added sendText

Minimal support per SDK:
(TEXT_TYPE_PRINT_color) Simple text works, (TEXT_TYPE_SCROLLING_color) scrolling gives simple text, (TEXT_TYPE_MENU) menu gives no error-no response. (_color) color is ignored

Author: odwdinc

SimConnect/SimConnect.py

@@ -440,3 +440,16 @@ def flight_to_dic(self, fpath):
 						temp = line.split("=")
 						dic[index][temp[0]] = temp[1].strip()
 		return dic
+
+	def sendText(self, text, timeSeconds=5, TEXT_TYPE=SIMCONNECT_TEXT_TYPE.SIMCONNECT_TEXT_TYPE_PRINT_WHITE):
+		pyarr = bytearray(text.encode())
+		dataarray = (ctypes.c_char * len(pyarr))(*pyarr)
+		pObjData = cast(dataarray, c_void_p)
+		self.dll.Text(
+			self.hSimConnect,
+			TEXT_TYPE,
+			timeSeconds,
+			0,
+			sizeof(ctypes.c_double) * len(pyarr),
+			pObjData
+		)

SimConnect/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def int_or_str(value):
 		return value
 
 
-__version__ = "0.4.20"
+__version__ = "0.4.21"
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))
 
 __all__ = ["SimConnect", "Request", "Event", "millis", "DWORD", "AircraftRequests", "AircraftEvents", "FacilitiesRequests"]