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Path to the "Flight Simulator X files" folder

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Disregard thsi message, found the answer in a different thread....

Hi,

I've created an INS gauge that can read and load FSX flightplans. Up until now I retrieved these flightplans by checking the "Flight Simulator X files" folder in the "My documents" folder. I retrieve the path to the localized "my documents" folder through a standard API call.

I was not aware however that the "Flight Simulator X files" folder name in itself is also localized in different language editions of FSX ! Now I was wondering if there is any way to find this path ?

I checked the registry and it isn't there, FSUIPC also seems to be unable to get the correct path, so is there any other way ?

Thx for helping,
Björn
 
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I was hoping that someone would point out the obvious violation of the unwritten flightsim modeller's posting rule:

If you post a question, and find the answer, you MUST post the answer, and not let the readers dangle in suspense!!

(or variation thereof, considering it's unwritten and I made it up a long time ago)
 
DragonflightDesign said:
Okay - so I didn't search 'Tools - Programming'!:p

-Dai
Click to expand...

Since the question was asked in the Gauges forum, I too assumed at first that the answer would be in this forum as well...

...since it wasn't, I widened the scope of the search and found it... :wizard:
 
I wrote something to do that recently. I used the Windows SDK to get the system folder for Documents (Vista) or My Documents (XP) and then I searched the contents for a directory containing "Flight Simulator X" and built the path from that.

I don't have the C code with me right now, but I should be able to dig it out later.

Si

Edit:

This code will get the Windows Documents folder, regardless of whether it's in the default position or whether it's been moved:

Code: 
	WCHAR p[MAX_PATH];
	BOOL r = SHGetSpecialFolderPath( 0,
		p,
		CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS ,
		0);

The resultant path to Documents is placed in P and is wchar type. I can't find the code where I did a search within the path to a specific directory.

Si
 
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Of course, there had to be a 'stupid question' follow-up, so this is it: is it always 'Flight Simulator Files' or 'Flight Simulator X Files' in every language?

-Dai
 
DragonflightDesign said:
Of course, there had to be a 'stupid question' follow-up, so this is it: is it always 'Flight Simulator Files' or 'Flight Simulator X Files' in every language?

-Dai
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If you use this code, the question becomes moot, since the check for language.dll will automatically retrieve the precise language specific name:

Code: 
  char dll_path[MAX_PATH];
  char FSFilesPath[MAX_PATH];

// assuming FS_Path is a string that contains the path to the FS installation...
  strcpy_s(dll_path,MAX_PATH-1,FS_Path);
  strcat_s(dll_path,MAX_PATH-1,"\\language.dll");
  HINSTANCE hInstLang = LoadLibrary(dll_path);
  if (hInstLang)
  { 
    LoadStringA(hInstLang, 36864, &FSFilesPath[0], 128);
    // FSFilesPath now contains the value of 'Flight Simulator Files" based on language installation
    FreeLibrary(hInstLang);
  }

Combine this with the routine to locate the AppData path, and you should have all you need...
 
That's the one I'm using Bill; I was hoping to do a bit of code chopping by calling from Simon's code to a subroutine for checking for a specific file or folder that I already have.

Okay, so now I come to look it would have saved me exactly two lines of code.... :D

-Dai
 
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