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FSX XML: <Element Container="Yes">

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What does the Container attribute do? For example:

<Element Name="ViewWindow" Container="Yes">

Bob
 
Darn! I used to know what that was for. My fuzzy memory though is that it is used only in the ACES XML format, and is a way of "containerizing" huge swats of XML stuff... That's not very helpful I know.

Okay, there is an example in the fs9gps.cab!gps_295 XML file, but I've found no reference for the parameter in any of the various SDKs available! How weird is that?
 
n4gix said:
Okay, there is an example in the fs9gps.cab!gps_295 XML file, but I've found no reference for the parameter in any of the various SDKs available! How weird is that?
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Bill,

Yeah .. that's where I got it - from the stock gps_500 gauge (which is all fs9 schema). It's the lead-off of the "mega-Element" that contains all of the CustomDraw instructions and gps display elements. At the bottom end of it is another mystery gem, <CustomDraw Name="fs9gps:CoverMap" X="336" Y="248"/>. What does CoverMap do, or why is it needed?

Hey! - you know better that to ask 'how weird is it that something isn't covered in the sdk' :p

Sawasdee pi mai,

Bob
 
Many computers ago I had an archived email folder where I kept my correspondence with Susan Ashlock (ACES Gauge Developer). She had explained what the Container and the CoverMap were, but I no longer have those messages... :(

Yea, I know. That was a rhetorical question, honestly. :laughing:
 
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