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Installer

We are using Inno Setup to create install files.

Steps​

  1. Build the SimopsConnect Project from the solution folder:

    dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained

    The generated files will be in \SimopsConnect\SimopsConnect\bin\Release\net8.0\win-x64 (without the publish folder).

  2. Copy files to the SimopsConnectInstaller project in publish directory.

  3. Start InnoSetup and compile.

Configuration​

Setup need to open ports for RabbitMQ: 5672.

For web service, it's on port 45928 locally.

WebSocket: http://localhost:45929/

Debug​

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri http://localhost:45928/debug-mq -Headers @{ Authorization = "Bearer TOKEN" } -Method Get

Start with MSFS​

The installation may require to modify the exe.xml file that is available in the user directory C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator. This file makes thirdparty applications start when MSFS starts.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="SimConnect" version="1,0">
	<Descr>Auto launch external applications on MSFS start</Descr>
	<Filename>exe.xml</Filename>
	<Disabled>False</Disabled>
  <!-- Example -->
	<Launch.Addon>
		<Name>FenixA320</Name>
		<Disabled>False</Disabled>
		<Path>E:\FenixSim A320\deps\FenixBootstrapper.exe</Path>
	</Launch.Addon>
  <!-- Example -->
	<Launch.Addon>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Name>FSUIPC7</Name>
    <Path>C:\Program Files\FSUIPC7\FSUIPC7.exe</Path>
    <CommandLine>-auto</CommandLine>
    <NewConsole>False</NewConsole>
  </Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>