Re: Don: Lost Mode of Operation in DSS
don cole wrote:
>
> 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
Hi again Don,
One of the points (which i use all the time) is to be able to 'open'
a picture from Windows Explorer, where you have all the files in
the right pane and you select one, right click on it, and use 'open with'
to open the picture, or, you set your system up so you can double click
on the file name to open that picture with DSS3. Either way, you dont
have to first open DSS3 and then try to find the picture you want to
see by navigating through directories and whatnot.
I did this all the time with my viewer because it just seems to be
easier. Also, once you open a pic in some directory through Windows
Explorer you can then go from pic to pic with the viewer same as you
would if you opened it first and then nav'd to the picture file.
To sum up...the viewer should be able to work like any 'normal'
Windows program in that you should be able to set it up on your system
to open files from any directory you choose through Windows Explorer.
It shouldnt take much and in fact i'll try something today to see if
it works. I'll post results in a few minutes or so back here.
Take care,
Al
And, good luck with your Euphoria programming!
My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
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