Re: Don: Lost Mode of Operation in DSS
Al Getz wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
> Al
>
>
> My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
O.K. Al
My mistake change line 1445 in dlixSS3.exw
from: data=load(start_dir&"//ssdata.dat")
to: data=load(start_dir&"\\ssdata.dat")
And in the second line of Viewer_Globals.ew change
from:start_dir=current_dir()
to: start_dir=the_dir_you_actually_put_dlixss3.exe_in
That should fix it. let me know.
Don Cole
A Bug is an un-documented feature.
A Feature is a documented Bug.
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