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Re: Don: Lost Mode of Operation in DSS

• Posted by don cole <doncole at pacbell.net> Feb 05, 2006
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Al Getz wrote:
> 
> Hello Don,
> 
> 
> I just thought i would let you know that we seem to have lost a mode
> of operation in DSS3 that worked fine in my original Slide Show 
> Picture Viewer.
> 
> This mode is: when you want to open a pic file with the viewer in
> the command line such as for example:
>   DSS3.exe "MyPicFile.jpg"
> or something like that, or when you use another program to open the
> viewer program with a certain pic file using Euphoria:
>   system("DSS3.exe picfile.jpg",0)
> or something like that.
> 
> Same problem trying to use Windows' SystemEx() C func call.
> 
> The main problem seems to be DSS3 can not find the sdata file when
> the program is called from some other program or command line.
> It finds it just fine when you double click on the 'bound' exe file,
> but never works any other way. 
> Apparently it relies on the current directory setting so it cant
> find the sdata file when this directory is not the same as the
> directory where the bound DSS3.exe file is located.
> I would suggest getting the correct directory for the sdata file
> from the command line command_line().
> 
> Perhaps you may wish to look into this?
> I might too.
> 
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"

Hello Al,

If I read you corectly this happens when you try to open only one picture
with the Slide Show. What would be the point of that?
Anyways I will try your tests and see what happens. BTW did you try my Winlib to
wxEuphoria program ,I posted a few posts back?

Don Cole