AirportsDatabase Class Reference

A class that reads the files produced by Pete Dowson's MakeRunways.exe and provides your application with a database of airports with runway, helipad, gate and taxiway information More...

Public Member Functions
void	CheckStatus ()
	Forces the Airports Database to check MakeRunways paths and its own database More...
void	Load ()
	Loads the basic airport information into the Airports collection More...
void	Clear ()
	Clears all the airports from the database. Use to free up memory if your application no longer needs the database. More...
async Task	RebuildDatabaseAsync ()
	Rebuilds the internal database by reading the data from the text files generated by Pete Dowson's MakeRunways program. (See www.fsuipc.com) More...
async Task	RebuildDatabaseAsync (IProgress< string > ProgressReport)
	Rebuilds the internal database by reading the data from the text files generated by Pete Dowson's MakeRunways program. (See www.fsuipc.com) More...

Properties
bool	MakeRunwaysFilesExist [get]
	True if the MakeRunways output files have been found in the current MakeRunways folder More...
bool	DatabaseFilesExist [get]
	True if the internal database files have been found More...
bool	DatabaseUpToDate [get]
	True if the internal database contains the latest information from the MakeRunways output files More...
bool	IsLoaded [get]
	True if the internal database has been loaded and is ready to use More...
string	MakeRunwaysFolder [get, set]
	Sets/Gets the path of the folder containing the text files generated by MakeRunways.exe. More...
string	DatabaseFolder [get, set]
	Gets the path containing the internal database files More...
FsAirportCollection	Airports [get]
	A strongly-types list of FsAirport objects. This list can be queried with LINQ. More...

Detailed Description

A class that reads the files produced by Pete Dowson's MakeRunways.exe and provides your application with a database of airports with runway, helipad, gate and taxiway information

Member Function Documentation

CheckStatus()

void CheckStatus ( )

inline

Forces the Airports Database to check MakeRunways paths and its own database

Clear()

void Clear ( )

inline

Clears all the airports from the database. Use to free up memory if your application no longer needs the database.

Load()

void Load ( )

inline

Loads the basic airport information into the Airports collection

RebuildDatabaseAsync() [1/2]

async Task RebuildDatabaseAsync ( )

inline

Rebuilds the internal database by reading the data from the text files generated by Pete Dowson's MakeRunways program. (See www.fsuipc.com)

Returns

RebuildDatabaseAsync() [2/2]

async Task RebuildDatabaseAsync ( IProgress< string >  ProgressReport )

inline

Rebuilds the internal database by reading the data from the text files generated by Pete Dowson's MakeRunways program. (See www.fsuipc.com)

Parameters

ProgressReport

An instance of Progress<string> to receive messages about the progress of the rebuild

Property Documentation

Airports

FsAirportCollection Airports

get

A strongly-types list of FsAirport objects. This list can be queried with LINQ.

DatabaseFilesExist

bool DatabaseFilesExist

get

True if the internal database files have been found

DatabaseFolder

string DatabaseFolder

getset

Gets the path containing the internal database files

By default this set to a subfolder in the local machine's localappdata% path. If you have a specific path you want to use then set this property

DatabaseUpToDate

bool DatabaseUpToDate

get

True if the internal database contains the latest information from the MakeRunways output files

IsLoaded

bool IsLoaded

get

True if the internal database has been loaded and is ready to use

MakeRunwaysFilesExist

bool MakeRunwaysFilesExist

get

True if the MakeRunways output files have been found in the current MakeRunways folder

MakeRunwaysFolder

string MakeRunwaysFolder

getset

Sets/Gets the path of the folder containing the text files generated by MakeRunways.exe.

By default this is the flight sim folder provided by FSUIPC if the connection is open. Set the property to use a different folder