gapalp

Yeah, us developers need to get together and share our Simconnect fixes.One thing I found in the situation of a service pack being installed but the Simconnect version being a lower version (for example: SP2 installed but Simconnect is SP1 version) is to have the customer run Simconnect.msi from the SDK of the SP version they have installed. This will contain the version of Simconnect based on the SP installed. This assumes they install the SDK. I believe you could provide them the Simconnect.msi of the version of Simconnect you are trying to get them to without having the SDK installed, but I have not tried that yet.gapalp

Thanks for all the suggestions. I can see how this probably needs to be a C++ dll now. But again, where to start? I got programming skills but not Windows module hacking skills. The only other suggestions about this topic is 1 thread on FSDeveloper.com. It seems if we had at least a template for the creation of a wrapped window in FSX we could get more hobbyist developers involved in making integrated add ons.Why the hush hush on how to do this? Maybe because those that are doing this are not the hobbyist programmer and are able to spend the 80 hours a week figuring it out since it is their job.I will ask this question on the FSCopilot forum to see if this Benjamin may be able to over a more.

I am really interested in how to create custom integrated windows in FSX. Has anyone made anymore progress on this? Any sample code to share that goes into more detail? I am using C# and can get a custom form to show up on top of FSX and use FSX as the handle. But of course it is a separate window so full screen FSX does not work properly and in window mode every time I click on my form FS loses sound since I "switched" to another window. It appears some FSX programs, like FSWidgets, are using an integrated window now.Even the ability to keep the FSX window as the active window so it does not lose sound would be an improvement.I have seen some FS9 programs, like FSNavigator, that have integrated windows also. Maybe someone knows how to do it in previous version of FS and can share their thoughts. I understand the theory to do this but lack the C++/C# skills to implement without seeing more samples.Thanks,gapalp