FSX XML Coding Question

[rpmc]

Fly:

The scope of that particular wiki is keyboard traps, <On Key="xx">, and the table at the bottom lists decimal and hex values for the keyboard.

Joystick button and other event traps behave similarly, but need to be written as <On Event="xx">. Pete Dowson provided a list of event codes (Control codes) in the FSUIPC documentation. However, even the FSUIPC list doesn't cover joystick related event codes, but you can use one of the event logger apps to tell which event is fired by which button.

Also take a look at the Events and Traps wiki.

Bob

Manfred - thanks once again for your help on the Events and Traps wiki. I remember that you caught an xml logic error I made in the first draft.

 

[ddawson]

Hello. Thank you rpmc for that information. For FS2004, I used Doug Dowson's event logger, and the "Key_Events_Sent.log showed, in part:
By the way, unless I'm missing something, I could not see any button id's until I assigned a button to an FS event. When I assigned button 1 to adf, then I could see the id.

Time=321.927933; id=227; event_in=KEY_AXIS_AILERONS_SET; evdata=-844
Time=321.928003; id=30; event_in=KEY_ADF; evdata=0
Time=321.928016; id=978; event_in=KEY_ATC_MENU_CLOSE; evdata=0
So I tried this:

<Keys>
<On Event="0x30"> (>KAUSE_TOGGLE)
</On>
</Keys>

As a test, I added the above to an XML gauge but it did not work. So I tried using FSX using XMLTools and it showed the event was 10019. So I tried this in an FSX XML gauge but no go, and 10019 did not work in the FS2004 XML gauge either. So... 1) Why do the event id's for the same button not match? 2) Why did the XML code using the On Event to "pause" not work?

The values returned by the event logger are decimal, not hex. Also, If you want to use the values returned in a trap, you'll need to add 65536 to them, so you probably want:

<Keys>
<On Event="65566"> (>K:PAUSE_TOGGLE)
</On>
</Keys>
or
<Keys>
<On Event="0x1001E"> (>K:PAUSE_TOGGLE)
</On>
</Keys>

 

[flythesimskies]

Hello. Thank you for your response. I did try : <On Key="0x30"> and <On Key="0x10019"> (from FSX XMLtools) and it did not work. Which makes sense since On Key is looking for a keyboard input whether it be a decimal or hexadecimal value. It was worth a try . For DDawson, what is: 65566(d) (= 1001E(h)) ? I do not see that value show up in either of my gauges (event logger or XMLtools). I did try <On Key = "30"> as well, a no go... And why was there a difference of id's between the logger (=30) and XMLTools (=10019) for the same button? Btw DDawson, the only way "your values worked is if I, for example, assigned button 1 to the ADF, which is FS control offset 65566. But this defeats the whole idea of using an XML gauge to directly access a game controller's buttons to control an FS variable/event. When I remove the FS button assignment, then the pausing no longer functions. The logic you provided (and as it worked) was to have the Event "ADF" cause the pause. I do not find that useful. But I do thank you for event logger.

 

[flythesimskies]

Hello. I am pressing Button 1 on a joystick device. When I use event logger, it shows the id as 30; when I use XMLTools, the id is 10019. I tried using <On Key=, <On Event=, variations (hexadecimal and decimal) of 30 and 10019 and could not get the button to pause FS. I must mention that event logger and XMLTools do not show the button event, unless that button is assigned an FS control. FSUIPC shows the button event without any assigning. Of course, the button is later assigned. As I mentioned before, I do not think XML can detect a joystick button directly - unfortunately. Good thing for FSUIPC.