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Could you tell me, please, how can I hide/show a panel window in MSFS2004?
I can use 64 panel windows, but how can I switch them without using menu?
 
Look at the code below, which is based on one from the simicons.cab file. These are the little 'buttons' on default panels to open/close windows.

Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Gauge Name="GPS Zoom" Version="1.0">
    <Image Name="wincontrol.bmp"/>
    <Mouse>
        <Cursor Type="Hand"/>
	  <Tooltip>GPS Zoom</Tooltip>
        <Click>225 (&gt;K:PANEL_ID_TOGGLE)</Click>
    </Mouse>
</Gauge>

The number immediately following the <Click> entry (225 in this case) matches the number used in the ident= section of a [Windownn] entry in a panel.cfg file.

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window01]
Background_color=32,32,32
size_mm=501,808
window_size_ratio=1.000
position=0
visible=0
ident=225
window_size= 0.352, 0.967
window_pos= 0.650, 0.040
no_luminous=1
zorder=4

You may change the label in the <Tooltip>My Custom Tooltip</Tooltip> entry as desired.

Obviously, the <Gauge Name="My Gaugename" Version="1.0"> should list the name you wish for your gauge to use... :D

In this example, the "wincontrol.bmp" is a transparent bitmap (pure black: RGB 0,0,0), but it can be anything you wish to use.
 
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dexer said:
Thanks!
XML it's great, but what about C-code?
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Well, if you wanted C you should have asked for it to begin with! ;)

Ninety-nine percent of folks who ask such questions want XML solutions. :D

In fact, if ALL you want to do is create a couple of such win_control gauges, C is waaaayyy overkill! :eek:

Code: 
BOOL FSAPI wincontrol_RADIO_mouse_cb( PPIXPOINT relative_point, FLAGS32 mouse_flags)
{
    trigger_key_event (KEY_PANEL_ID_TOGGLE,10030) ; 
    return FALSE;
}

MOUSE_BEGIN(wincontrol_RADIO_mouse_rect,0,0,0)
  MOUSE_TOOLTIP_TEXT_STRING ("Radio Stack",NULL)
  MOUSE_CHILD_FUNCT(0,0,17,17,CURSOR_HAND,MOUSE_LEFTSINGLE,wincontrol_RADIO_mouse_cb)
MOUSE_END

For further details, see this 'sticky post' at my Panel & Gauge Forum: http://forums.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?t=159063
 
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n4gix said:
Well, if you wanted C you should have asked for it to begin with! ;)
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Oh, sorry.

n4gix said:
Ninety-nine percent of folks who ask such questions want XML solutions. :D
Click to expand...

Hm, I think C is more conveniently.

n4gix said:
In fact, if ALL you want to do is create a couple of such win_control gauges, C is waaaayyy overkill! :eek:
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I want to create a panel with several gauges and the panel for testing gauges on first panel (it needs to send parameters between gauges on different panels and it would be convenient for testing).

Thanks a lot for help!

Sorry for my English.
 
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