Generating key codes from within XML

[mariomotta]

Hi all,
may be is a well answered question, but i did not find anything about.
I need to generate a key codeafter a click, something like this

<Mouse>
     <Visible>(L:WE_EMERGENCY_RAT, bool) ! </Visible>
     <Tooltip>Ram Air Turbine extension</Tooltip>
    <Cursor Type="Hand"/>
	<Click>	
		generate keycode  "shift+Q"
	</Click>
</Mouse>

any hint ?
thanks a lot
/mario

 

[n4gix]

As far as I know, that is not possible, unfortunately.

 

[mariomotta]

As far as I know, that is not possible, unfortunately.

thanks for the prompt answer, i supposed too.
BTW:
reading you are a C gauge programmer, me too even if is a while that i stopped to code in C/C++.
May be it is possible make a .gau (or dll) that makes the trick ? I used great Doug Dawson .gau bridges to XML
and i found them very useful.
Do you know if there is some tool that helps to make such gauges without be forced to fight with VC compiler
that i hated very much on the past ?
I'm an old C/C++ programmers but on Linux world rather than M$ one.
/mario

 

[Simon853]

Are you sure it's actually key codes you want to generate and not events? If you're trying to trigger FS functions with them then your code will not work if the user has remapped the default key bindings. You can instead send the equivalent events to FS from XML.

Si

 

[mariomotta]

Are you sure it's actually key codes you want to generate and not events? If you're trying to trigger FS functions with them then your code will not work if the user has remapped the default key bindings. You can instead send the equivalent events to FS from XML.

Si

yes i'm sure, the event i need to generate is EXTEND CONCORDE NOSE FULLY which is not on event id's list for those that can be generated from within XML gauges.
cheers
/mario

 

[n4gix]

Everything relating to the old "Concorde" system was depecrated in FS9, and is completely absent from FSX...

...so I have to ask, what is the point of the effort at this juncture?

 

[mariomotta]

Everything relating to the old "Concorde" system was depecrated in FS9, and is completely absent from FSX...

...so I have to ask, what is the point of the effort at this juncture?

because we have linked an animation to this event and we should manage it from within xml, but actually we changed mind using "water rudder" that can be intercepted and managed with xml.
cheers
/mario

 

[n4gix]

because we have linked an animation to this event and we should manage it from within xml, but actually we changed mind using "water rudder" that can be intercepted and managed with xml.
cheers
/mario

Now that's the part I don't understand. With FS9 and FSX we have the means to define our own, totally custom animations, so there's really little point to limiting ourselves to one of the "default animations."

 

[mariomotta]

Now that's the part I don't understand. With FS9 and FSX we have the means to define our own, totally custom animations, so there's really little point to limiting ourselves to one of the "default animations."

may be i did not explain my self clearly (apologyze for my bad english), is not the animation the key point, but the trigger, in this case we have to link an our customized animation (RAT extension) to an event that can be triggered via xml after a click on a bitmapped xml gauge.
The (&gt:K:some event) way is limited to recognized events, having used almost all what is available few remain, "water rudder" and infamous concorde ones.
The trick should be to link the animation to a keycode but unfortunately xml does not permit to generate keycodes, that returns to the initial question on the thread
cheers
/mario

 

[n4gix]

That was precisely my point! The "trigger" can be anything you care to create yourself!

(L:MyCustomTrigger,bool) 100 *

will work precisely the same way as if you used

(A:WATER RUDDER HANDLE POSITION,percent)