FS Panel Studio Revision History

FS Panel Studio has been in continuous development since 2000. Many of the current features are the result of user feedback and enhancement requests. If you have an idea for a new feature, please contact us.

• Initial Release

• Fixed problem with long file name file system errors when extracting Gauges

• Fixed problem with extracting Gauges when located on a compressed file system disk.
• Added Clear Gauge Cache function in the Advanced Preferences dialog, used to clear out the cache used by FS Panel Studio to speed up Gauge extraction.

• Added new Gauge Cleaner tool.
• now easier to manipulate small Gauges with the mouse.

• Fixed problem with Gauge Cleaner under reporting unreferenced Gauges when not in FS2002 mode.

• improved Gauge Cleaner search algorithm no longer under reports Aircraft with multiple panels.
• fixed problems with [VIEWS] sections where FSPS does not keep ZOOM settings.
• fixed problems with Windows XP Gauge extraction

• Editing of Gauge Bitmaps for ALL Gauge types
• Editing of XML data for XML Gauges
• Display of all bitmaps for XML Gauges
• Hide/Show full screen bitmaps to aid editing
• Improvements to the Gauge Cleaner algorithm
• Improvements to the User Interface
• minor bug fixes

• Adding new Panels is now done via a Wizard.

• This release addresses a problem where some users have experienced occasional Gauge resizing in height when Panels are read in.

• Adds a Wizard to help create new Gauges, using existing XML Gauges as a base.
• Enhancements to the Gauge Editor for XML gauges
• minor bug fixes

• Fixes errors in Create Gauge Wizard where new Gauges did not build correctly, or had errors with "short names"
• Fixes a problem with FS Panel Studio going into an endless loop when trying to add or edit a Gauge if there is a corrupt or non Gauge file in the FS2002 "Gauges" folder.
• Enhancements in error handling when dealing with corrupt Gauges
• Minor bug fixes

• FS Panel Studio can now read XML Gauges out of both CAB files, and pre-extracted in folders
• Alternate bitmap editor launching now works with Adobe Photoshop
• On 32 bit graphics displays, you can now view masked bitmaps in Gauges
• Improved display and manipulation of XML Gauges
• Improved search for panel.cfg files in the Gauge Cleaner
• Switching from high to low resolution Panel displays can now be done via a toolbar button
• Enhancements to the Gauge Editors
• All outstanding bugs fixed

• Further enhancements to the Gauge Cleaner, now deals correctly with aliased panels and XML folder gauges.
• Restored the "Set Gauge Aspect Ratio to 1.0" menu pick by popular demand
• Fixes to problem where Gauge Size Y value would be lost

• Improvements to XML Gauge code, now compatible with RealAir Simulations Gauges.
• Fix to Gauge Cleaner to prevent crashes
• Maximum number of Windows increased to 64
• Better handling of poorly written XML Gauges.
• Maximum number of sub-gauges increased to 150

• Fix to New Gauge Wizard, to add missing mask bitmaps when building a new CAB file.
• Update to XML Gauge decoder to better handle ImageSize errors

• Misc fixes to Gauge Display code.
• Fixes to Window Positioning Dialog

• FS Panel Studio will now read panel.cfg files with grossly misnumbered Gauges, such as the MAAM B-25.
• FS Panel Studio will now read panel.cfg files with misnumbered Windows, such as the Microsoft Lear45.

• FS Panel Studio now supports FS2004!

• FS Panel Studio now supports both .CAB and .GAU files located in the local Panel folder
• Problems with some Gauges not loading correctly with external dependencies, now fixed

• A new tool has been added to allow you to configure day, night and luminous lighting effects (on full color systems!)
• You can now specify an XML editor to invoke instead of notepad when editing XML files
• An option has been added in the Preferences dialog to automatically clear the gauge cache on exit
• minor bug fixes

• Better extraction of all gauge bitmaps for display
• minor bug fixes and reliability improvements

• Fixed problem some users were seeing with accessing XML gauges causing a crash.

• Cumulative bug fix update.

• Cumulative bug fix update.

• Cumulative bug fixes
• Complete support for Gauges found in the Aircraft Panel folder
• increased maximum number of Gauges and Sub Gauges
• updated toolbar graphics for full color systems
• improved Gauge cleaner

• Cumulative bug fixes
• New Gauge Swap function as suggested by P.S. Bartelt
• Open Aircraft style now configurable
• FSPS no longer crashes when attempting to reload and the file no longer exists
• Fixed a problem with growing Window menu entries on complex panels.

• Cumulative bug fixes
• FSX support!

• Fixed a problem where optimized code would not run on AMD processors.

• The notepad edit tool now saves the modified file correctly
• Maximum panel.cfg size has been increased
• Fixed a problem where comments in the aircraft.cfg would prevent loading

• Window background editing has been fixed in Vista
• Fixed a problem with comments in panel.cfg files
• Fixed a problem with comments in XML gauge files

• Added compatibility with Flight1 Avidyne Entegra gauges

• Added additional Windows Vista compatibility.

• Added additional Windows Vista compatibility.
• Minor Bug fixes

• Fixes rare problems with non-ASCII characters in XML gauges..

• Build 21603 reduces the number of warning messages displayed when bad gauges are found, and allows editing XML gauges without bitmaps.

• FSX users are warned when an incompatible gauge (FS98 format) is found on a panel.
• Fixed an issue where iFly737 panels were not read correctly.

• Fixed a rare crash when accessing DirectX based gauges
• Added "Help:Check for Updates"