xml and fsx

[crowbar2k]

can anyone point out good resources for getting the hang of fsx 's exe.xml formatting?

I ve had a whole series of addons now that fail to install because I havent got this working properly. Is there anyone who does succesfully have 5 or 6 items all launched by the exe.xml file and integrating into fsx?

apps that have needed it include fsdiscover, aicarrier,whalesinocean etc

thanks

[scott967]

I've never seen it documented, but mine looks like this:

<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>EXE.xml</Filename>
	<Disabled>False</Disabled>
	<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
	<Launch.Addon>
		<Disabled>False</Disabled>
		<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
		<Name>Autothumbnail</Name>
		<Path>E:\Flt_Sim\Autothumbnail\Autothumbnail.exe</Path>
	</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>

So I assume you just repeat this section as often as desired, with the correct name and path filled in:

	<Launch.Addon>
		<Disabled>False</Disabled>
		<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
		<Name>Autothumbnail</Name>
		<Path>E:\Flt_Sim\Autothumbnail\Autothumbnail.exe</Path>
	</Launch.Addon>

scott s.
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[deepsea345]

i have mine set to automatically start up the following:

-DvoFollowMe (program for adding a follow-me vehicle: http://followme.supercell.nl/)

- "FSX Mouse Controls" (a program i made with Autohotkey to use the mouse middle button to control panning, for one handed panning)

- VoiceChecklist (A freeware checklist program made by Oliver Strauss, i dodn't like having to start it up manually so i added it to the exe.xml file)

so here's my exe.xml file now

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>exe.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>

<Launch.Addon>
<Name>DvoFollowMe</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>Disposition\FollowMe.exe</Path>
</Launch.Addon>

<Launch.Addon>
<Name>FSX Mouse Controls</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSX Mouse Controls.exe</Path>
</Launch.Addon>

<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Checklist</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\Voice Checklist\voiceChecklist.exe</Path>
</Launch.Addon>

</SimBase.Document>

as you could see, i just reused the "launch.addon" entry and replaced the names and paths with the new entries

[crowbar2k]

I think I may have a handle on part of my problem

there were too many </SimBase.Document> entries

from the ones listed I can see I only need 2 - one at start and one at the end