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SimConnect_Text debug output

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mike44

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Hi
something alike:
SimConnect_Text(hSimConnect, SIMCONNECT_TEXT_TYPE_PRINT_WHITE, 10.0f, 0, sizeof("Module Loaded"), (void*)"Module Loaded");
doesn't write anything on the msfs screen. how to debug simconnect?
Thanks
 
The Text() function doesn't work in MSFS2020 (it is listed as deprecated in current online SDK docs).

Print debug info to stdout/stderr (console) or a log file. Or, in a GUI app, you could also use a temporary window/text widget.

HTH,
-Max
 
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printf("\nConnected to Flight Simulator!");

that works in the tagged data example but not in my code. Why what could I do wrong? Thanks
 
Hard to say w/out seeing your code or knowing how, specifically, yours doesn't work. Does it compile? Is it a console app or have a console attached? 🤷‍♂️
 
mike44 said:
printf("\nConnected to Flight Simulator!");

that works in the tagged data example but not in my code. Why what could I do wrong? Thanks
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This works for me:

Code: 
fprintf(stderr, "XXX: My debug message here\n");

This prints into the console window. "stderr" will print as an error in the console. (there are also info and warning type messages). "XXX" can be anything - I use it as a designator, to filter out all the other errors from the system.
 
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