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middle

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Guys, how does one go about adding text info to the html docs that are called up when you press F10 to access the kneeboard in flight? I've been fooling around with the CalClassic planes and at least for awhile I need the info while I'm attempting to fly the beasts....middle
 
You need a html editor
you could try a text editor
and change the direct to a text file
H
 
open html using notepad or something similar add or paste in the extra detail then save as a html file of the same name if you are appending an existing kneeboard page...
 
At flightsim.com:

FS2004 Creating Briefing Files Tutorial

Name: brieffs9.zip Size: 1,169,334 Date: 12-19-2008 Downloads: 266
FS2004 Creating Briefing Files - an illustrated tutorial. You have saved several (perhaps many) flights - why not add a briefing for each of them? This tutorial will show you how to easily create simple or complex briefing files in the HTM format which FS2004 uses. No programming knowledge is required. Compiled in .DOC and .PDF formats for your flying enjoyment by David "Opa" Marshall.
 
OK...now what the problem(challenge) of the day is, is to find where the dern sim hides the kneeboard ref page so I can edit it....any guesses,lol?
 
OK..I think I found the file...now...does this mean I have to learn to write in html code to do this?
 
I believe you can have TXT files for Kneeboard (if I am correct) for Fs2004.

You might give it a try, create a basic Kneeboard txt Checklist with a crazy name, link it in a Registry block, and see if it shows up. If so, then you can do TXT files with Notepad which will be much easier then doing them in HTML.

Now, for FSX, I think its HTML only..



Bill
 
Link it in a registry block? uh-oh....i'm showing a lack of knowledge here...uhhh, Bill, how do I do that? mid
 
The kneeboard is html
for the commands keys etc
but checklists etc can be text files in the individual
aircraft
and they show up in the kneeboard
what exactly are you trying to do?
H
 
What I'm trying to do is add some info to the kneeboard in all of the calclassic DC6's and DC7's...mainly numbers and stuff that help to fly the plane correctly, if that's the right word. So when you hit F10, the kneeboard comes up but for the life of me I can;t find where the sim is getting it cus there is no html file in the plane folder...just a couple textfiles and that's it...yet when I try to add info to either of the textfiles, it doesn't show......it's really so I don't have to print all this stuff out and ahve all that paper floatin around here. These planes are a real challenge to operate and i'm learning a whole lot of dstuff that I will probably never use outside of my flight room,lol,....

Anyway, the kneeboard has five different pages and if I could figure out a way to edit at least one of those pages it would be great...I just can't seem to find where they are kept, the kneeboards that is, for indvidual planes......does that make sense, Henry? When I was ill all that time this year, I kind of didn't feel much like shootin at stuff so I put down cfs3/eto for awhile and re-installed FS9 and have beeen having a great deal of fun with it. mid
 
ok thats easy
create a text file with the info you want
and save it as dc3_ref for example
then add this to this line in the aircraft cfg
kb_reference=dc3_ref.txt
that should do it
H
 
Ahh - so......thanks, Henry...I'll give it a whirl....! I'll give a full report later on after I reboot the macine to normal ops. I've finally put all my FS9 scenery in files outside of the sim itself and have found that it runs a lot smoother. Nwo when I fly I go into msconfig and shut down a whole bunch of running background stuff and other processes that are not crucial to flying.....I disable the virus stuff except for one shield to protect from any junk getting in while I'm using real-world weather and with the track IR i'm really getting a great deal of enjoyment out of this lately.Instead of just flying around aimlessly, I'm trying to challenge myself. However, I don't know it all by rote so I have to have some helpfiles while I'm flying.....I'm getting a lot of satisfaction flying thse old
DC'6's and 7's within the set or suggested flight parameters.mid
 
Yer right, Henry is on the mark once again! It works. Thanks, that's just what I was looking for.

I also d-loaded that briefing tutorial that Wing_z mentioned and it's pretty neat too....but, it seems like it's mainly in used in context of saved flights. I just want to call up the kneeboard for papameters in flight.It's amazing to me all the stuff that the propliner pilots had to do to get from a-b. From all I've read it seems those guys were pretty busy in the cockpit, especially in flights where one would hit cruising altitude and then begin descent.

On one of my experimental flights, I think in the DC7B, I switched the superchargers from low to hig without first reducing RPM and got a whole bunch of nasty noises from the plane...lost power ultimately and crashed, but learned my lesson on that particular plane.

Thanks again, guys. mid
 
Henry said:
ok thats easy
create a text file with the info you want
and save it as dc3_ref for example
then add this to this line in the aircraft cfg
kb_reference=dc3_ref.txt
that should do it
H
Click to expand...

actually it should be t'other way 'round

save it as dc3_ref.txt

then add this to this line in the aircraft cfg
kb_reference=dc3_ref (without the .txt)

Also, I believe the two lines are case-sensitive so if the file is called DC-3_ref.txt then the cfg entry has to be DC-3_ref - not dc-3_ref but you may have to fiddle.

I have seen cases (and can't remember the specifics) where it didn't like a .txt file. If you run into that you can open the txt file in WORD (not notepad or Wordpad) and save it as .htm file (NOT .html). Then the kneeboard will see it correctly.
This is esp. nice if it's a long file with various sections. A bit of studying in Word and you can create linkable, jumpable HTML docs that you can click on in the kneeboard to jump to various sections and return to the top like any web page.

For an example (or to use as a template, see the checklist and reference files in Jens Kristensen's DC-4 series)

I highly recommend that anyone spend some time on FlightSim.com or AvSim ( when it's back on operation) and download David "Opa" Marshall's full set of Tips and Tricks. While some of the links may not be valid anymore there's a wealth of info, links and files to help with issues like the kneeboard, scenery, cfg files and a few nice addons
.
Search for "tips and tricks" on Flightsim seems to get all of them (plus a couple of bonuses). A full zipped set is 57Mb so I can't link it here.

If you miss any, search for any of the following .zip files:
"tipstrik.zip" , "tant9" thru "tandt25", "tpstr_7" & "tpstr_8", "tpstr_vi", "tpstr_v", "tpstriii" "tpstriv" "tpstrkii" and "idxtandt". (Opa changed the naming part-way thru :icon_lol:)

Rob
 
In Post #4 I linked to an"Opa" Marshall file, but it was not what I was thinking of...doh.

This one, building on David's earlier ideas, might just be what you're after:
(in fact, I am now inspired to go and make copious lists to link to the kneeboard, just because you can!)

FS2004 (ACOF) - Misc.
FS2004 Omni Notes - New Kneeboard
[ Download | View ]

Name: omninote.zip Size: 975,175 Date: 01-08-2006 Downloads: 782
FS2004 Omni Notes - A New Kneeboard Enhancement which allows you to display whatever information you wish to see at any time in any aircraft without pausing your flight! You can display text and graphic formats such as jpg, bmp and even animated gifs. OmniNotes is designed to work with the default kneeboard but a setup for anyone who uses Rana Hossain's Moving Map program is also provided. This package includes a complete setup with samples of various displayable items. You can easily configure Omni Notes to suit your particular requirements. Comprehensive, illustrated documentation in pdf format is included. Original concept by Loyd Livaudais. Project compilation by David "Opa" Marshall.
 
Every Windows PC has a simple WYSIWYG HTML editor built in - it's just that it wasn't intended to be one and most people done realize it's there.

  1. Open Outlook Express and start a new mail message.
  2. In the Menu Bar, under the View menu, check the Source Edit option.
  3. Compose your rich text document.
  4. Look at the bottom of the window and click the Source tab.
  5. Click once in the body and then hit Ctrl+A and then Ctrl+C (highlight all and copy)
  6. Open Notepad and paste what you just copied.
  7. When saving, include the .htm extension and then in the drop-down just below the filename, select the All Types option.
Images can be incorporated, but you pretty much have to edit the html by hand, which defeats the whole purpose of using this shortcut.
 
Even more info...Thanks Tom. I installed Omni-notes and it is really neat. Works fine after studying the instructions.
 
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