[Programs]Run1=* works only with FS9, not with FSX

[PhilippM]

Hi,

when using the run external program feature of FSUIPC, I'm unable to get it working with FSX.

Iappended these two lines to the FSUIPC.ini in FS9 and the FSUIPC4.ini in FSX:

[Programs]
Run1=CLOSE,C:\Example\example.exe

Strangely enough, FS9 startup triggers the exe to start up, FSX doesn't. Hugh? This is FSUIPC.log of FSX:

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.60a by Pete Dowson *********
Reading options from "C:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini"
Trying to connect to SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07 ...
User Name=""
User Addr=""
FSUIPC4 not user registered
WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired
Running inside FSX on Windows 7 (using SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07)
Module base=61000000
Wind smoothing fix is fully installed
DebugStatus=0
      172 System time = 26/06/2010 21:23:45
      187 FLT UNC path = "\\NOTEBOOK3\Users\Philipp\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\"
      187 FS UNC path = "C:\FSX\"
     1014 LogOptions=00000000 00000001
     1014 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay
     3479 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.61637.0 (SimConnect: 10.0.61259.0)
     3479 Initialising SimConnect data requests now
     3479 FSUIPC Menu entry added
     3526 C:\FSX\FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM.FLT
     3526 C:\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aircreation_582SL\Aircreation_582SL.AIR
    52744 System time = 26/06/2010 21:24:38, Simulator time = 21:23:49 (04:23Z)
    53602 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled
    76924 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 24 secs = 19.9 fps
    82993 System time = 26/06/2010 21:25:08, Simulator time = 21:24:07 (04:24Z)
    82993 *** FSUIPC log file being closed
Average frame rate for running time of 24 secs = 19.9 fps
Memory managed: 14 Allocs, 13 Freed
********* FSUIPC Log file closed ***********

Could it be that Program startup is restricted to the registered version of FSUIPC 4, but not in version 3 ? If this is the case, why a silent fail instead of an error message?

Regards,

Philipp

[Pete Dowson]

when using the run external program feature of FSUIPC, I'm unable to get it working with FSX.

...

Strangely enough, FS9 startup triggers the exe to start up, FSX doesn't. Hugh? This is FSUIPC.log of FSX:

...

Could it be that Program startup is restricted to the registered version of FSUIPC 4, but not in version 3 ? If this is the case, why a silent fail instead of an error message?

Good catch. It is an error in FSUIPC4. It does work in a Registered install, but it should also do so unregistered, as it does in FSUIPC3. I will fix it in the next main User Release, but that won't be for a few weeks. Meanwhile, the option does work if you use "READY" as well as CLOSE, the only difference then being that your program won't launch until FSX is ready to fly.

Regards

Pete

[PhilippM]

Meanwhile, the option does work if you use "READY" as well as CLOSE, the only difference then being that your program won't launch until FSX is ready to fly.

Confirmed.

Thanks for fixing.

Philipp