Advanced Irfanview question

I think I've discovered a bug in ver 3.92. According to the Help File under
the command line options:
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i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\mypics.txt
(Note: The file 'c:\mypics.txt' contains, in each line, a name of the
image, including the full path OR
path relative to "i_view32.exe")

i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\
i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\*.jpg
i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\test*.jpg
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I've created a shortcut that works using the 'mypics.txt' technique and it
works fine. However, using the folder / wildcard technique above causes
Irfanview to open with nothing loaded and the status bar indicates 'no file
loaded.'

I know I have jpg's in the folder, and I've used all lowercase letters in
the command line as well as quotes around the filenames since there is a
blank in the folder name. All this is described in the help file. I even
used the short form of the folder name to eliminate any blanks and I get the
same result. Can someone confirm this for me? Also, can someone confirm if
the newest ver 3.95 has fixed the problem?

Cheers,

Mike

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:28:45 GMT, "<<M>>" <mike004@mailinator.com>
wrote:

>>>SNIP<<<<

>>> Can someone confirm this for me? Also, can someone confirm if
>>>the newest ver 3.95 has fixed the problem?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Mike
>>>

Here's a thought. How about you email the author of Irfanview? He's
pretty responsive to user bug critiques.


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The Seabat

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:28:45 GMT, <<M>> wrote:

[Slideshow options]

I don't know if you got the meaning of the different options right.
Here (Win2k) everything works fine with either v3.92 and v3.95.

*First variant:*
> i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\mypics.txt

The file mypics.txt (or whatever name you choose) *must not* contain
any wildcards nor any reference to the IrfanView program.
From helpfile:

| The file only contains the name of each image to be played in the
| slideshow, each on a separate line in the file. Each must include the
| complete path where the image will be found on your hard drive.

Sample:

c:\images\pic001.jpg
c:\images\pic009.jpg
D:\archive\photo_a.bmp

Not:
c:\images\pic*.jpg

*Second variant:*
You give the folder/files to be played within command line. Please note
that you can only use one dirspec/filespec at one time.

> i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\
> i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\*.jpg
> i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\test*.jpg

All these samples should work if executed separately (one after another).
Of course the directories and files must exist and i_view32.exe has to
be either included within your search path or must be replaced by the
full search path (for instance: c:\iview\i_view32.exe).

You can include all three lines within a Batch file to run these three
commands one after another. In this case you should add the option
/closeslideshow
to the first two (or all three) lines.

So if you want to use a desktop shortcut you could use these different
command lines:

c:\iview\i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\mypics.txt

or

c:\irfanview\i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\pic*.jpg

or

c:\batch\runslide.bat
--> containing these lines:
c:\iview\i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\ /closeslideshow
c:\iview\i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\*.jpg /closeslideshow
c:\iview\i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\test*.jpg /closeslideshow

If you nevertheless can't get this working it could be OS specific.
I'm too lazy to boot the other versions at the moment. ;-) So please
report your OS, than, and maybe someone else could check...

BeAr
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"<<M>>" <mike004@mailinator.com>:
>
> I think I've discovered a bug in ver 3.92.
>
> Can someone confirm this for me?

Irfanview version 3.90, on W98.

> i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\

Pass

> i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\*.jpg
> i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\test*.jpg

Fail

> Also, can someone confirm if the newest ver 3.95 has fixed the problem?

I'll read your report after you download.


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Karen S.

> If you nevertheless can't get this working it could be OS specific.
> I'm too lazy to boot the other versions at the moment. ;-) So please
> report your OS, than, and maybe someone else could check...

Must be. I'm using Win98SE and I did exactly as you have described with no
luck.

I subsequently downloaded 3.95 and the problem appears to be fixed. Thanks
for your reply.

M

> > i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\
>
> Pass
>
> > i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\*.jpg
> > i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\test*.jpg
>
> Fail
>
> > Also, can someone confirm if the newest ver 3.95 has fixed the problem?
>
> I'll read your report after you download.

I did dl and the problem appears to be fixed. It might have been OS
specific. I use Win98SE where the previous poster used Win2K and it worked
for him.

At any rate, I have the newest ver and all appears to be working well.
Thanks heaps for your followup. . .

M

"<<M>>" <mike004@mailinator.com>:
>
> I did dl and the problem appears to be fixed. It might have been OS
> specific. I use Win98SE where the previous poster used Win2K and it worked
> for him.
>
> At any rate, I have the newest ver and all appears to be working well.
> Thanks heaps for your followup. . .

Thanks for the report. I even went ahead now and upgraded to the latest
version. (Extra painless when a direct dl link was recently posted in ACF,
http://mv1.tucows.com/files2/iview395.exe )


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Karen S.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:54:51 GMT, <<M>> wrote:

>> If you nevertheless can't get this working it could be OS specific.
[...]
> Must be. I'm using Win98SE and I did exactly as you have described with no
> luck.

I strongly got to believe this after Karen reported her similar problems
on Win98.

> I subsequently downloaded 3.95 and the problem appears to be fixed. Thanks
> for your reply.

Congrats! And thanks for your reply.

BeAr
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