Problem with BMP's using Ace Editor

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   Making my XML gauges in Ace Editor.
With putting the gauge into FS Panel studio no background bmp shows up. However when I go into FSX the gauges are working just fine pictures and all

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bgood98 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: April-04-2007 Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote bgood98 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Problem with BMP's using Ace Editor Posted: April-05-2007 at 1:45am
	Making my XML gauges in Ace Editor. With putting the gauge into FS Panel studio no background bmp shows up. However when I go into FSX the gauges are working just fine pictures and all

trsim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: April-02-2007 Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote trsim Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-05-2007 at 12:56pm
	Just a guess, but the problem may be with your XML file, not your bitmaps. If the XML file has typical XML headers, like <?xml ... > or <!DOCTYPE ... >, then FSPS will not load the bitmaps referenced in your XML gauge. Ed knows about it and said he would try to fix it. In the meantime, just take these lines out of your XML code. Taylor P.S. I have also seen this problem where there is a single null character before the <gauge> tag on the first line of the file.

bgood98 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: April-04-2007 Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote bgood98 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-05-2007 at 8:13pm
	mmk ACE XML is part of the FSX SDK package on the FSX Deluxe Disc 1 CD. The Headers are generated by it Here is an example of the guage as written in the SDK XML generator: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <SimBase.Document Type="AceXML" version="1,0" id="TRQL"> <Descr>AceXML Document</Descr> <Filename>TempL.xml</Filename> <SimGauge.Gauge id="Gauge"> <FloatPosition>0.000,0.000</FloatPosition> <Size>318,318</Size> <Image id="temp.bmp" Name="temp.bmp"> <Transparent>True</Transparent> <Luminous>True</Luminous> </Image> <Element id="Needle"> <FloatPosition>160.000,160.000</FloatPosition> <Image id="trqneedle.bmp" Name="tempneedle.bmp"> <Transparent>True</Transparent> <Axis>12.000,104.000</Axis> </Image> <Rotation id="Rotation"> <PointsTo>NORTH</PointsTo> <Expression id="Expression"> <Minimum>0.000</Mi

bgood98 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: April-04-2007 Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote bgood98 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-05-2007 at 8:13pm
	So you say to remove: "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>" ?

trsim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: April-02-2007 Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote trsim Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-06-2007 at 4:12pm
	I don't have FSX. So I can't say whether this would help. But you can find out pretty quickly. Just try it and see if it works. If not, then you can put the line back in and look for other explanations. Try comparing the text of your XML gauge to other XML gauges for FSX that do display properly in FSPS. It is possible that the BMPs are to blame. But I still suspect the XML file. Taylor