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Using left / right mouse clicks in the VC

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Hi guys,

Is there any way one can use left and right mouse clicks in the VC (for instance to move a button left or right) and attach separate events to these mouse clicks (Left=value -1; right=value+1)? So far we only get left mouse clicks to work...

Thx,
Björn
 
Hi
Yes you can apply any of the usable(fs supported) mouse functions to any switch ....But only at the code level if its a 2d xml code then anybody can alter it. If ts a C++ 2d or 3d modeled gauge/part then only the author/designer can change it.
Wozza
 
Of course! It's very similar to what you'd do in an XML "gauge" script...

Code: 
      <MouseFlags>LeftSingle+RightSingle+Wheel</MouseFlags>
      <CallbackCode>

        (M:Event) 'RightSingle' scmp 0 ==
             if{ (L:AntiIceOff, enum) -- 0 max (>L:AntiIceOff, enum) }

        (M:Event) 'LeftSingle' scmp 0 ==
             if{ (L:AntiIceOff, enum) ++  2 min (>L:AntiIceOff, enum) }

        (M:Event) 'WheelUp' scmp 0 ==
             if{ (L:AntiIceOff, enum) -- 0 max (>L:AntiIceOff, enum) }

        (M:Event) 'WheelDown' scmp 0 ==
              if{ (L:AntiIceOff, enum) ++  2 min (>L:AntiIceOff, enum) }

        <!-- Insert any scripts you want excecuted regardless of button/wheel used below this comment -->
        (L:VC_Click,bool) ! (>L:VC_Click,bool)
        1 (>L:XMLClick,enum)

      </CallbackCode>

Note that if you wish the Wheel to also be used, you must provide a separate entry for Up and Down as shown above. Of course, you could also assign completely different commands for the Wheel as well!

For example, a HDG knob frequently may be turned to set the heading, but also could be "pushed" to synch the HDG bug to the a/c's current heading.

As a matter of fact, you could script up to fifteen separate actions within a single mouse rectangle, although I can't imagine any reason to do so!

LeftDown
LeftDouble
LeftRelease
LeftDrag

MiddleDown
MiddleDouble
MiddleRelease
MiddleDrag
WheelUp
WheelDown

RightDown
RightDouble
RightRelease
RightDrag

Leave

Also, another parameter that few know about may be included in the <MouseFlags> entry:

DOWNREPEAT // this works just like the Down_Repeat used in XML "gauge" scripts!

For a complete list of <MouseFlags> available for modeldef.xml scripting, see the Using Modeling Tools SDK document.
 
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