P3D v4 GDI+ and MAKE_STATIC macro

[Jim Johnson]

I'm working on an aircraft DLL and an associated aircraft that will need multiple GDI+ gauges, is there any way to have only one C++ driver/DLL (i.e. SDK.h and SDK.cpp to use the SDK example) yet have multiple GDI+ gauges specified? Or do I have to have one DLL for each gauge?

 

[JB3DG]

You can indeed have multiple gauges. The MSDN GDI+ example which is uploaded in the resources section has multiple subgauges in it. Just remember to add all the sub gauge gauge headers to the GAUGESLINKAGE struct above the module_init function. You will also make one child class for each subgauge, or a separate gauge callback function declaration if it is invisible.

 

[Jim Johnson]

Cool, thank you very much.

 

[RED COOL]

@JB3DG
sorry i might gonne hijiack this thread
do you have knowledges on DLLs module for FSX or P3D PDK ?
i need a sample to controll a simobject ( not user aircraft) animation and simconnect can't do this
i searched in the SDK PDK docs but nothing about simobject animation

thnx in advance

 

[Jim Johnson]

What knowledge exactly are you looking for?
Since this is a P3D v4 related post, have you looked at the examples in the 4.4 SDK? Also, an example SimObject implementation is included now with the PDK examples within the SDK.

As far as SimObject animation goes this is the gauges forum. You might want ask the animation question over on the modeling forum:

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/forums/aircraft-modeling.62/

 

[JB3DG]

@JB3DG
sorry i might gonne hijiack this thread
do you have knowledges on DLLs module for FSX or P3D PDK ?
i need a sample to controll a simobject ( not user aircraft) animation and simconnect can't do this
i searched in the SDK PDK docs but nothing about simobject animation

thnx in advance

If you have the P3D SDK you will have a number of samples of it. Also, if the simobject animation is using Simvars (not L vars), you can control that animation using SetDataOnSimObject. L vars are universal though, so what gets set on one object will apply to all objects that use it.

 

[RED COOL]

how ill i create those Vars ? in the modeldif.xml ?

 

[JB3DG]

Sim vars are created by the sim. (the A: vars). You would just reference them in the modeldef.xml.

 

[RED COOL]

i don't know from where to start
with simconnect i started with request / set data
Now for those DLLs i just can't start even I'm not really a C++ guy and the samples are too long

 

[kalong]

make Lvars in modeldef.xml i.e.

  <PartInfo>
    <Name>local_variable1</Name>
      <Animation>
          <Parameter>
            <Code>
              (L:localvar1,number) 1 *
            </Code>
          </Parameter>
      </Animation>
  </PartInfo>

for dll:
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/problem-with-simconnect_setdataonsimobject.443841/