Building a Checklist You'll Actually Use

This video is a bit of a potpourri. The purpose is to introduce and describe
Xchecklist but I veer off into other things about the Carenado Cessna Caravan
and other things such as CH Products controller configuration, etc. I hope
it's entertaining and educational.

Table Of Contents
Introduction 00:00
Necessary Tools 02:29
Xchecklist 02:38
DataRefEditor 03:59
A good text editor 04:31
Checklist Creation Goals 05:04
Stubbing Out the Checklist 07:39
Xchecklist Commands 09:13
sw_define_colour 09:27
sw_checklist 09:43
sw_itemvoid_c 09:54
sw_item_c 10:06
Command Examples 10:25
sw_itemvoid_c Example 11:07
Adding Color to Your Checklist 11:41
sw_item Simple Form 12:07
Reloading a Checklist 12:40
sw_item With Supplied Caption 13:54
sw_continue Behavior 15:28
sw_item_c With a DataRef 15:48
sw_item_c Using "lessthan", "greaterthan", and Range 19:15
Compound DataRef Expressions 28:21
Handling XChecklist Errors 30:26
Xchecklist Control Keys/Joystick Buttons 34:06
Creating the Splash Page 39:08
Checklist Philosophy 40:20
Wrapup 41:35


Equipment and Software Used:
X-Plane 11.53
https://www.x-plane.com

Pilot2ATC
https://pilot2atc.com

World Traffic
https://www.classicjetsims.com/WorldT...

X-ATC-Chatter
https://www.stickandrudderstudios.com...

X-Plane DataRefEditor
https://developer.x-plane.com/tools/d...

XChecklist
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?...

The clist.txt file described in this video
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?...

X-Camera
https://www.stickandrudderstudios.com...

TrackIR 5
https://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir

Propwash Simulation COM/NAV panels
https://www.propwashsim.com

CH Products controllers
https://www.chproducts.com

My hybrid Logitech Wingman Force 3D and CH Products FighterStick project
https://snomhf.exofire.net/frankenFor...

Intro Music
From my daughter's high school honors senior recital April 4, 2009; Passacaglia (from Suite in g minor) by G.F. Handel