FS2004 Digital negative readouts problem (SOLVED)

[phjvh]

Make it simple and use the power of formatted text, not tested:

<Element>
<Position X="526" Y="870"/>
<FormattedText X="150" Y="20" Font="Arial" FontSize="20" Color="#05DA23" Adjust="Center" VerticalAdjust="Center" Bright="Yes">
<String>
((A:Circuit general panel on,bool) (L:Eng2Running,bool) (L:Eng3Running,bool) | and)
%{if}%((A:ENG TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE,celsius))%!+0.2d!     //%!3.2f! ?
%{else}- - -
%{end}
</String>
</FormattedText>
</Element>

 

[antaris]

Tom

Thank you, I learn in the hard way that extra brackets only triggers problems. Thank you for the clarification and for taking time to wrote the right code.
I was doubling the possibility of an error.

Best regards,
Sergio.

 

[antaris]

Hello phjvh

Thank you, I will try it as well! For some reason, I always have troubles working with "if" statements.
Sergio.

 

[antaris]

Hello

Perhaps we could avoid the plus sign:

<Element>
  <Position X="526" Y="870"/>
    <FormattedText X="150" Y="20" Font="Arial" FontSize="20" Color="#05DA23" Adjust="Center" VerticalAdjust="Center" Bright="Yes">
       <String>
           ((A:Circuit general panel on,bool) (L:Eng2Running,bool) (L:Eng3Running,bool) | and)
           %{if}%((A:ENG TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE,celsius) abs)%!0.2d!     //%!3.2f! This temperature seems to have a maximun of 2 digits
           %{else}- - -
           %{end}
       </String>
    </FormattedText>
</Element>

By the way in the 4th line, what is this ( | ); what is supposed to do? Perhaps is a mistyped "or" logical operand?

Best regards,
Sergio.

 

[phjvh]

The + sign gives a + for temp above 0 and a - below 0
| is or

 

[antaris]

Hello phjvh

Thank you very much; nevertheless I found very annoying to have more than one way to perform a single operation. At least for me, it leads to confusion!

This leads to a one and only conclusion: I need to learn XML in a structured way.
Ohh boy! I found another thing unknown for me, the difference between:

{else} and els{}

Best regards,
Sergio.

 

[Heretic]

els{} - used for evaluation in regular gauge code
{else} - used for evaluation in formatted text strings

 

[antaris]

els{} - used for evaluation in regular gauge code
{else} - used for evaluation in formatted text strings

Thank you my friend, I was reading the SDK and I noticed that also. Somehow, I missed it.
I think I'm going to print it, scrolling the big "rollout style" website design makes me omit parts like this.

Kindest regards,
Sergio

 

[Heretic]

Isn't the FS2004 SDK in .doc format?

I think I've uploaded most of the docs as .pdfs somewhere. Maybe they're here in the resources collection.

 

[antaris]

Good afternoon from my side of the moon

Isn't the FS2004 SDK in .doc format?

Yes it is, nevertheless I was talking about the FSX's SDK in the Microsoft website. Since I do not have FSX in my system therefore no SDK documentation; on the other hand, those PDF's seems to be yummy! Will take a look and see how lucky I am.

Thanks for the head up and take care my friend,
Sergio.

 

[Heretic]

The documentation wasn't on the resources page here, so I've added an entry for it.

Until it gets approved by Arno, find the docs here.

 

[antaris]

Bjoern, I've downloaded TMECBK_B732_SDK_RC4.zip from your website. I think I will find hundreds of answers there. Following the crumbles...

Amazing!!! Thank you very much.
Guten morgen auf Deutschland
Sergio.

 

[Heretic]

The 737 isn't much of a good tool to learn XML with since almost all of the gauges are in C++ format and can not be decompiled. So don't expect too much.



- E:

Looks like Arno has approved the resource entry.

 

[antaris]

Hello Björn

The 737 isn't much of a good tool to learn XML with since almost all of the gauges are in C++ format and can not be decompiled. So don't expect too much.

I was thinking on animations and I have a lot to learn. On the other hand, PDF files for some reason are a better reading for me; thanks again.

Cheers,
Sergio.