New project - MSFS C++ USB interface

[Ioannis]

Seems you are very persistent person! And wow, you did an amazing trip through all these environments...!

Respect from me.

Ioannis

[Demon]

I prefer the term "obnoxiously stubborn and willfully oblivious".

Note to future-self, ALWAYS put the Windows INCLUDE at the top of the list. Argh, the multitude of insane errors and hours of google searches...


Status of the day; didn't get as far as I planned with that stupid include problem, but I did get to compile the generated code with USB components in 64-bits, and connect to MSFS, that last part was my do-or-die moment of the day.



EDIT: Oh yeah, the single button in the interface works fine; changing between a 0 and a 1 when I press a button on the Lab-X1. Haven't implemented anything else yet.

[Demon]

Men can find joy from the simplest things.

Landing light ON-OFF from the Lab-X1 via USB.



Robert

[Ioannis]

Men can find joy from the simplest things.

Landing light ON-OFF from the Lab-X1 via USB.

Oh, yeah! I understand that feeling... Especially after the long trip to finally manage that damn thing to flip!

Ioannis

[Demon]

YAY! I can finally detect a change in Engine RPM. And this is why I absolutely wanted to have Code Debugging working.



Now I just have to learn how to use structures and variables in C++. I kept trying to peek at that data, but I just couldn't get to see anything meaningful.

Good thing we have google tutorials. Worse case, I'll ask on the Dev forums, but I want to try to get there on my own.

Robert

[Ioannis]

You did all that in C++ with no knowledge of structures and variables?

For me C was difficult when I tried to learn and then C++ was 10 fold worse...

Well, I have to try again I guess.

Well done Robert.

Ioannis

[Demon]

Thanks. Yup, tried C For Dummies 20+ years ago and got nowhere fast.

I'll refer you one youtube video later. The dude speaks clearly, and in no time you have a basic window with buttons and stuff.

Best part, Visual Studio 2022 Community is free. It's way better than what we had for Visual Basic way back when.