| IFlightSimulatorX Interface |
The interface for objects that can talk to Microsoft's Flight Simulator X for us.
Namespace: VirtualRadar.Interface.FlightSimulatorX
Assembly: VirtualRadar.Interface (in VirtualRadar.Interface.dll) Version: 1.0.0.0 (1.0.0.0)
SyntaxThe IFlightSimulatorX type exposes the following members.
Properties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Connected |
Gets a value indicating whether we are connected to Flight Simulator X or not.
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| ConnectionStatus |
Gets a description of the state of the connection to FSX.
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| IsFrozen |
Gets or sets a value indicating that the simulated aircraft's position, altitude and attitude
are frozen in FSX. When an aircraft is frozen it is unable to move but FSX will register a collision
if it hits an object or the ground.
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| IsInstalled |
Gets a value indicating that Flight Simulator X appears to be installed.
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| IsSlewing |
Gets or sets a value indicating that the simulator is in slew mode. In slew mode the aircraft does
not fly normally but the pitch is still affected by the simulated environment. FSX will ignore
collisions with objects or the ground.
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| MessagesReceivedCount |
Gets a count of messages that have been sent from FSX.
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Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Connect |
Connects to Flight Simulator X.
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| Disconnect |
Disconnects from Flight Simulator X.
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| Dispose | Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources. (Inherited from IDisposable.) |
 | IsSimConnectMessage |
Returns true if the Windows message is a SimConnect message from Flight Simulator X.
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| MoveAircraft |
Tells Flight Simulator to move the simulated aircraft to the position specified.
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| RequestAircraftInformation |
Sends a request to Flight Simulator for information about the simulated aircraft.
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Events| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AircraftInformationReceived |
Raised when Flight Simulator responds to a call to RequestAircraftInformation.
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| ConnectionStatusChanged |
Raised whenever ConnectionStatus changes.
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| FlightSimulatorXExceptionRaised |
Raised whenever Flight Simulator raises an exception.
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| FreezeStatusChanged |
Raised whenever IsFrozen changes.
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| SlewStatusChanged |
Raised whenever IsSlewing changes.
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| SlewToggled |
Raised whenever the user manually toggles slew mode within the game.
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Remarks
SimConnect sends messages to another application via Windows messages, so we need to have access to a WndProc
for this to work. The .NET framework doesn't make it easy to get at the WndProc for a form directly, you need
to inherit from the form to do so. We could use interop and just do it the old-fashioned way but it feels a bit
naughty-naughty, so instead the caller should call IsSimConnectMessage(Message) for every message they receive
and do nothing if it returns true.
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