Lost in Isaan wrote on Aug 9^th, 2013 at 11:58am:

You want your VC MCP to be DISPLAY Blank when in a 'Cold and Dark' situation? You'll need to be efficient in *.spb editing or converting the files to XML and editing them in there. Rename the spb files as *.org or something and use the xml, much of a muchness at a small cost in resources. ..\SimObjects\Airplanes\CS_B777-200ER_GE\panel\Captain_Sim.x777.G04 folder there are 4 spd files:- G04_004_DSP.spb G04_006_DSP.spb G04_007_DSP.spb G04_008_DSP.spb Where ever you see a <Visibility> syntax add the " (L"FULL COLON"DC_CAPT_FLT_INST_BUS) and" command. Example from the G04_004_DSP.spb file.    <Element id="mainDSP">      <FloatPosition>370.000,5.000</FloatPosition>      <Visibility>(L:G04_004_BLANK) ! (L:DC_CAPT_FLT_INST_BUS) and</Visibility>      <Element id="lcd_dot">        <FloatPosition>150.000,192.000</FloatPosition>        <Visibility>(L:G04_004_MOD) (L:DC_CAPT_FLT_INST_BUS) and</Visibility>        <Image id="lcd_dot.bmp" Name="lcd_dot.bmp">          <Transparent>true</Transparent>          <Bright>true</Bright>        </Image>      </Element> YES, I know this problem was highlighted to CS back in the dark ages. Excuse the pun! Tanya! You gotta STOP smiles from corrupting text! THEY ARE FULL COLONS followed by a DC!

just checkmark the option where it says Check this if you'll be adding code (or don't like smilies) in the reply page (see image below).

   <Element id="mainDSP">
     <FloatPosition>370.000,5.000</FloatPosition>
     <Visibility>(L:G04_004_BLANK) ! (L:DC_CAPT_FLT_INST_BUS) and</Visibility>
     <Element id="lcd_dot">
       <FloatPosition>150.000,192.000</FloatPosition>
       <Visibility>(L:G04_004_MOD) (L:DC_CAPT_FLT_INST_BUS) and</Visibility>
       <Image id="lcd_dot.bmp" Name="lcd_dot.bmp">
         <Transparent>true</Transparent>
         <Bright>true</Bright>
       </Image>
     </Element>

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And as you casn see, no "smilies" in the code. ;)