Hello,

Another little test version that some of you, who would be interested, can maybe help me to test 😋

I got several requests to add some sort of mod management so that they could be 'added / deleted / moved' directly from the tool so here's my first little try at it.

this new version contains the following new options
- move addons -> will move the selected addons into another folder (multi-selection is possible and the link will be automatically maintained if it the addon was enabled)
- delete addons -> will delete the selected addons (multi-selection is possible and the link will be automatically deleted if the addon was enabled)
- install/update addon -> available only when you right click on a folder, this will let you select a zip and will then add the addon in the selected folder (or update it if it's already in the folder)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/7o8paidrbawc2s2/MSFS_AddonsLinker_TEST_20201122b.zip/file

There are 2 files in the zip, replace the original EXE and add the new DLL (all other files coming with the offcial version are still needed).

hopfefully all will be fine 👍, thank you.

Edited November 22, 20205 yr by Bad_T
link replaced by new version with new option requested below

Thanks alot; I'll try it as every time!🙂

Would it be possible to add a possibility for starting an external program like FSUIPC when I'm launching the sim?

Kai

30 minutes ago, Kai-Uwe Wei said:

Thanks alot; I'll try it as every time!🙂

Would it be possible to add a possibility for starting an external program like FSUIPC when I'm launching the sim?

Kai

That will be a very good option, as well.

Additionally, for your info,  I use  batch file; to start many related application with one click for the sim; which is very easy to create and manage. If you are interested, here is a link below and you can search for more from the web to learn it quickly.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-and-run-batch-file-windows-10All

Just a note: As I realised, all the programs that you want to start with a batch file; need to be under the C Drive (operating system drive) ,preferable under Program Files (x86). (or at least  their symbolic links.)

Of course, if this function can be embedded into Addons_Linker, that will be great.

Happy flying.

Edited November 22, 20205 yr by kt069

1 hour ago, Bad_T said:

Hello,

Another little test version that some of you, who would be interested, can maybe help me to test 😋

I got several requests to add some sort of mod management so that they could be 'added / deleted / moved' directly from the tool so here's my first little try at it.....

Hello Bad_T;

Thanks for this wonderful addon.

I am sure , you know Win 10 batch files. If you would like to implement this feature, in Addons_Linker, and if we can select and start any related software with the sim, this will be avesome. Thanks for your efforts , anyway.

Edited November 22, 20205 yr by kt069

Hi,

 

sorry if this talking before, but yesterday I had the evil-CTD on my sim.

It was of course a add-on, but I downloaded a lot yesterday in different country, so it was hard to find the guilty one.

So I got the idea, what if, there where a backupfile from the last setup, so I had to choose them and I can see, maybe by yellow color, which one was activatet before?

This will make the search for bad addons much easier.

 

Hope you understand what I mean 😉

@Kai-Uwe Wei and @kt069, thanks for the good idea, i added a little option (options screen) where you can specify other tools to be launched at the start (EXE or batch file).

added in this new version --> http://www.mediafire.com/file/7o8paidrbawc2s2/MSFS_AddonsLinker_TEST_20201122b.zip/file

 

@kt069 i think the program launched by the BAT file can be everywhere if the full path to the program is specified in the batch file. If the path is not specified, windows will look by default into some pre-defined default folders so he might find it in the 'program files' and not if you put it elsewhere. But if the the batch file call the program by using it's full path it should work. By that i mean, in the batch file, you would have to call the program 'd:\mytools\myprogram.exe' in the BAT file and not just 'myprogram.exe'.
 

@sal9000 thank you for your input, i need to think about that, not really sure how it should be done because what it's unlcear to me what will trigger the save to say 'this is a last good setup that i have to save'. It's a bit cheap 🙃 but maybe what you can already do is use the 'preset' feature to create snapshot of the current situation when all works well (like when you backup your PC) so then you can restore it easily. Well not great for sure .. i need to think about it. Thank you 👍

Edited November 22, 20205 yr by Bad_T

42 minutes ago, Bad_T said:

@Kai-Uwe Wei and @kt069, thanks for the good idea, i added a little options where you can specify other tools to be launched at the start (EXE or batch file).

added in this new version --> http://www.mediafire.com/file/7o8paidrbawc2s2/MSFS_AddonsLinker_TEST_20201122b.zip/file

 

@kt069 i think the program launched by the BAT file can be everywhere if the full path to the program is specified in the batch file. If the path is not specified, windows will look by default into some pre-defined default folders so he might find in the 'program files' and not if you put it elsewhere. But if the the batch file call the program by using it's full path it should work. By that i mean you would have to call the program 'd:\mytools\myprogram.exe' in the BAT file and not just 'myprogram.exe'.

Great news. Thank you 🙂

I tried the latest test version just now, and it is working perfectly, from the new features point.

Edit: But as I have mentioned above and as you tried to explain me the location path of the programs; there is something strange. When the batch file is on the desktop, AddonsLinker starts it and the batch file works fine (opens all the selected software). But, when the batch file is in another SSD drive, AddonsLinker starts it but the batch file gives error (not opens the selected software). (This is not related to your AddonsLinker but a fact of win 10. FYI.)

Edited November 22, 20205 yr by kt069

I confirm, new options are great, thanks again Bad_T!

thank you for the feedback !

@kt069 can you maybe send me the text content of the batch file via private message (make sure there are no private information in it first), maybe there's something in there that require the file to be on a specific drive. Also maybe write down what are the errors you get when you move it. Thank you.

Edited November 22, 20205 yr by Bad_T

44 minutes ago, Bad_T said:

thank you for the feedback !

@kt069 can you maybe send me the text content of the batch file via private message (make sure there are no private information in it first), maybe there's something in there that require the file to be on a specific drive. Also maybe write down what are the errors you get when you move it. Thank you.

In fact, there seems to be no need to use a batch file anymore, because your new option to load any software will do the job. Thanks for this new feature which I believe it is very important and made your app feature rich with all the other features. 

Edited November 22, 20205 yr by kt069

Bad_T,

Since the startup of this great app so many features have been added that one hardly can tell the trees from the forest  😀. Are you contemplating writing a manual or add Help files  to the app?

Thanks,
Hans

@kt069 very cool if you find the new stuff useful and you could get rid of your BAT file and thanks for the feedback !

 

@hvw yeah actually some sort of manual was planned (i had even started to write some stuff just after the very first release) .. and then someone made some little videos about the program explaining the basics (lostpilot on youtube) and since it was very well done that gave me a 'good' (read 'bad' 😛) reason to stop working on the documentation (bad excuse for sure 😁).

so hmm to sum up :

• - should there be one ? absolutely YES 😲
• - is it coming ? hopefully 😲😲
• - why is it not there yet ? laziness 😲😲😲

😎

 

6 minutes ago, Bad_T said:

@kt069 very cool if you find the new stuff useful and you could get rid of your BAT file and thanks for the feedback !

 

@hvw yeah actually some sort of manual was planned (i had even started to write some stuff just after the very first release) .. and then someone made some little videos about the program explaining the basics (lostpilot on youtube) and since it was very well done that gave me a 'good' (read 'bad' 😛) reason to stop working on the documentation (bad excuse for sure 😁).

so hmm to sum up :

• - should there be one ? absolutely YES 😲
• - is it coming ? hopefully 😲😲
• - why is it not there yet ? laziness 😲😲😲

😎

 

Perhaps it would be nice to add a link to these videos in the readme file that comes with the app?

Hans

the readme available in the zip since version 0.5 already contains the link to the youtube channel. There is also a mention about that YT channel when clicking on help inside the program. But yeah those vids don't excuse the fact that there is no manual 🙈😜

Edited November 22, 20205 yr by Bad_T

6 minutes ago, Bad_T said:

the readme available in the zip since version 0.5 already contains the link to the youtube channel. There is also a mention about that YT channel when clicking on help inside the program. But yeah those vids don't excuse the fact that there is no manual 🙈😜

Didn't know that 🙂 I skipped the last few readme's 🙂 Sorry about that