.

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_SetMFileName_System_String_"></a> SetMFileName(string)

Set M file name.

```csharp
public void SetMFileName(string strName)

```

#### Parameters

`strName` string

The M file name.

### <a id="VM_Managed_DAFUL_CoSim_Matlab_MFileGen_SetSimulinkFileName_System_String_"></a> SetSimulinkFileName(string)

Set simulink file name.

```csharp
public void SetSimulinkFileName(string strName)

```

#### Parameters

`strName` string

The simulink file name.