Open/Close Windows and Popups in C

[n4gix]

Opening and closing windows or popup panels:

The method isn't really difficult, and is listed in the SDK key_events:

trigger_key_event (KEY_PANEL_ID_OPEN,nn) ;

trigger_key_event (KEY_PANEL_ID_CLOSE,nn) ;

trigger_key_event (KEY_PANEL_ID_TOGGLE,nn) ;

where nn is the panel ident number/name

For example, to open 80 and close 90, the following would be in your mouse callback:

{
trigger_key_event (KEY_PANEL_ID_OPEN,80) ;
trigger_key_event (KEY_PANEL_ID_CLOSE,90) ;
}

The above would be used to "swap panels."

For a simple "popup window" you would use the TOGGLE version:

trigger_key_event (KEY_PANEL_ID_TOGGLE,100) ;

or

trigger_key_event (KEY_PANEL_ID_TOGGLE,IDENT_GPS_PANEL) ;

A full list of all the "predefined panel idents" is listed in the gauges.h file:

 // Panel identifiers
#define IDENT_MAIN_PANEL                        0
#define IDENT_THROTTLE_PANEL                    10
#define IDENT_RADIO_STACK_PANEL                 50
#define IDENT_COMPASS_PANEL                     75
#define IDENT_MINI_CONTROLS_PANEL               100
#define IDENT_ANNUNCIATOR_PANEL                 125
#define IDENT_ANNUNCIATOR2_PANEL                150
#define IDENT_IFR_MAIN_PANEL                    175
#define IDENT_COLLECTIVE_PANEL                  200
#define IDENT_GPS_PANEL                         225
#define IDENT_OVERHEAD_PANEL                    250
#define IDENT_USER                              10000
#define IDENT_USER_MAX                          19999
#define IDENT_AIRCRAFT_HUD_3D_PANEL             20000
#define IDENT_HELICOPTER_HUD_3D_PANEL           20001
#define IDENT_CONTROLS_HUD_3D_PANEL             20002
#define IDENT_TEXT_HUD_3D_PANEL                 20003
#define IDENT_DAMAGE_HUD_3D_PANEL               20004
#define IDENT_SCORE_HUD_3D_PANEL                20005
#define IDENT_LSO_WINDOW                        22000

[turbofire]

Bill, What FS are you using this on? Would it work in FS2000? Just wanna know before going to all the trouble to do it. LOL

[n4gix]

The above is valid for both FS2004 and FSX. I no longer have the SDK for FS2000, so I cannot provide a definitive answer. I suspect that it will still work though.