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- Short: Datatype picture viewer for directory tools
- Uploader: thomas-rapp@web.de (Thomas Rapp)
- Author: thomas-rapp@web.de (Thomas Rapp)
- Type: gfx/show
- Version: 1.2
-
-
- New since Version 1.1:
- ======================
-
- - can be started from Workbench
-
- - opens a file requester if no file is specified
-
- - slide show function
-
-
- Introduction
- ============
-
- This program is meant to be configured as picture viewer in directory
- tools like DirOpus or DosControl. It shows the doubleclicked picture
- in a borderless window on the specified custom screen. The remarkable
- about this program is that it reads the whole directory the picture is
- in and you can then choose other pictures out of this directory from
- a menu or by pressing the cursor keys.
-
-
- Installation
- ============
-
- Copy the PicShow executable somewhere where your directory tool can
- find it. A good place is the C directory.
-
-
- Configuration
- =============
-
- Call PicShow as a Shell program with the following parameters:
-
- FILE The picture to show first. You can specify a directory
- here. In this case the directory is read first and then
- the topmost picture is shown.
-
- PUBSCREEN/K The pubscreen where to open the window. Default is the
- default pubscreen (usually Workbench).
-
- P=PATTERN/K Only picture files that match this name pattern are
- shown in the list.
-
- FLASH/S Flashes the screen (displays beep) after the directory
- read is complete.
-
- DONTCHECK/S Files are not checked if they are pictures before they
- are inserted into the list. This does speed up the
- directory read a lot, but files that are no pictures
- are shown in the list, too. You should use the
- PATTERN parameter to avoid this.
-
- DELAY/N Enable slide show: every n/10 seconds the next picture
- is shown (DELAY=20 means every 2 seconds a new picture).
-
-
- If PicShow is started from the Workbench all of the above can be entered as
- tooltypes, either in the program icon or in the picture icon that is
- activated first. Tooltypes in the picture icon overide those in the program
- icon. Picture icons can be activated by shift-click or by specifying
- PicShow as default tool.
-
-
- Usage
- =====
-
- When the window showing a picture is open you can do this:
-
- o Quit PicShow
- - double click into the window or
- - press the ESC key or
- - press Q
-
- o Show the next picture
- - press the cursor down key or
- - press the cursor right key or
- - press the cursor down or right keys on the numeric keypad or
- - press space bar or
- - press return
-
- o Show the previous picture
- - press the cursor up key or
- - press the cursor left key or
- - press the cursor up or left keys on the numeric keypad or
- - press backspace (the <- key above return)
-
- o Show some infos about the current picture
- - keep the mouse pointer inside the window and don't move it for
- some time
-
- o If the picture is too large to fit into the screen
- - grab the picture with the left mouse button and move it around.
-
- o Choose a picture from the list
- - press the right mouse button and hold it down. The list can scroll
- up and down if there are more files than fit into one page. Just
- move the mouse pointer over the arrow(s).
-