One of the quickest and easiest ways to generate code is to convert a command sequence to a method. In the Form Editor, select Convert to Method from the menu button displayed in the Settings window below an existing command sequence. The command sequence is automatically replaced by an equivalent method. In the same way you can select Convert to Form Method and Convert to Local Method.

You will also learn how to do this without using the Method Editor later in this section. The figure below shows the Settings window of the Compute button.

Select the Convert to Method option below the command sequence.

The command sequence in this example is replaced by a method, method3.

Click the Go to Method button. The Method Editor opens with the tab for method3 active.

In the Method Editor, add a call to the built-in method playSound to play the sound file success.wav, available in the COMSOL sound library, by using the syntax shown in the figure below.

Note that in the example above, you do not have to use the Method Editor. In the command sequence, select the file success.wav under Libraries > Sounds and click the Run command button under the tree, as shown in the figure below.

However, there are many built-in methods that do not have corresponding command sequence nodes. For more information, see Appendix E — Built-In Method Library.

A form object that has an associated method is indicated with a special icon in the Form Editor, as shown in the figure below. In this example, both the checkbox called Find prong length and the Compute button have associated methods.