/// <summary>
/// Read the MSFS 2020 XML Config file to find all permitted connection types
/// </summary>
/// <returns>List of connection configurations</returns>
private static List <SimConnectConfig> GetLocalFSConnections()
{
WriteLog("Start GetLocalFSConnections()");
List <SimConnectConfig> configs = new List <SimConnectConfig>();
try
{
var fileContent = File.ReadAllText(GetSimVarXMLPath()); // Load the file content instead of loading as XML - overcomes limitation with encoding
XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml(fileContent);
XmlNodeList xmlNodeList = xml.SelectNodes("/SimBase.Document/SimConnect.Comm");
foreach (XmlNode xmlNode in xmlNodeList)
{
try
{
SimConnectConfig config = GetConfigFromXml(xmlNode);
configs.Add(config);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
WriteLog(string.Format("Unable to parse XML Connection: {0}", ex.Message), EventLogEntryType.Warning);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
WriteLog(string.Format("Unable to open XML config: {0}", ex.Message), EventLogEntryType.Error);
}
WriteLog("End GetLocalFSConnections()");
return(configs);
}
private static void CreateConfigFile(SimConnectConfig config = null)
{
WriteLog("Start CreateConfigFile(SimConnectConfig)");
if (config == null)
{
config = new SimConnectConfig
{
Descr = "Dynamic Config",
Address = ((IPEndPoint)endPoint).Address.ToString(),
Port = ((IPEndPoint)endPoint).Port.ToString()
}
}
;
var filePath = GetConfigFilePath();
File.WriteAllText(filePath, config.ConfigFileText);
WriteLog("End CreateConfigFile(SimConnectConfig)");
}
public static void Connect(SimConnectConfig config)
{
WriteLog("Start Connect(SimConnectConfig)");
if (source != null)
{
Disconnect();
}
Connection = config;
CreateConfigFile(config);
source = new CancellationTokenSource();
token = source.Token;
token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
messagePump = new Task(RunMessagePump, token);
messagePump.Start();
messagePumpRunning = new AutoResetEvent(false);
messagePumpRunning.WaitOne();
WriteLog("End Connect(SimConnectConfig)");
}