APL SDK Overview

The Adventure Programming Language (APL) SDK is intended to give you an understanding of APL as a full-featured programming language that you can use to create and edit adventures for Flight Simulator. The APL SDK includes sections that cover:

• Language features specific to APL.
  
  
• The APL compiler (Aplc.exe).
  
  
• The adventure (.adv) file structure.
  
  
• The APL binary format.
  
  
• The interaction between APL and Flight Simulator.
  
  
• A complete APL language reference that documents command syntax, commands, expressions, functions, and Flight Simulator variables that are available to APL.
  
  
• Special subroutines and event-driven programming.

In short, the APL SDK gives you the information you need on the programming tools necessary to put it all together and create your own, custom adventures for Flight Simulator. The APL SDK .zip file, located on this web site, also includes a sample APL adventure that you can compile.

Important: The information included in the APL SDK is intended as a reference for programmers. It assumes familiarity with the C and BASIC programming languages. The information included in this SDK is not supported by Microsoft Product Support.