Hi there folks!I would like to receive some help on making DLLs for FS9, usingC, not only to allow FS to load the DLL, but to:- insert a menu at fsmenu- show a window inside fs9Any "tutorial" material or C code will be very helpful.Thanks in advance!

Hi,Regarding menus inside FS, check this:http://library.avsim.net/search.php?Search...=root&Go=Search[]s

Hi flouid.Based on Cyril's fsmenu code:

#include <windows.h>#include "gauges.h"/* This is the module's import table.	*/	GAUGESIMPORT	ImportTable =				{						{ 0x00000000, (PPANELS)NULL },			{ 0x00000000, NULL }				};					void FSAPI module_init(void) {}void FSAPI module_deinit(void) {}/* This is the module's export table.	*/	GAUGESLINKAGE	Linkage =				{						0x00000000,					module_init,					module_deinit,					0,						0,						GAUGE_HEADER_VERSION_FS900, {0}	};// The standard window procedure used by the flight simulatorWNDPROC oldWndProc;// Flight simulator main window handleHWND hFSimWindow;#define	MENU_ENTRY	"My Mo&dule"#define	ID_MY_MENUITEM	40001/** * Main window procedure that is called by the flight simulator to process * incoming window messages. */LRESULT CALLBACK FSimWindowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam){	switch (uMsg) {		case WM_NCPAINT:			{				HMENU hMenu, hMyMenu;				hMenu = GetMenu(hwnd);				if (hMenu != NULL) {					int i;					// Look for our menu entry in the main menu.					for (i = 0; i < GetMenuItemCount(hMenu); i++) {						char buf[128];						GetMenuString(hMenu, i, buf, 128, MF_BYPOSITION);						if (strcmp(buf, MENU_ENTRY) == 0) {							// It is already here, we do not need to add it again							break;						}					}					if (i < GetMenuItemCount(hMenu)) {						// It is already here, we do not need to add it again						break;					}					/* Create new menu. NOTE: It seems that this will be					 * reached more times, so we cannot save the handle, because					 * in such case it could be destroyed and we will not have					 * any access to it in the simulator.					 */					hMyMenu = CreateMenu();					AppendMenu(hMyMenu, MF_STRING | MF_ENABLED, ID_MY_MENUITEM, "My &First Menu Entry");					// add the created menu to the main menu					AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT_PTR)hMyMenu, MENU_ENTRY);				}			}			break;		case WM_COMMAND:			if (LOWORD(wParam) == ID_MY_MENUITEM) {				// Add your code here				MessageBox(hwnd, "It works!", "HURA", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);				return 0;			}			break;	}	// Call the original window procedure to handle all other messages	return CallWindowProc(oldWndProc, hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);}/** * Entry point of the DLL. */BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hInstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved){	switch (fdwReason) {		case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:			hFSimWindow = FindWindow("FS98MAIN", NULL);			oldWndProc = (WNDPROC)SetWindowLong(hFSimWindow, GWL_WNDPROC, (LONG)FSimWindowProc);			break;	}	return TRUE;}

This module uses only "windows.h" and the SDK's "gauges.h" for includes. I compiled this as a DLL, with the Visual C++ Express Edition beta, and it works as indicated. Cyril uses a "modules.h" for his code, but it is not needed in the above example. I converted this to use "gauges.h" because Module DLLs are basically a gauge, and I wanted to show this. By using gauges.h, many variables would now be available for the module, without needing to use an IPC ( such as FSUIPC ).============================================Another source of module info can be found at:http://www.flightdecksoftware.com/downloads.phpThe "cvs" download can get you the code for their FDSConnection.dll... an ipc to the flight simulator. I used that code as a basis to compile a CFS2 version of FDSConnection... without problem.Dick

Hi Dick!Thanks for the reply. :-)I