ClearDark Posted November 28, 2011 Author Posted November 28, 2011 It seems a bit odd because even when I remove the gauges from the code, your panel fails to load. The parser doesn't fail, but there is no visible window once the profile is loaded. This has me baffled and I've never seen anything like it. I'm still trying to figure it out, I'll have an answer shortly :)
Seaeye Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 I've realised what I have done.. I told you I was new to this. I missed out these lines prior to sticking in the gauges: <Control> <Name>HawgTouch Gauges Showcase</Name> <PanelImage>\Images\FltInst.png</PanelImage> <X>400</X> <Y>0</Y> <ShowTitleButtons>true</ShowTitleButtons> <SizePercent>100</SizePercent> <Gauges> <Gauge> <Name>VHFFM</Name> <Type>HawgTouch.GaugePack.Gauges.A10VHF</Type> <DataImportID>GAUGE_VHF_FM</DataImportID> <SizePercent>40</SizePercent> <Y>120</Y> <X>720</X> </Gauge> </Gauges> </Control> I guess I should have looked before hand.. I'll have to makea custom panel image with holes in for the MFCDs, but I think I'm on the right track now.
ClearDark Posted November 28, 2011 Author Posted November 28, 2011 Ok, I've found the problem. Your <Gauges> nesting was incorrect. Your current profile nesting is like this: - Tabs - Tab - Controls - Gauges - Control - Buttons That's incorrect, the Gauges elements are to be nested under the Control elements, same level as the Buttons elements, like so: - Tabs - Tab - Controls - Control - Buttons - Gauges I've attached a fixed profile, though it shows the gauges you added (The frequency repeaters) on the UFC Control, you'll have to fiddle with their X/Y for better placement.01_Mike's Profile.zip
Seaeye Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 Ok, and thanks alot for your help. I am learning, bit by bit, but I am gradually getting the hang on this! Cheers mate, I will continue to make this profile of mine and upload it once it's done..
ClearDark Posted November 28, 2011 Author Posted November 28, 2011 Ok, and thanks alot for your help. I am learning, bit by bit, but I am gradually getting the hang on this! Cheers mate, I will continue to make this profile of mine and upload it once it's done.. No sweat Seaeye! If you have any more questions just post it here. I'll reply ASAP with whatever issues you might have.
Sappo Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Hey ClearDark.... looks like a nice peice of work! I have a question though, is there any way can you think to make this work on a tablet device? I just posted a thread about the BB PlayBook, with pretty much this exact idea in mind. However I have yet to get my hands on the device, and operating system... so as of yet unsure if it will be possible to have it function like a 'windows OS'
ClearDark Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 HawgTouch will work out of the box with any Windows 7 based tablets that might be out there (I haven't really sniffed around at that market). On iDevices and Android, obviously it won't work. There are some pretty good alternatives for these OS's here in these forums. What kind of tablets are you referring to? :)
Sappo Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 BlackBerry Playbook, specifically. I only ask because I am getting one for christmas, and would love to use it as a touch-screen monitor ingame. But I would assume it runs a properietary BlackBerry OS... however, I also just saw a link to a Citrix app, which allows you to view/use remote desktops. I am trying to envision a way to use that and login to a 2nd PC that is running HawgTouch
ClearDark Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 I'm not quite understanding the "chaining" you wish to achieve in a logical order. But I will certainly be able to modify the code of HawgTouch to support these cases if there's a neat way of doing it. Once you get the tablet, contact me and we'll try and work it through. When there's a will there's a way. :)
Seaeye Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Hey Cleardark. Me again. OK, I've been building this profile of mine and decided to rough out a second tab for engine gauges etc. I've done that ok, but when I click on the second tab the second tab appears, but the tab controller disappears. The only way to get it back is by alt-tabbing hawg touch back on top. Have you any idea how i can keep HawgTouch on the top at all time to avoid this happening? Cheers01_Mike's Profile.zip
ClearDark Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 Checking, will post back here with results. 1
ClearDark Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 Looks like I'm missing some graphic files from your profile, If you could package your entire profile up in the zip it would be great. Thanks :)
Seaeye Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Oops, sorry. Here it is again..01_Mike's Profile.zip
ClearDark Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 Oops, sorry. Here it is again.. I checked the profile and it seems to run perfect. Sometimes the HawgTouch tab control will act up, I've figured it happens mostly if your profile tabs and the control tabs are overlapping eachother. Usually the Tab Control is configured to run always on top and no matter what you do it should not "disappear". Try messing with the positioning and run HawgTouch as Administrator. If that doesn't solve the issue then I'll dive into the code and probably release a hotfix.
Seaeye Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) that makes sense. I think I'll have to cut some holes into my gauges background to accomodate the tab control and the mfd bezels. when ever i click the gauges (accidently) it brings the gauge background over the tab control. Thanks again, it seems I just need a nudge in the right direction from time to time.. Edit: That's exactly what I had to do. Cheers mate. Edited December 1, 2011 by Seaeye
ClearDark Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 that makes sense. I think I'll have to cut some holes into my gauges background to accomodate the tab control and the mfd bezels. when ever i click the gauges (accidently) it brings the gauge background over the tab control. Thanks again, it seems I just need a nudge in the right direction from time to time.. Edit: That's exactly what I had to do. Cheers mate. Awesome. Glad it worked! If you have any more issues, post'em up!
Sappo Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Well basically if I cannot find some way to load the application natively on the tablet... I will try to remote view a desktop which is already running your software, and hopefully that will not be terribly laggy :)
Megatherion Posted December 22, 2011 Posted December 22, 2011 MFCD's on second computer possible??? Is it possible to run the MFCD + UFC panels on a second computer (with graphics in the MFCD's) , or is that only possible on a second monitor? The gauges work beautifully on my laptop.
ClearDark Posted December 26, 2011 Author Posted December 26, 2011 Is it possible to run the MFCD + UFC panels on a second computer (with graphics in the MFCD's) , or is that only possible on a second monitor? The gauges work beautifully on my laptop. Of course it is. Read the instructions on the main page of this thread. If it's still unclear I'll be glad to further elaborate and guide you step by step how to set it up!
Sappo Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 Well got the playbook... What info do you need ? How can we get started on porting this bad-boy :D
ClearDark Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 Well got the playbook... What info do you need ? How can we get started on porting this bad-boy :D What do you mean? :)
Sappo Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 I'm not quite understanding the "chaining" you wish to achieve in a logical order. But I will certainly be able to modify the code of HawgTouch to support these cases if there's a neat way of doing it. Once you get the tablet, contact me and we'll try and work it through. When there's a will there's a way. :) :joystick:
ClearDark Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 O ya! Well, first and foremost, all the info regarding the tablet. OS, specs and so on. That would be a good start :)
Sappo Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 OS is proprietary Blackberry , OS1 - with OS2 coming in February. 1ghz dual-core cpu, 1gb ram, 7" touch-screen etc. This is the developer link; http://us.blackberry.com/developers/ Notice it is possible to code for C-C++, Adobe, HTML, Android, and Java. If I may inquire, what is your program built on? I am looking into installing the development tools myself... but have very little experience in coding apart from some tinkering over 10 years ago :)
ClearDark Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 HawgTouch is written completely in C#. Converting it to C++ would be a tremendous effort that I'm not sure I can take on myself at this point. I will be looking further into this and see what I can come up with. Since originally I'm a C++ developer, I might be able to scribble up a proxy or an "adapter". I'll post back with more information :)
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