Window tab

This tab lets you specify an external viewer for scanned images, and lets you change the size and behavior of the windows and controls.

External viewer

If this option is set, cropped and processed images will be displayed using the viewer specified in the "Viewer" option.

Viewer

If this option is non-blank, the specified program will be started with each cropped image upon completion of a scan.

On Windows, if the viewer name is "default", the file association for this type of file will be used. You can also put command-line options after the name of the viewer (e.g. "vuepro32 /fillwindow" to display images without a window frame with VuePrint). If the name of the viewer has "%1" after it (e.g. vuepro32 "%1"), the file name will be substituted at that point. If you use the %1 argument on the comand line, be sure to put double-quotes around it, or file names that have embedded spaces won't work.

On Linux, the viewer name can have command-line options after it, and the file name will be appended to the end of the command-line before it's run.

This option isn't yet used on Mac OS. Note that the file type and file creator for the .tif, .jpg, and .bmp files are determined by the settings in the "File Exchange" control panel on Mac OS.

Control width

Use this option to set the width, in pixels, of the controls used in VueScan. This is sometimes useful if you have limited screen space.

Font size (pt)

Use this option to set the font size used in VueScan. The font size is specified in points, which are basically the same as pixels on most systems.

All options

If this option is set, all options will be displayed, regardless of whether they're active. Otherwise, only options that are active are displayed.

Fixed positions

This option causes all options to be displayed in the same position regardless of which other options are active. If turned off, options are displayed stacked one below the next, depending on which ones are active.

Blink crop box

This option controls whether the crop box in the Preview tab blinks.

Beep when done

Enabling this option causes a sound to be played on the computer's speakers when scanning completes. This is sometimes useful to alert you to the end of a long- running scan. On Windows, this is the "Default sound" in the "Sounds and Multimedia" control panel. On Linux, this is a simple beep. This isn't yet implemented on the Macintosh.

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