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FSX Set Form as child window
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The only approach I can think of is to "hook" into the FSX rendering engine and change the DirectX backbuffer directly, but I have no idea what that would entail.
Other posters suggested SimConnect_SetSystemState() but the SDK states:
I've written an out-of-process SimConnect applications that will write a window above a windowed FSX window but that disappears on switching to full-screen. I've also written similar FSUIPC applications that do the same thing.
EDIT
This thread seems helpful
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/th...aying-bitmaps-or-inserting-3d-objects.312266/
Other posters suggested SimConnect_SetSystemState() but the SDK states:
I've written an out-of-process SimConnect applications that will write a window above a windowed FSX window but that disappears on switching to full-screen. I've also written similar FSUIPC applications that do the same thing.
EDIT
This thread seems helpful
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/th...aying-bitmaps-or-inserting-3d-objects.312266/
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interesting topic, addressed several times, though I have not seen yet a working solution.
From my experiments some years ago, I managed to create Child windows that were visible in full screen mode. They had to have special window styles applied. As far as I remember I used the same style as un-docked gauge windows. You can easily get it using Spy program from Visual Studio. The problem I faced was they happened to "disappear" after switching from full screen to window mode and vice-versa and they were leaving ugly trace when moving a window. At the end I gave up and moved into gauge windows and forgot the whole idea. Prepar3D 2.x solves the problem with their new SDK.
I have seen Christoph's VATConnect project mentioned by mgh, downloaded it and it simply did not work. I dunno why, probably due to changes in d3d9_*dll. Hooking is always a tricky business. Anyway, he did not finish his project, still it is interesting to see some of his ideas.
Marcin
From my experiments some years ago, I managed to create Child windows that were visible in full screen mode. They had to have special window styles applied. As far as I remember I used the same style as un-docked gauge windows. You can easily get it using Spy program from Visual Studio. The problem I faced was they happened to "disappear" after switching from full screen to window mode and vice-versa and they were leaving ugly trace when moving a window. At the end I gave up and moved into gauge windows and forgot the whole idea. Prepar3D 2.x solves the problem with their new SDK.
I have seen Christoph's VATConnect project mentioned by mgh, downloaded it and it simply did not work. I dunno why, probably due to changes in d3d9_*dll. Hooking is always a tricky business. Anyway, he did not finish his project, still it is interesting to see some of his ideas.
Marcin
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it is not, but the project compiles and runs, however the hooked Present function is never called though it seems to be correctly initiated. I tested on Win 8.1 though it might work on 7 or XP ... Anyway efratomer might give it a try, however bear in mind, it will not work with P3D as the solution is tailored for DX9 only ...