Merik Nanish 1184142 Posted May 24, 2014 at 04:40 PM Posted May 24, 2014 at 04:40 PM This is long time question of mine which I always forgot to ask; unfortunately there is no docomeentation on this on the wiki either: 1) What are the different settings files used for? We have SettingsfilesFP, SettingsfileDEP, etc. When do each of these come into play? 2) How can I add comments inside setting files? Does starting a line with ; mark it as a comment? NYARTCC Facility Engineer and Instructor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Kuster Posted May 24, 2014 at 04:48 PM Posted May 24, 2014 at 04:48 PM I can only give an answer to your first question. The different setting files are used to save information about the different lists in ES, which columns are displayed, how wide they are, ... There are also files for saving your settings for the tags, the symbols and some general information. Actually you can say, all settings you can change in ES somehow are saved in these files making it very easy to move to another computer/installation. Jonas Kuster Network Supervisor Leader Operation vACC Switzerland | vacc.ch @vaccswitzerland GNG Support Team | gng.aero-nav.com ES Plugin Developer | CCAMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Csernak Posted May 28, 2014 at 07:55 PM Posted May 28, 2014 at 07:55 PM The idea behind the multiple settings files is that you may want to use ES in different scenarios. You build up different profiles for that. Many things are different, but some items are the same. Then you may the same items to a common settings file and share it between the profiles. I strongly suggest not to edit the settings file manually. You have many dialogs for that. Gergely. EuroScope developer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merik Nanish 1184142 Posted June 4, 2014 at 12:41 PM Author Posted June 4, 2014 at 12:41 PM I have to clarify my question then: is there a way to know which setting file controls which dialog? I [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ume the one ending with DEP is for departure list, for exmaple, but is that correct? Do you have a list of which file controls what? NYARTCC Facility Engineer and Instructor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Kuster Posted June 4, 2014 at 01:20 PM Posted June 4, 2014 at 01:20 PM I have to clarify my previous answer because I realized that there can be a different number of files containing the settings depending on the distributor (vACC/ARTCC). In our distribution in Switzerland, we have 12 different setting files, each responsible for a specific part. I try to give you a list here: ARR - Arrival List DEP - Departure List FP - Flightplan List m_ - General (Screen) Settings PLUGINS - Plugins PROFILE - Saved profile settings SEL - Sector Exit List SIL - Sector Inbound List SYMBOLOGY - Symobology settings TAGS - Different tag settings/compositions VOICE - Voice Channel settings More or less every of this parts is closed with the statement END. Hope that helps. Jonas Kuster Network Supervisor Leader Operation vACC Switzerland | vacc.ch @vaccswitzerland GNG Support Team | gng.aero-nav.com ES Plugin Developer | CCAMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Bocaneanu 906549 Posted June 4, 2014 at 01:45 PM Posted June 4, 2014 at 01:45 PM Note however that the file names are not fixed and are chosen by whoever made the files. You could very well name it "Barack Hussein Obama.txt" and it couldn't care less. So you need to ask whoever you procured those files from. Eric Bocaneanu ROvACC Director Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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