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Adding FSX menus in C#

Hey Ralph,

You should be able to follow the C++ example of the menu items.

Set up the events for the menu events, set up a group for these menu items.

Code: 
                // Create some private events
                simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENTS.MENU_ONE,"");
                simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENTS.MENU_TWO, "");

                // Add one menu item
                simconnect.MenuAddItem("Menu Item One", EVENTS.MENU_ONE, 12345);

                // Sign up for the notifications
                simconnect.AddClientEventToNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, EVENTS.MENU_ONE, false);

                simconnect.SetNotificationGroupPriority(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, SimConnect.SIMCONNECT_GROUP_PRIORITY_HIGHEST);

Then add in the receive event processing.

Code: 
                case (uint)EVENTS.MENU_ONE:
                    this.Text = "Menu item one selected %d" + recEvent.dwData.ToString();

                    ++menuUseCount;

                    // Selected four times, so replace item one with item two
                    if (menuUseCount == 4)
                    {
                        simconnect.MenuDeleteItem(EVENTS.MENU_ONE);
                        simconnect.RemoveClientEvent(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, EVENTS.MENU_ONE);

                        simconnect.MenuAddItem("Menu Item Two", EVENTS.MENU_TWO, 54321);
                        simconnect.AddClientEventToNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, EVENTS.MENU_TWO, false);
                    }
                    break;

                case (uint)EVENTS.MENU_TWO:

                    ++menuUseCount;

                    this.Text = "Menu item two selected %d" + recEvent.dwData.ToString();

                    //if (menuUseCount == 6)
                        //quit = 1;
                    break;

remember to add the events and group to your enums
 
I added SubMenus so I thought I'd post my C# code in case anyone else needed that capability.


simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENTS.MENU_TOP, "");
simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENTS.MENU_FORM1, "");
simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENTS.MENU_FORM2, "");
simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENTS.MENU_FORM3, "");
simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENTS.MENU_SEPARATOR, "");
simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENTS.MENU_QUIT, "");
simconnect.MenuAddItem("EZCamViews", EVENTS.MENU_TOP, 10000);
simconnect.MenuAddSubItem(EVENTS.MENU_TOP, "Form 1 Window", EVENTS.MENU_FORM1, 10001);
simconnect.MenuAddSubItem(EVENTS.MENU_TOP, "Form 2 Window", EVENTS.MENU_FORM2, 10002);
simconnect.MenuAddSubItem(EVENTS.MENU_TOP, "Form 3 Window", EVENTS.MENU_FORM3, 10003);
simconnect.MenuAddSubItem(EVENTS.MENU_TOP, "---------------------------", EVENTS.MENU_SEPARATOR, 10004);
simconnect.MenuAddSubItem(EVENTS.MENU_TOP, "Quit", EVENTS.MENU_QUIT, 10005);
simconnect.AddClientEventToNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, EVENTS.MENU_TOP, false);
simconnect.AddClientEventToNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, EVENTS.MENU_FORM1, false);
simconnect.AddClientEventToNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, EVENTS.MENU_FORM2, false);
simconnect.AddClientEventToNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, EVENTS.MENU_FORM3, false);
simconnect.AddClientEventToNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, EVENTS.MENU_SEPARATOR, false);
simconnect.AddClientEventToNotificationGroup(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, EVENTS.MENU_QUIT, false);
simconnect.SetNotificationGroupPriority(NOTIFICATION_GROUPS.GROUP_MENU, SimConnect.SIMCONNECT_GROUP_PRIORITY_HIGHEST);

Since there is no formal menu separator, we have to make our own.
 
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