Did the same again , appeared in the codebox window with element,select ,value etcbut not in thread after I hit OK button ?Karol

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Geocalc test instrument .Karol

<Gauge Name="GeoTEST" Version="1.0"><Image Name="zDATA_SCRN.bmp"/><Update Hidden="No"/> <Macro Name="c">C:fs9gps</Macro><Macro Name="g">C:fs9gps</Macro>   <Element> <Element>	<Select>	  <Value>	30.00(>@c:GeoCalcLatitude1, degrees)	  -50.00(>@c:GeoCalcLongitude1, degrees)		   0(>@c:GeoCalcAzimuth1, degrees)		  20(>@c:GeoCalcLength, NMiles)			(@c:GeoCalcExtrapolationLatitude, degrees)(>L:Lat1,degrees)			(@c:GeoCalcExtrapolationLongitude, degrees)(>L:Lon1,degrees)	  </Value> 	 </Select>	</Element>  <Element>	  <Position X="9" Y="8" />   <FormattedText X="80" Y="130" Font="Tahoma" FontSize="13" LineSpacing="16" Adjust="Left" Color="#349F34" Bright="Yes">	  <String>	   %Lat1%((L:Lat1,degrees))%!3.4f!\n	%Lon1%((L:Lon1,degrees))%!3.4f!	  </String>	  </FormattedText>	</Element> </Element></Gauge>

The above instrument is returning only zeros.Any ideas or comments .Karol

I conducted a test by removing the Geocalc code contained in the select /element section.The returns were again or still zeros .It would appear that the Geocalc is not being initialized , but why ?Karol

No responses ?Has anyone tried to get Geocalc to work in a simple instrument ora test instrument ?Karol

Hi,It certainly does!But your code seems to be a bit wrong.There must be a space between the number and command.Also you can put the code in the string when you use FormattedText, less code!So, try:

<String>%( 30.00  (>@c:GeoCalcLatitude1, degrees) -50.00  (>@c:GeoCalcLongitude1, degrees) 0  (>@c:GeoCalcAzimuth1, degrees) 20  (>@c:GeoCalcLength, NMiles) (@c:GeoCalcExtrapolationLatitude, degrees)  (>L:Lat1,degrees) (@c:GeoCalcExtrapolationLongitude, degrees)  (>L:Lon1,degrees)  ) %Lat1:  %((L:Lat1,degrees))%!3.4f!\n%Lon1:  %((L:Lon1,degrees))%!3.4f!</String>

Added 2 spaces, but one is enough.Hope it helps,Jan

Thank you Jan , will try in 'String' .I got the following to work

<Gauge Name="GeoTest" Version="1.0"><Image Name="zDATA_SCRN.bmp"/> <Update Frequency="18" /> <Macro Name="c">C:fs9gps</Macro><Macro Name="g">C:fs9gps</Macro>   <Element> <Element>-	<Select>	  <Value>(A:PLANE LATITUDE, degrees) (>@c:GeoCalcLatitude1,degrees) (A:PLANE LONGITUDE, degrees) (>@c:GeoCalcLongitude1,degrees) 0 (>@c:GeoCalcAzimuth1,degrees) 20 (>@c:GeoCalcLength,nmiles) (@c:GeoCalcExtrapolationLatitude,degrees) (>L:Lat1,degrees) (@c:GeoCalcExtrapolationLongitude,degrees) (>L:Lon1,degrees)    </Value> 	 </Select>	</Element>  <Element>	  <Position X="9" Y="8" />   <FormattedText X="140" Y="130" Font="Tahoma" FontSize="13" LineSpacing="16" Adjust="Left" Color="#349F34" Bright="Yes">	  <String>	   %Lat1%((L:Lat1,degrees) d 0 >= s0 r abs d 3600 * 60 % r d 60 * 60 % flr r flr 'N' 'S' l0 ? )%!s!%!02.0f!% %!02.0f!%' %!02.0f!"%\n	%Lon1%((L:Lon1,degrees) d 0 >= s0 r abs d 3600 * 60 % r d 60 * 60 % flr r flr 'E' 'W' l0 ? )%!s!%!03.0f!% %!02.0f!%' %!02.0f!%"%	  </String>	  </FormattedText>	</Element> </Element> </Gauge>

basically it returns Lat/Long 20 NM ahead .CheersKarol