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The Gate block provides a facility to pull and push multiple values every time an entity passes through the block. For each action that is defined on a Gate block, an input value port and an output value port are created on the block. When an entity enters a Gate block, the block steps through its list of actions, first pulling from the input value port associated with the action and then pushing the retrieved value to the output value port associated with the action. If there is no connection to an input value port, the Gate block uses the default value associated with that action.

You specify a new action by clicking the Add button on the Properties dialog box Actions tab. This results in a new action (with a default name, type, and value) being added to the Actions table. You can edit the name, type, and value of the action directly in the table. The action names that a Gate block uses must be unique. You can change the action type through a drop-down box on the type table cell. You can delete actions from the Actions table by selecting the action row in the table and then clicking the Remove button. Clicking the Apply button pushes all entries in the Actions table to the Gate block, and any input and output value ports are created or deleted as needed. (Note: You cannot change an action’s type after the action is pushed to the Gate block.) You use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to reorder the actions in the Actions table. The order of the input and output value ports is also adjusted to be the same as the order of the actions in the Actions table.