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Simconnect.Text Text menu function in vb.net

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rdart78

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Hello!

I'm trying to create a text menu in VB.net using the expression

fsx_simconnect.Text(Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect.SIMCONNECT_TEXT_TYPE.MENU, 0, Event_id.EVENT_MENU_1, "Title Menu" & vbNewLine & "Choose item:" & vbNewLine & "Item1" & vbNewLine & "Item2" & vbNewLine & "Item2")

but when I run it, I get an Exception 31 - SIMCONNECT_EXCEPTION_OUT_OF_BOUNDS.

Expression

fsx_simconnect.Text(Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect.SIMCONNECT_TEXT_TYPE.PRINT_WHITE, 0, Event_id.EVENT_MENU_1, "Message text")

works without problems.

I think, the problem in nul chars in string for SIMCONNECT_TEXT_TYPE.MENU,
but can't find a way to write the String correctly.

Tim “Beatle” Gregson in his blog https://fsandm.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/function-overloads/ mentions Managed SimConnect SDK, which, perhaps, could solve this problem. But I can't find any working links.

Can anyone help to solve this problem?

Best regards.
 
The following works for me in P3D v3.2 with P3D SDK 2.5 with C#.

Code: 
        public void Text()
        {
            //SimConnectModule.Text(SIMCONNECT_TEXT_TYPE.PRINT_WHITE, 0, EVENT_ID.MENU_1, "Message text");
            // Create a polymorphic array
            string menuitems = "Title Menu\0Choose item:\0Item1\0Item2\0Item2";
            Object objv1 = Convert.ChangeType(menuitems, typeof(Object));
            SimConnectModule.Text(SIMCONNECT_TEXT_TYPE.MENU, 10.0f, EVENT_ID.MENU_1, objv1);
        }

use \0 instead of newline and GetType instead of typeof.
 
Thanks for the reply!

I was shown the correct solution on another forum.

\0 is not working on vb.net. Instead \0, in vb.net need to use CHR(0).

For the vb.net expression would be:
simconnect.Text(Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect.SIMCONNECT_TEXT_TYPE.MENU, 0, Event_id.EVENT_MENU_1, "Title Menu" & CHR(0) & "Choose item:" & CHR(0) & "Item1" & CHR(0) & "Item2" & CHR(0) & "Item2").

Convert the string to polymorphic array Object objv1 does not necessarily!
 
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