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Originally Posted by Wild.Bill.Kelso

I don't know anything about the SDK, but I wrote the Toolkit and all of my Plugins in VB6, so I could help you get started there if you want. And also look at the SDK a little to see how it works.

My Plugins are just a VB6 Web Control, like a Button, textbox, or combobox. Since IE can display these ActiveX controls, I just made bigger/fancier 'controls' with more stuff in them.

WBK

Thanks, Bill. I've got C# VS Express installed and just need to get into it. It's apparently the "language of choice" for using the FSX SDK. I started using Quick Basic a few zillion years ago and moved into VB as it was introduced. It was always a neat language for getting quick results with a decent user interface in Windows...in the minimum time. I always thought of it as an engineer's language . I studied Fortran & Pascal in school but never really used them. I played with C and then C++ because there are some HW things you can't do without them...but I need a good 2-week hiatus in a padded room to get classes and instancing into this thick skull of mine. Guess I'll try that with C# first. Appreciate the offer...I may take you up on some hints when I get into it. I still think there's a lot to be gained from the new FSX SDK (and maybe MS's new flight simulator API they are releasing if it doesn't cost an arm and a leg...or two).