set_gauge_flags ?

[eneee]

I am trying to use C++ Gauges Function Reference (set_gauge_flags and panel_window_close_ident).

"panel_window_close_ident" working well but i can't got worked "set_gauge_flags" reference.

i havealways got that ;
": error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)"

Where is the error or how shoud i use "set_gauge_flags" ?

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
{
           void set_gauge_flags(PCSTRINGZ  hostes_vc, FLAGS32  0x2)
	}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
BOOL window_close_ident (UINT32 panel_id)
{
	return  panel_window_close_ident (12100);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

[n4gix]

It's defined in the gauges.h file.

void		(FSAPI *set_gauge_flags) (PCSTRINGZ name, FLAGS32 newflags);		// newflags is GAUGE_FLAG_NORMAL, GAUGE_FLAG_HIDDEN...

I've never had any reason to use the function myself. What are you actually wanting to do with it? I guess you are wanting this gauge element to "blink" based on the 0x2 parameter...

Notes on usage are here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc526958.aspx

set_gauge_flags
The set_gauge_flags function is used to specify the flags for a gauge.

Syntax:

void set_gauge_flags(
  PCSTRINGZ  name,
  FLAGS32  newflags
);

Parameters
name
[in] Specifies the name of the gauge.
newflags
[in] One or more of the following flags:

Flag Value
GAUGE_FLAG_NORMAL 0
GAUGE_FLAG_HIDDEN 0x1
GAUGE_FLAG_BLINKING 0x2
GAUGE_FLAG_GRAYED 0x4
GAUGE_FLAG_HILIGHTED 0x8

Return Values
This function does not return a value.

 

[eneee]

Thank you for answer n4gix.but i haven't got any solition.

I just want to hide .bmp files and get transparency black zone on a guage (like huds).

 

[n4gix]

Thank you for answer n4gix.but i haven't got any solition.

I just want to hide .bmp files and get transparency black zone on a guage (like huds).

It is far simpler to use the SHOW_IMAGE and HIDE_IMAGE macro functions.

FLOAT64 FSAPI ELEC2_callback8( PELEMENT_ICON pelement)
{
	FLOAT64 rword=pelement->source_var.var_value.n;
	if ( dim == 1 ) { rword = 1 ; } else { rword = 0 ; } 
	if ( test == 1 || mbat == 1  &&  pulselightovrd == 1 ) { SHOW_IMAGE(pelement) ;   LIGHT_IMAGE(pelement) ; } else { HIDE_IMAGE(pelement) ; } 
	return rword;
}

There are also alternate methods one may use, which are very well described and exampled in Dai Griffith's massive C++ Gauge Tutorial (free) sd2gau29.zip

FS2K and CFS Gauge Creation Tutorial Rev.29

File Description:
Not for non-programmers but can be used by non-C programmers. Many updates; some major, most minor. See the ToC for additional info.

http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=141364

 

[eneee]

It is far simpler to use the SHOW_IMAGE and HIDE_IMAGE macro functions.

FLOAT64 FSAPI ELEC2_callback8( PELEMENT_ICON pelement)
{
	FLOAT64 rword=pelement->source_var.var_value.n;
	if ( dim == 1 ) { rword = 1 ; } else { rword = 0 ; } 
	if ( test == 1 || mbat == 1  &&  pulselightovrd == 1 ) { SHOW_IMAGE(pelement) ;   LIGHT_IMAGE(pelement) ; } else { HIDE_IMAGE(pelement) ; } 
	return rword;
}

There are also alternate methods one may use, which are very well described and exampled in Dai Griffith's massive C++ Gauge Tutorial (free) sd2gau29.zip

FS2K and CFS Gauge Creation Tutorial Rev.29

File Description:
Not for non-programmers but can be used by non-C programmers. Many updates; some major, most minor. See the ToC for additional info.

http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=141364

Thank you.I am going to try that.

Happy new year to all...

 

[virtuali]

i can't got worked "set_gauge_flags" reference.

i havealways got that ;
": error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)"

Where is the error or how shoud i use "set_gauge_flags" ?

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
{
           void set_gauge_flags(PCSTRINGZ  hostes_vc, FLAGS32  0x2)
	}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

If that is part of your code, it's farily normal you get that error, because what you wrote looks like a function declaration, ( which you shouldn't do anyway, since the function is already declared in gauges.h ), but it's also wrong as a function declaration, because you can't specify a constant ( 0x2 ) as a formal parameter in a function declaration.

However, I guess your intention wasn't to declare the function, but simply call it so, it should be like this:

{
   void set_gauge_flags(  hostes_vc,  0x2 );
}

Note that, that call is NOT an equivalent of the SHOW_IMAGE, HIDE_IMAGE, etc, macros. The set_gauge_flags is acting at a global level and is setting flags that are relative to the gauge itself.

Instead, the SHOW_IMAGE/HIDE_IMAGE macros are relative to a single element ( a .BMP, an Icon, a slider, etc. ) of the gauge, that can be selectively enabled/disabled, as can be seen from the macro declaration, which is in fact just a way to set the image_flags member of the element structure ( ELEMENT_INFO ) in a gauge, and it takes a pointer to that specific element as a parameter, not the name of the whole gauge, like the set_gauge_flags call. So, SHOW_IMAGE/HIDE_IMAGE are probably what you'll probably want to do.

Also, other than doing different things, I guess the SHOW_IMAGE/HIDE_IMAGE macros are probably much faster to execute, since they just set a value in a structure, while the set_gauge_flags is surely slower because, since it takes the name of the gauge as a string parameter in input, I guess it'll have to search for the gauge with that name, every time you call that function.