External Link Integration - ELI

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Note  The following information is for advanced users and system administrators only!

Flight Explorer allows advanced users and system administrators to integrate customized 3rd party URL links in the menus of airports and airplanes. Use this to create a simple link to internal company databases for additional info on flights or airports without having to write a custom FLEX module. Administrators can set up a web window that displays data for a flight or airport, which can be accessed by right-clicking a flight or airport and selecting the menu item. Flight Explorer passes the airport ID or aircraft ID to the web window so it can generate the custom look-up for which it is configured.

A User Defined Toolbar can be set up defining buttons with names and URLs. Up to five links can be added, to frequently used web sites. The toolbar will appear to the right of the Quick Weather Toolbar. After links are added to the FE.ini File, FE must be restarted to visualize the toolbar.

Links can be configured by creating an FE.ini File in the directory where Flight Explorer is installed. Use the following parameters and examples as a guide:

ClosedHTTP Parameters

[Airports]
UI=<userid>

ICAOID=<ICAO Airport ID>

FAAID=<FAA Airport ID>

[Planes]

UI=<userid>

ACID=<Aircraft ID>

[UDToolbar]

UI=<userid>

ClosedParameters and Syntax

[Airport]
MENUITEM#=MenuLabel,FullURL,width,height
MENUITEM#=MenuLabel,FullURL,width,height

[Airplane]
MENUITEM#=MenuLabel,FullURL,width,height
MENUITEM#=MenuLabel,FullURL,width,height

[UDToolbar]

BUTTON#=TextLabel,FullURL,width,height,Embedded,AppendID

[ZoomAreas]

AREA1=Label,TopLat,LeftLon,LatHeight,LonWidth

AREA2=

...up to 5

ClosedAdditional Example

[Airport]
MENUITEM1=Test right click item,http://www.flightexplorer.com,800,600

[Airplane]
MENUITEM1=Test right click item,http://www.fepersonal.com,800,600

[UDToolbar]

BUTTON1=FE Web Site,http://www.flightexplorer.com

BUTTON2=CNN,http://www.cnn.com

[ZoomAreas]

AREA1=label,Top Latitude, Left Longitude, Bottom Latitude, Right Longitude

Europe can be defined as:

AREA1=Europe,75,-25,40,74

Notes   

  • Up to 5 links may be defined for each airport or airplane
  • Airport parameters must have 4 characters.
  • Width and height parameters are optional
  • Fields with embedded commas must be enclosed in quotes
  • If the first AND last fields are quoted, the entire field string must be quoted again also