If you have ever flew the LEVEL D 763, you would of noticed that you can activate the logo lights. In real life you can activate the logo lights. So on add ons such as CS PMDG WILCO, on the lights panel there are logo light switches. BUT WHY DONT THEY WORK!?:( They just stay on all the time no matter if the switch is on/off. Can anyone tell me if i can modify in the CFG to make a logo light and switch to operate on/off? Secondly, can anyone tell me if i can make a keyboard shortcut wich could switch the cabin lights on/off Cheers, Tom Wowk (1084223)

If you have ever flew the LEVEL D 763, you would of noticed that you can activate the logo lights. In real life you can activate the logo lights. So on add ons such as CS PMDG WILCO, on the lights panel there are logo light switches. BUT WHY DONT THEY WORK!?:( They just stay on all the time no matter if the switch is on/off. Can anyone tell me if i can modify in the CFG to make a logo light and switch to operate on/off? Secondly, can anyone tell me if i can make a keyboard shortcut wich could switch the cabin lights on/off Cheers, Tom Wowk (1084223)

Tom,is this for FS9 and are you familar with xml? if yes to both, it is very easy to put some code together to get them to work.DouglasThis post may be moved to the panel section as it is really a gauge question.For example:

                               [b][color="#48D1CC"]//=====================CABIN LIGHTS SW=================>[/color][/b]        <Element><Position X="628" Y="231" />        <Select>         <Value>(A:Light cabin,bool)</Value>         <Case Value="0">            <Image Name="Main_panel_lts_Off.bmp" ImageSizes="26,43"/>         </Case>         <Case Value="1">            <Image Name="Main_panel_lts_On.bmp" ImageSizes="26,43"/>         </Case>      </Select>

Douglas: thanks for posting this here. I have always been interested in modifying panels and gauges but know little about xml. Can you point me to some resources or shortcuts for learning how to do this? Do you feel xml can be learned in a relatively convenient length of time by a hobbyist like myself, strictly for FS9 usage? Is it still in widespread use outside of flight simming, or has it been pushed aside by some other, newer language?

XML is in extremely widespread use for DTP programs among more advanced users (although everyone I seem to teach fights a bit shy of it LOL). Most of the Adobe Creative Suite applications can make use of it for exporting and importing things, so if you ever get involved with that and need to get Excel to talk to InDesign or some such, it would be worth learning. It's like any other script programming, it looks hard to a newcomer, but it's just a case of finding some exercises, sticking your nose into it and giving it a shot. Anything looks hard if you've never done it before, but it usually isn't.Al

Douglas: thanks for posting this here. I have always been interested in modifying panels and gauges but know little about xml. Can you point me to some resources or shortcuts for learning how to do this? Do you feel xml can be learned in a relatively convenient length of time by a hobbyist like myself, strictly for FS9 usage? Is it still in widespread use outside of flight simming, or has it been pushed aside by some other, newer language?

The number 1 site for me is Nick Pike's http://www.fs2x.com/Tutorials.htm , Contains a wealth of info. The other is right here on Avsim in the MSFS Aircraft and Panel Design Forum. Lots of gurus in that forum with all willing to help. The xml learning curve is not too steep but the syntax can be confusing at times as everything is reverse and upside down but I come from the school of hard knocks and my masters is in trial and error. So jump in, nothing like building your first gauge and seeing it work, <Click> </Click>Douglas

Thanks, Chock and Douglas. I'll give it a try. I had purchased FSPanel Studio some years ago in an attempt to find a global, all usable panel and gauge editor/creator, and although very useful in the beginning, I've found it rather limited in it's editing ability with the more complex payware panels and gauges.Thanks again!

Thanks, Chock and Douglas. I'll give it a try. I had purchased FSPanel Studio some years ago in an attempt to find a global, all usable panel and gauge editor/creator, and although very useful in the beginning, I've found it rather limited in it's editing ability with the more complex payware panels and gauges.Thanks again!

Very true!

XML - eXtensible Markup LanguageIt's not a programming language, to be honest. It is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form.The use of XML is widespread for many purposes. In FS, XML is used to format items for display within an FS panel. It also supports 'explaining' how FS should treat the items as well as any possible user interaction with the items. To represent 'logic' it uses a process called reverse polish notation. Reverse polish notation was abandoned many years ago for a more natural input process but for some reason has been resurrected of late.Given this math: 12 10+ 7---One would naturally type 12 then press the plus then 10, press the plus then 7 and press equals. With a calculator that requires reverse polish notation you would type 12, then type 10, then the plus, then 7 and plus again.

Very true!

That's intentional on the payware's part... no fault of FSPS. Just FYI. :(