Problem with toggling panels by using XML

[FlyingAxx]

Hi all,

Not only that I'm pretty new here, I'm sticking with my first attempt tweaking a panel with self-made XML gauges.

I'm not able to solve a quite simple problem (as it seems to me). I just wanted to create an invisible gauge for toggling an other gauge (in *.gau format) that uses the window identifier 4004. It has a build-in toggle switch that only works in a window using the proper identifier. The same task for identifiers like "40", "50", "70" or even "400" worked fine but in this case I cannot use the build-in toggling function of the gauge itself (see above).

That's what I did so far (and more important, it works):

<Gauge Name="GNSXLS open/close" Version="1.0">
   <Image Name="invisible.bmp" ImageSizes="20,20,0,0"/>
   <Mouse>
      <Cursor Type="Hand"/>
      <Click>40 (&gt;K:PANEL_ID_TOGGLE)</Click>
   </Mouse>
</Gauge>

wherein the bitmap is plain black (0,0,0) and the related code in the panel.cfg looks like this:

[Window06]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=664,215
window_size_ratio=1.000 
position=0
visible=0
ident=40

This works perfectly for such a "usual window" but just replacing the "40" by "4004" does not make the trick and I have no clue why. The gauge is loaded, the cursor changes as wanted but the click causes nothing.

SOLVED, but I don't know why. I'd been a couple of days away and started today tinkering with the gauge and all of sudden it works as it should. I don't know what happened but I'm satisfied, though. Now there is only the following question remaining from my original thread:

BTW, is it possible to create own text strings for the ToolTips?

Any help appreciated.

Cheers,
Axel

 

[n4gix]

<Tooltip>Put Your Custom Text Here</Tooltip>

It can also be any valid code string also, such as:

<Tooltip>Voltage (%1!!%{if}low%{else}ok%{end})</Tooltip>

 

[FlyingAxx]

Thanks Bill, nice to read you again!

I believe that it didn't work for me as I tried it together with other wrong code in the past.

Cheers,
Axel

 

[Bambi_007]

The Panel SDK say to:

Ident

Specifies a unique identifier to define the panel window. For example:
ident=MAIN_PANEL
You must have an ident for each panel window. Valid entries are the following:
MAIN_PANEL
THROTTLE_PANEL
RADIO_STACK_PANEL
COMPASS_PANEL
MINI_CONTROLS_PANEL
ANNUNCIATOR_PANEL
ANNUNCIATOR2_PANEL
IFR_MAIN_PANEL
COLLECTIVE_PANEL
GPS_PANEL
OVERHEAD_PANEL
If your panel window’s description doesn’t fit any of above, use any number between 10000 and 19999.

 

[n4gix]

You may also use the number #defined for each of the "named" panel idents.
In other words, GPS_PANEL is always the same as 225...

// Panel identifiers
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL                         0
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL_ALT1                    1
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL_ALT2                    2
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL_ALT3                    3
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL_ALT4                    4
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL_ALT5                    5
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL_ALT6                    6
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL_ALT7                    7
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL_ALT8                    8
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL_ALT9                    9
#define IDENT_THROTTLE_PANEL                    10
#define IDENT_RADIO_STACK_PANEL                 50
#define IDENT_COMPASS_PANEL                     75
#define IDENT_MINI_CONTROLS_PANEL               100
#define IDENT_ANNUNCIATOR_PANEL                 125
#define IDENT_ANNUNCIATOR2_PANEL                150
#define IDENT_IFR_MAIN_PANEL                    175
#define IDENT_COLLECTIVE_PANEL                  200
#define IDENT_GPS_PANEL                         225
#define IDENT_OVERHEAD_PANEL                    250
#define IDENT_PARKING_BRAKE_PANEL               251
#define IDENT_FLAPS_TRIM_PANEL                  252
#define IDENT_FUEL_PANEL                        253
#define IDENT_ELECTRICAL_PANEL                  254
#define IDENT_TRIM_PANEL                        255
#define IDENT_LANDING_GEAR_PANEL                256
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_1                      260
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_2                      261
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_3                      262
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_4                      263
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_5                      264
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_6                      265
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_7                      266
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_8                      267
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_9                      268
#define IDENT_MISC_POPUP_10                     269

 

[FlyingAxx]

The Panel SDK say to:

Ident

Specifies a unique identifier to define the panel window. For example:
ident=MAIN_PANEL <...snip...>

If your panel window’s description doesn’t fit any of above, use any number between 10000 and 19999.

Hi Sandra,

Indeed, that's written in the SDK but in fact I bought payware gauges (ISG1 by Ernie Alstom) using other identifier obviously as they correspond to such as "4007", "4012" etc. They came in *.gau format packed in one single gauge and I was not keen editing the bitmap as this would affect all other panels too where I used this specific pair of gauges.

The (tested) code now looks like this:

<Gauge Name="GNSXLS_toggle" Version="1.0">
   <Image Name="transparent.bmp" ImageSizes="20,20,0,0"/>
   <Mouse>
      <Cursor Type="Hand"/>
      <Click>4004 (&gt;K:PANEL_ID_TOGGLE)</Click>
      <Tooltip>GNSXLS open/close</Tooltip>
   </Mouse>
</Gauge>

and the addressed window is here:

[Window13]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=550,433
window_size_ratio=1.000
position=0
visible=0
ident=4004
window_size= 0.325, 0.345
window_pos= 0.673, 0.520

gauge00=isg1!GNSXLS,  1,1,549,430

As it seems the SDK does not tell us everything.

Cheers,
Axel (who sits in Berlin)