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SimConnect dialog not appearing

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I have installed through SP2 of both the Flight Simulator and the SDK.

Under "Mission Creation Kit\Mission Creation" in the sdk help file (fsxsdk.chm) it indicates, under "Testing for a successful setup" that if the sdk is correctly installed a diagnostic window will appear when I launch FS.

The problem is it tells you nothing about what to do when the diagnostic window does not appear (which, for me, it doesn't).

It also says the tool will be available in the Tools menu. I have no tools menu (that I can find).

It also says to ensure that FS is running in Windows mode and that I can toggle modes by pressing Alt-Enter. Alt-Enter does nothing.

I have installed the sdk and FSX to a nondefault location (but see next paragraph). I saw the wiki article here and tried running ConfigSDK and then I tried manually correcting the path in dll.xml and these made no difference.

I tried installing the SDK(w SPs) on a coworker's system, which has everything in the default location (and the same version of FSX), and the results are the same.

Could someone please tell me what I might be missing or at least offer a suggestion as to where I can ask about this?

Thanks
 
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Mark100net,

You need to setup the ddl.xml file like it says in the setup paragraph before the "test for successful" section.

To install the dll, the dll.xml file in the <Drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX folder should contain the following bold lines (if the dll.xml file already exists in this folder), or the dll.xml file should contain all the following (if the dll.xml file does not already exist at the right location).

<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Object Placement Tool </Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>

<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>..\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\Object_Placement.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
 
Thanks for the replies.

JC, I do not believe that thread applies to my case as I do not have the acceleration pack. Add/Remove programs shows that I have FSX SP 2 and FSX SP2 SDK.

Ron, along with every other post/article I could find before I posted here, I also saw the instructions containing the information you mentioned. Here is my dll.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>

<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>dll.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Object Placement Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>D:\Program Files\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\object_placement.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Traffic Toolbox</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>D:\Program Files\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Visual Effects Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>D:\Program Files\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Special Effects SDK\visualfxtool.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>

Any further suggestions appreciated.

Mark
 
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