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Post10-04-2013, 13:19    Subject: VW Golf 5: Center MFA Text - How To? Quote

Hello.

I would like to display certain information in the Multi-Function Display (MFA) of my Volkswagen Golf 5.
I would like to center this text within the MFA (Master of Fine Arts) application.

How exactly do I do that?

I used to have a Golf 4 (TP 1.6), and in the print command, you could specify whether the text should be left-aligned or centered.

I've tried a lot of things, but nothing seems to be working.

Perhaps someone can help me with that.

Thank you.

So far, I've been doing it this way:
Sender ID for MFA: 0x686
News start:


0x61 // Schreibvorgang starten
0x10 // Länge der Nachricht in Bytes
0x04 // Wahl der Schriftart--- 0x04 = kleine Schrift --
0x00 // 0x00 = linksbündig, normal
0x00 // Offset von links in Pixeln
0x00 // Platzhalter
0x14 // Offset von oben in Pixeln
0x00 // Platzhalter
'H'
'a'
'l'
'l'
'o'
' '
'W'
'e'
'l'
't'
0x08 // End of Message


The message also appears on the MFA (presumably a screen or device), but unfortunately it's aligned to the left.
If I want to center it, I have to calculate the offset from the left for each message.
It's incredibly annoying and also inaccurate.

Please help icon_smile.gif.


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Post15-04-2013, 12:11    Subject: VW Golf 5: Center MFA Text - How To? Quote

Has no one encountered this problem before?


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Post20-08-2013, 20:31    Subject: VW Golf 5: Center MFA Text - How To? Quote

Have you tried changing byte 2 from 0x04 to 0x24 yet?


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