How to apply airbrakes?

[Raymond van Laake]

Hi there,

I have a sailplane that has airbrakes, they can be applied with the "/" key. I used the Visual Basic command SendKeys("/") to apply them.

Now I learned that a Finnish pilot, with the default keyboard layout, but using a Finnish keyboard, has no "/" key! Instead he must use Shift-F7.

Question: can the airbrakes be applied with a direct write thru FSUIPC?

Thanks!

[Pete Dowson]

I have a sailplane that has airbrakes, they can be applied with the "/" key. I used the Visual Basic command SendKeys("/") to apply them.

All FS keyboard controls can be changed anyway, by the user, in Options-Controls-Assignments, so it is always hazardous using specific keys. You should always use the controls you want, instead.

Question: can the airbrakes be applied with a direct write thru FSUIPC?

Airbrakes == speedbrakes == spoilers. Spoiler controls Spoilers_On, Spoilers_Off and Spoilers_Toggle. The '/' key is normally assigned (in FS Options-Controls-Assignments) to Spoilers Toggle.

You can either send FS the control, directly (as a WM_COMMAND) or via offset 3110 in FSUIPC (which has the advantage of also working via WideFS), or, via FSUIPC, you can control the spoiler setting directly in offset 0BD0.

Regards,

Pete

[Raymond van Laake]

as usual....

.... a BIG thanks

Ray

[Raymond van Laake]

Hmmm... writing directly thru fsuipc doesn't seem to work!

My code is:

Public Function SpoilerFull_SET() As Boolean

varLong = 16383

If FSUIPC_Read(&HBD0, 4, VarPtr(varLong), dwResult) Then

If FSUIPC_Process(dwResult) Then SpoilerFull_SET = True Else SpoilerFull_SET = False

End If

LastError = ResultText(dwResult)

End Function

The spoiler stays where it is...... someone any ideas?

[Pete Dowson]

Hmmm... writing directly thru fsuipc doesn't seem to work!

My code is:

Public Function SpoilerFull_SET() As Boolean

varLong = 16383

If FSUIPC_Read(&HBD0, 4, VarPtr(varLong), dwResult) Then

If FSUIPC_Process(dwResult) Then SpoilerFull_SET = True Else SpoilerFull_SET = False

End If

LastError = ResultText(dwResult)

End Function

You could try an FSUIPC_Write call, instead of a Read?

Pete

[Raymond van Laake]

Please tell me this didn't happen..... :oops:

Regards,

Mr. BlindIdiot

(it works now :P )