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MSFS Toolbar Javascript Interoperability

Keven Menard

Keven Menard

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Good day all,

A lot of us want to run javascript in a general fashion without running on aircraft avionics. One of the ways of doing this is running code in the toolbar by overriding Toolbar.html/.js files. This prevents multiple addons from doing the same simultaneously.

We have worked on a solution that should enable interoperability of the toolbar across multiple addons, but this requires everyone to be on-board with it. We have made this project open source with a well-documented Readme file.

github.com

GitHub - parallel42/msfs-toolbar-interop

Contribute to parallel42/msfs-toolbar-interop development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com github.com

Any feedback is appreciated, we want to strike when the iron is hot and solidify the code before everyone starts using it.

Hopefully this can spark ideas and enable concepts that haven't been seen yet!

Regards,
Keven
Technical Director at //42
 
Hello Keven,

Being in the process of developing an "EFB like" (https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/t...tion-xml-gauge-or-html-js-ingamepanel.457162/) but available via the toolbar, I read with great interest your post and I looked carefully at the link you indicate.

PS: Using this bias to develop my application seems more interesting to me than to go through a simulated instrument to the extent that it can be called when you want and especially to have it available permanently on the screen.

If I understood correctly by reading the instructions provided in the README, it is possible to develop a tool/ interface that can be called via an icon of the tool-bar and to make this icon and this application visible only if the add-onon which it refers is loaded so as not to overload the toolbar and avoid conflicts with other similar tools.
If you had any other information to share about this development, I would be very interested.
Despite many years spent developing in several languages, the javascript used by Microsoft/ Asobo cruelly lacks documentation despite a very high scalability potential.
 
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