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Source to change exe.xml

jcboliveira

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I was trying to see how FSX reacts to an application declared in the exe.xml (BTW it seems that there are again a lot of addons using dll, can't understand why with this new facilitiy) and en up doing a small managed code to be called by a setup package and taking care of the exe.xml (or dll.xml)

It's a vs2005 project

José
 

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and the conclusion is that it react in a different way from launching as a regular process. Now I have to find why.

José
 
exe.xml

Hi J.C.,

I was just looking at the same thing and I agree with you that this is the way to go developing new add-ons.

I put this exe.xml file in my AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/FSX directory:

Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?> 
- <SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
  <Descr>Launch</Descr> 
  <Filename>EXE.xml</Filename> 
  <Disabled>False</Disabled> 
  <Launch.ManualLoad>True</Launch.ManualLoad> 
- <Launch.Addon>
  <Disabled>False</Disabled> 
  <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad> 
  <Name>InnerGears</Name> 
  <Path>F:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\InnerGears\InnerGears.exe</Path> 
  <CommandLine /> 
  <NewConsole>True</NewConsole> 
  </Launch.Addon>
  </SimBase.Document>

And it seems to work fine. I guess I should turn off the debugging stuff, but other than that?

What did you mean when you said, "it react in a different way from launching as a regular process."?

Thanks,
FlapsOut
 
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I have been using exe.xml with 3wirex for a while. Only difference is all console output appears in the SimConnect console, and the application path is not the location of the exe, but the location of FSX. Just have to be careful with references to external files.
 
Noticed 2 things:

Working dir is the FSX dir;

When FS crash the ReceiveMessage doesn't return an exception;

José
 
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