Please help me with this. I want to add a "clickspot" to a panel that does not have the Default GPS. I know how to add the GPS to the panel config, but I do not know how to bring it up when I'm in the panel. Assume that all the Shift+Number commands are already assigned.Please tell me how to do this. Thanks. Stan

Hi, do you need a visible gauge (like the sim icons) or a transparent gauge? Both is possible:- there are a few sim icons left that may be unused in your panel (collective, overhead...)- it

Like Uwe stated, you've got the invisible clickspots or the default-style icons.For the basic clickable gps icon add the following to your panel.cfg (usually under "Window00"):gaugexx=SimIcons!GPS Icon, XXX,YYY,xxx,yyy(example: gauge50=SimIcons!GPS Icon, 1515,480,25,25)assign the next available gauge number (gauge35=, gauge36=, etc)XXX = lateral placement on panelYYY = vertical placement on panelxxx = gauge widthyyy = gauge height

That sounds great. I think I would like to have the GPS ICON on the panel somewhere. How so you determine the lateral and vertical placement on the panel? I will first look for best place on the panel, but how do I, numerically, know how to place it exactly where I want it (sorry...I have no experience in panel design; pardon my ignorance on the subject.)? Stan

Hi, if you don

I used to use a panel editing utility in FS2000 or FS2002...I can't remember which. It was easy to use, and I was able to learn it quickly. Is there one that's for novices or easy to learn for FS2004? I would love to insert gauges in some of the FS9 panels. Besides the GPS Gauge, I'd like to put the Runway gauge in some planes so that I have instant access to some of the ILS frequencies "on the fly". Stan

Hi, the best tool for me is FS Panel Studio. Easy to use, "what you see is what you get" software. It origins from a freeware version that still may be available (and this most likely is the tool you had in mind), but I have forgotten the name I

I just might buy that FS Panel Studio. The Abacus site doesn't seem to be working so I don't know about that product. FS Panel Studio is around $25.00. If it gives me what I want, then it might just be worth it to me. Thanks for the info. Stanps. sorry, I just got to the Abacus site. I'm now downloading the demo version of Custom Panel Designer. Thanks

>I just might buy that FS Panel Studio. The Abacus site>doesn't seem to be working so I don't know about that product.>FS Panel Studio is around $25.00. If it gives me what I want,>then it might just be worth it to me. > Thanks for the info.> Stan>>ps. sorry, I just got to the Abacus site. I'm now downloading>the demo version of Custom Panel Designer. ThanksHmmmm, I use FS Panel all the time; only problem I have with it is that the proggie won't deal with mini-panels at this time. I started with just a minor little tweakie now and then but I've been hooked for some time and have a couple planes I've gone wild on. :D

Stan, if you like tinkering with a couple of text files, you can accomplish this without any tools... Now that XML gauges are supported, you can do a lot, using just Notepad.Note: little problem.. the forum changes some of the characters,so let me try to overcome this... in the following, the sequenceafter 42 should be round bracket & gt semi-colon K.Somehow, the forum editor changes this sequence to a > sign....I've put in spaces to try to get the editor to show the right characters, it may work with the spaces.. if not, just remove them again..Here is an example:The following code is a transparent XML gauge to toggle a Yoke window on and offYoke42 (& gt ; K:PANEL_ID_TOGGLE)If you want to toggle a GPS window on and off, first determine the Window number for the GPS window in your panel.cfg and replace the "42" by that window number. Replace Yoke by GPS in the text, so you get a "GPS" message when you mouse over the clickspot. Now, save this text file as GPS_toggle.xmlThe file folder to save this xml file to should be a subfolder under your FS/gauges directory, for example FS9/gauges/my_gaugesNow, you can add this gauge to an existing panel by calling itgaugexx=my_gauges!gps_toggle, x, ywith x and y being the horizontal and vertical coordinates on your panel. (x=0, y=0 is at the top left)As Uwe indicated, it may take a bit of trial and error to placethe gauge just where you want it, but that is part of the fun..