Advanced Irfanview question

[Guest]

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

 

[seabat]

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

 

[B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson]

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

 

[omega]

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.

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Guest]

i_view32.exe /slideshow=c:\images\

Pass


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

 

[omega]

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 )

 

[B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson]

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