ptwaugh

I wasn't as stupid as I thought, and keep a copy somewhere else. Thanks.

Hi, How do I get a replacement? I was in the process of backing up everything to CD, when disaster struck a 2nd time and I could not reboot windows to backup stuff again. Thanks, Patrick Waugh MA ptwaugh@hotmail.com (formerly pwaugh@charter.net, and ptwaugh@earhlink.net when I registered I think)

Actually, this is what is on page 17 of FSUIPC for Advanced Users, and where I got the idea I had to have the letters: COMPOUND BUTTON CONDITIONS Facilities are included to allow you to specify actions for one button which are dependent on the state of another button (or more likely, switch). This by using what I call “Compound” button programming—though it could equally be “Conditional” or “Co-operative”. Anyhow, I use the letter C in the definitions, as follows: n=CP(+j2,b2)j,b, .... n=CU(+j2,b2)j,b, ... n=CP(–j2,b2)j,b, ... n=CU(–j2,b2)j,b, ... but now I see that they are more like j subscript 2, and I understand. Works as documented (of course). I knew it was a DEU (defective end user, ie. me). Now, the only thing I notice is that whatever is assigned the j0,b0 by FS (in my case cutting the mixture to shutdown a chopper) gets processed although I'm intending on only the function assigned. However, having now understood your excellent manual, I de-assigned the joystick button in FS, and then setup FSUIPC.ini like this: [buttons] 0=R0,7,C1001,0 1=U0,7,C1002,0 2=CP(+0,1)0,0,K83,8 3=CP(+0,1)0,0,K83,8 4=CP(-0,1)0,0,K112,11 which then does the trick. After having read all the docs, I can't believe everything this program of yours does, and am even more happy I registered it right away. I only wish I had read the manual more thoroughly to begin with, hehe. Thanks, Patrick [/b]

Hi, After reading alot in this forum, and reading the user docs and adv user docs, I began really playing with things. In FS9, with FSUIPC 3.129: I am attempting to setup [buttons] to change the view forward twice by sending two (2) 's' keypresses, so that the user can push a joystick btn and change easily from the VC view to the spot view and back. This worked: [buttons] 0=R0,7,C1001,0 1=U0,7,C1002,0 2=P0,0,K83,8 3=P0,0,K83,8 4=U0,0,K83,9 5=U0,0,K83,9 with the user holding the 'trigger' (j0, b0), and then I wanted to try a toggle like this: [buttons] 0=R0,7,C1001,0 1=U0,7,C1002,0 2=CP(-j0,b1)0,0,K83,8 3=CP(-j0,b1)0,0,K83,8 4=CP(+j2,b1),0,K83,9 5=CP(+j2,b1)0,0,K83,9 which also seemed to function properly (but now I see an error). I was using this to have the btn b1 function as a 'control' on the 'direction' (forward with 's', backward with shift 's') However, when I then advance to try this: [buttons] 0=R0,7,C1001,0 1=U0,7,C1002,0 2=CP(+j0,b1)0,0,K83,8 3=CP(+j0,b1)0,0,K83,8 so that pressing the 'trigger' will only provide the view switch when the joy0 btn1 is held, it functions regardless of the btn1. What am I doing wrong? Patrick

Pete, You know, you had already won software developer of the FS community in my mind, but the "dongle", wow. I was born in '62, and thought I started programming computers at the beginning, haha. I worked on the Internet when it was still under DARPA and called the DARPA-Net. Anyway, thanks again for all the great work, and yours is a registration fee I gladly made. Patrick

Thanks Pete. That pretty much answered my question. I think with what I'm doing, I can simply use the facilities you provide as my program just runs a GUI to provide the user with config options for my program which runs once, and thats it. Probably not worth the trouble to do more. Patrick

Hi, First, excellent program. I really enjoy my registered copy :). My newbie question is this: Where can I find info on programming dll modules for FS? I have written software for FS, but now I would like to turn it into a FS module that I just pop in the modules folder. I write in C, C++, Pascal, Python, and even in ASM when I have too. I have searched everywhere for info on how to do this, but can't seem to locate it. Thanks, Patrick