Trying to disable FS menu?

[DocNZ]

In Delphi, Im trying to disable the FS menu using the offset at $32F0.

Ive written this procedure

procedure TFormMain.DisableMenu();

var

dwResult:DWORD;

dwDisable:DWORD;

begin

dwDisable:=$0100FF00;

FSUIPC_Write($32F0,4,@dwDisable,dwResult);

end;

FF is the Hi byte for the timer

01 is the Hi byte for 2^15 disable all menus

I cant seem to get it to work.

Am I missing the obvious??

[Pete Dowson]

Sorry for the delay in replying -- I've been on holiday with no Internet access. I'm just trying to catch up with an enormous backlog now!

In Delphi, Im trying to disable the FS menu using the offset at $32F0.

Ive written this procedure

procedure TFormMain.DisableMenu();

var

dwResult:DWORD;

dwDisable:DWORD;

begin

dwDisable:=$0100FF00;

FSUIPC_Write($32F0,4,@dwDisable,dwResult);

end;

FF is the Hi byte for the timer

01 is the Hi byte for 2^15 disable all menus

I cant seem to get it to work.

Am I missing the obvious??

Hex 0100FF00 gives

byte 0 = 00

byte 1 = FF

byte 2 = 00

byte 3 = 01

so your timeout is 1 tick (55msecs), the 01, and you are setting all bits 2^8 to 2^15. I think you have some odd inverse idea of where bits are in Intel processors?

As in ordinary universal decimal representation, MOST significat bits are written first, least significant last:

2^0 = 0x00000001

...

2^15 = 0x00008000

...

2^31 = 0x80000000

I think perhaps you meant to write $FF008000?

Regards,

Pete

[bydamien]

dear pete

if i want to disable flight, world and aircraft menu which hex will using ?

thank you

[Pete Dowson]

if i want to disable flight, world and aircraft menu which hex will using ?

At 32F0?

Per documentation (did you look?):

bits 0-7 = 0 (no change to FSUIPC options)

bits 8-15 = 2^10 (0x00000400 bit) for World, 2^11 (0x00000800 bit) for Aircraft, 2^12 (0x00001000) for Flights, so 0x00001C00 for all three.

bits 16-23 = 0 (reserved)

bits 24-31 = your timeout, eg, 0xFF000000 for 255, or up to 14 seconds.

Putting all together gives you 0xFF001C00.

Regards

Pete

[bydamien]

thank you pete,