From e659ab524c0797bef313639e048462ddd0aa8d4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Even Rognlien <even.rognlien@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:12:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Demonstrate how to trigger client events

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 samples/typescript/clientEvents.ts | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 samples/typescript/clientEvents.ts

diff --git a/samples/typescript/clientEvents.ts b/samples/typescript/clientEvents.ts
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/typescript/clientEvents.ts
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+import { EventFlag, open, Protocol, SimConnectConstants } from '../../dist';
+
+/**
+ * Demonstrates how to use client events to interact with the simulator
+ */
+
+enum ClientEventID {
+    INCREMENT,
+    DECREMENT,
+}
+
+open('My app', Protocol.FSX_SP2)
+    .then(({ recvOpen, handle }) => {
+        console.log('Connected: ', recvOpen);
+
+        handle.mapClientEventToSimEvent(ClientEventID.INCREMENT, 'AP_ALT_VAR_INC');
+        handle.mapClientEventToSimEvent(ClientEventID.DECREMENT, 'AP_ALT_VAR_DEC');
+
+        let step = 0;
+        let rise = true;
+
+        // Increment and decrement the altitude every 50ms
+        setInterval(() => {
+            step++;
+            handle.transmitClientEvent(
+                SimConnectConstants.OBJECT_ID_USER,
+                rise ? ClientEventID.INCREMENT : ClientEventID.DECREMENT,
+                0,
+                1,
+                EventFlag.EVENT_FLAG_GROUPID_IS_PRIORITY
+            );
+
+            if (step === 100) {
+                rise = !rise; // Change direction
+                step = 0;
+            }
+        }, 50);
+
+        handle.on('error', error => {
+            console.log('Error:', error);
+        });
+
+        handle.on('exception', recvException => {
+            console.log('recvException:', recvException);
+        });
+    })
+    .catch(error => {
+        console.log('Failed to connect', error);
+    });