[Opengc-devel] Re: OpenGC 0.3 DLL problems

[Damion S. <dam...@ho...>]

Hi,

> But one more question: Why these files are necessary ? Have you developed
on
> VC++.NET ? Isn't it possible to stay at version 6 ?

Sure, VC6 works fine. But I use .NET because I like the debugger. If you
have VC6, you can certainly compile OpenGC.

> Everyone has the runtime libs to version 4 and 6 on the machines...

True. But it looks like the DLL distribution took care of things.

> And last : Will there be a tutorial how to create own gauges ? I would
like
> to learn and program an Airbusversion of PFD / ND / EADI.

Probably not in the near future, because writing a good tutorial would be
very time consuming. The easiest way to learn how to create gauges is to
start with an existing gauge - it's pretty simple. For example, use the 777
PFD as a starting point - the differences between a Boeing and Airbus
implementation are cosmetic; the code would be quite similar.

I would suggest doing the PFD and EADI first, because the ND code on the
Boeing side is not complete. If you run into problems getting started let me
know - the guys that did the 737 PFD and EICAS learned the OpenGC syntax
very quickly.

Cheers,
-Damion-

Btw - Version 1.0 of OpenGC will have a nice manual, but that's probably
6-12 months away.