Unclear about a few SDK functions

[Brendan Chen 943434]

Hi all,

 

I've been looking at the SDK header in detail, and came to implement some functions, only to find that I can't figure out how to use the functions.

 

• I realised there are functions from CAircraftFlightPlan cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts] that are called: GetArrivalRwy() and GetDepartureRwy(). But I couldn't figure out where and how I would set the departure or arrival runways for an aircraft in code?
  
• When I select CSectorElement::GetComponentName(int Index) or CSectorElement::GetRunwayName(int Index), what is this 'Index'? Why is it only 0 and 1? What does 0 and 1 represent?
  
• Is there an inbuilt function for STCA that I might be able to call when conflict arise? Or must I write the detection manually?
  
• I would like to display the predicted track (with ETA and waypoint name), is there a function which will be able to automatically display that when called? Or the track will need to be manually coded?
  
• Also I would like to create some UI interfaces with a scrollbar on the right, basically work like AddPopupList() function and AddListElement() function, except doing that for a custom-drawn UI widgets, how would that be implemented?
  
• Finally, is there a function within the SDK which allows me to determine whether a certain point is within a region? Example would be whether an aircraft is inside a CTA or FIR? I've came across the function CSectorElement::GetPosition(), but not sure on whether the function will do what I've described...

 

Could someone please shed some light on these questions please?

 

Regards,

[Todor Atanasov 878664]

- You can't, these two functions only get the data. In the next release you will be able to set the values.

- Because every Runway has two directions you have to specify which one you need, 0 or 1, depending on how they were defined in the sct file.

- No there is no STCA function for the plugins, SATCAS, TAAATS and EuroCat 2000 plugins all have their own custom STCA functions. So you have to build one own.

- You can simply use ES flight track and simply change it's tag item from ES.

- You have email about that.

- You have to make a custom function for that too, in Internet there are plenty of codes for determining if a point is inside a region.

[Brendan Chen 943434]

Thanks for that Todor, will have a look through the example you sent.

 

I have just came across another 2 questions:

• How can I bring up the flight plan dialogue box by code?
  
• Also is there a way to access the ATIS information letter (e.g. A, B, C...)?

 

Thanks.

[Gergely Csernak]

You can use the CRadarScreen :: StartTagFunction to open the FP dialog. But no access to the ATIS letter at the moment.