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Can One have 'Transparency' in FS2004?
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Of course, as a quick look at some of the FS9 default XML scripts would confirm...
Normally it is used in the context of a <Text..../> element:
<Text X="41" Y="14" Length="8" Fixed="Yes" Font="Quartz" FontHeight="0" FontWeight="400" Charset="Default" Attributes="Normal" Adjust="Center" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Color="#101010" BackgroundColor="transparent" HilightColor="white" Bright="Yes" UseTransparency="Yes">
or in <FormattedText...</FormattedText>
<FormattedText X="160" Y="52" Font="Arial" FontSize="50" Adjust="Left" Color="Gray" Transparent="Yes" Bright="Yes">
<String>%((A:Ambient Wind Direction, degrees))%!0d!\{dplo= } /%</String>
</FormattedText>
Normally it is used in the context of a <Text..../> element:
<Text X="41" Y="14" Length="8" Fixed="Yes" Font="Quartz" FontHeight="0" FontWeight="400" Charset="Default" Attributes="Normal" Adjust="Center" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Color="#101010" BackgroundColor="transparent" HilightColor="white" Bright="Yes" UseTransparency="Yes">
or in <FormattedText...</FormattedText>
<FormattedText X="160" Y="52" Font="Arial" FontSize="50" Adjust="Left" Color="Gray" Transparent="Yes" Bright="Yes">
<String>%((A:Ambient Wind Direction, degrees))%!0d!\{dplo= } /%</String>
</FormattedText>
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Thanks Fr. Bill.
I see that it can be used for 'drawn' rectangles that are filled with gray and made as a transparency as well. I am going to 'figure' that transparency is a set amount, as there doesnt seem to be a setting scaler of any sort that can be found, (or at least that I havent found yet).
Thanks again,
Bill
PS: On one of your above strings, it states a setting of FontHeight=... That cant be a 'hover' setting of the font above a surface, can it? For instance, the font Quartz, in reality, hovers slightly, being an LCD screen readout, casting a barely visible shadow. Surely that cannot be an available option in gauge writing, can it! (That would be pretty impressive).
I see that it can be used for 'drawn' rectangles that are filled with gray and made as a transparency as well. I am going to 'figure' that transparency is a set amount, as there doesnt seem to be a setting scaler of any sort that can be found, (or at least that I havent found yet).
Thanks again,
Bill
PS: On one of your above strings, it states a setting of FontHeight=... That cant be a 'hover' setting of the font above a surface, can it? For instance, the font Quartz, in reality, hovers slightly, being an LCD screen readout, casting a barely visible shadow. Surely that cannot be an available option in gauge writing, can it! (That would be pretty impressive).
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