SDK Utility Plugins

From X-Plane SDK

These tools can be downloaded from this page: SDK Example Binaries

DataRefEditor

This uses the DataRefs.txt file from the SDK website to determine what datarefs to show.

• Uses moveable window to list datarefs.
• More than one window supported so they can be arranged and sized to suit.
• Use the window edges to resize the window, select anywhere within the window to move it.
• More than one window supported so they can be arranged and sized to suit.

Usage:

• Type into bottom of the window to filter the datarefs, press return to allow Xplane keyboard focus.
• Left click on a value to edit it.
• The right most scroller allows the array indexes to be accessed from 0 to 99.
• The left most scroller controls the bank in steps of 100 to be selected, this allows arrays up to 4000 elements to be accessed.

See this link for more instructions: http://wiki.x-plane.com/DataRefEditor

DataRefTester

This uses the DataRefs.txt file from the SDK website to determine what datarefs to show. New features as of 02/2006

• Now allows the first 4096 elements to be viewed.
• Added GoTo button to allow direct access to any element.
• Tab completion, type in the first part of a dataref and then press the tab key.
• It will find the nearest match, repeat until the whole dataref is located.

New features as of 08/2005

• In the filters widget I have added 2 check boxes and a button
  • The first enables/disables the Dark Screen.
  • The second enables/disables Full Screen
  • Full Screen is when the dataref list takes up the whole screen.
  • If you disable this then the dataref list will scroll in the top quarter of the screen.

There is also a save button. This will save the dataref names and values in a comma delimited file called DataRefTesterValues.txt. This will be saved in the plugins directory. If you have applied a filter then only those daterefs will be saved. This is a very useful addition and the resulting file can be imported into a spreadsheet for instance.

DataInspector

This uses the DataRefs.txt file from the SDK website to determine what datarefs to show.

New features as of 02/2006

• Now allows the first 4096 elements to be viewed or edited.
• Tab completion, type in the first part of a dataref and then press the tab key.
• It will find the nearest match, repeat until the whole dataref is located.

New features as of 08/2005

• I have replaced the first 4 menu options with 4 more find widgets.
• This means we have 8 in total now.

A very useful feature that I have added is persistency. This means that any datarefs that you have typed in will be saved when you exit xplane. The next time you start xplane they will be loaded and you can use them again.

They are stored in a file called "DataInspector.dat" and it resides in the plugins directory. There is an example file in the archives below. Copy it to the plugins directory along with the plugin.

On Linux the plugin uses this path so make sure yours is the same. "Resources/plugins/DataRefs.txt" It should be as that was from a fresh install on my linux system.

Copy all of the above plugin files into the Xplane Resources\Plugins directory to see what they look like.

This is a good way to see what the examples do.