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VB.NET examples on connection

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teofilo

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Hey guys!!
I am new to SimConnect and I was reading through the SimConnect client documentation.
I got to install SimConnect client perfectly and I created a new VB.net project.
Basically I want to test the connection to SimConnect server and disconnect. From there I will start making tests with different functions but for some reason I don't find the code to actually do a
Simconnect.Open() or something like that.
How would I open a connection to an existing SimConnect server on the same machine?
Sorry for my dumb question but I want to learn how to interact with FSX.
Thanks much in advance,
Teo
 
Hi Teofilo,

Somewhere in your code, you have a variable declaration like this:

Dim sc as Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect.SimConnect;​

and then in your startup/connect code, you have a line like this:

sc = New Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect.SimConnect("client title", Me.Handle, WM_USER_SIMCONNECT, Nothing, 0)​

That line, when creating the SimConnect object, also does the SimConnect_Open call, so you don't need to do an open - if the New call worked, you have a connection to the Sim.

Here's a link to a VB sample app. That's about the extent of my knowledge of VB.Net though :->
 
Hi!!

Thanks much for your help. I looked at the documentation enclosed in the SimConnect folder and saw a VB.NET example so I was able to connect (after trying to understand some of the code).
Its a bit complex to get to connect. I had to specify a constant for example:
' User-defined win32 event
Private Const WM_USER_SIMCONNECT As Integer = &H402
Some of it I don't understand why you need to create a win32 event.

Regards,
Teo
 
hi guys.

how do i actually get vs2008 to expose the flightsimulator namespace when i try to import Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect? I've installed the sdk, and simconnect but it won't work. what else do i need to do? :confused:
 
i got it...

n_codrington said:
hi guys.

how do i actually get vs2008 to expose the flightsimulator namespace when i try to import Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect? I've installed the sdk, and simconnect but it won't work. what else do i need to do? :confused:
Click to expand...

I understand now...I realised I have to add the reference.
 
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