Picture browser & makedir from ASL

[Varthall]

There are two things in Windows that I miss on my Amiga:

- A picture browser like (can't remember its name) that
allows to browse pictures forth and back using cursor keys

- an addon (or a replacement) for ASL requester with
a "create directory" button.

Any hint?

Varthall

[alx]

The multiple post strikes :-o

[alx]

A picture browser like (can't remember its name) that
allows to browse pictures forth and back using cursor keys

Do you mean the built-in image viewer?  I cannot find any software on aminet  that would do it, but it would probably be stupidly easy to program (and more powerful, because of datatypes) :-)

[Varthall]

:-?

I've posted this once...

Varthall

-edit- Maybe you were referring to your own post :-)

[alx]

Maybe you were referring to your own post :-)

Yep - there's no way to delete a post if you accidently duplicate one :-(

[blubbe]

- an addon (or a replacement) for ASL requester with
a "create directory" button.

Why have a button when you can just type
the dir in and ASL creates it for you ?

[Varthall]

I was referring to ACDSee, a neat program.
Maybe some of the GUIs for Visage could do the job,
otherwise it would be simple to add such a
function to an existing GUI.

Varthall

[Varthall]

Argghh, I've also just became a victim of the double post
syndrom! But it's not my fault, AWeb have done it!
God knows why :-?

Varthall

[Varthall]

Why have a button when you can just type
the dir in and ASL creates it for you ?

It's true! :-O
I've missed this feature fro many years, without ever knowing it
existed. But it's not perfect: an annonying requester
pops up and asks to confirm the action :-)

Varthall

[Thomas]

Please have a look at http://picshow.1st.to. It's not ACDSee though.

Bye,
Thomas

[Varthall]

Please have a look at http://picshow.1st.to. It's not ACDSee though.

I've installed it and it looks like it's what I was searching for.
I don't need all the functions in ACDSee, just the ones
that make pictures browsing more confortable.

Sadly, on my system I cannot make it work. I've installed it
thru Installer, I've installed also jpeg.library since
it seems it needs it, using the SCREEN tooltype it opens
a black screens and it asks for a file. After choosing
it, nothing happens, I'm stuck with the black screen and
I can't even run again the program. I've also raised
the stack to 100000. Does it requires CGX or P96?
I'm using a 1200 with 030/50 and OS 3.0, no gfx board.

Varthall

[chris]

Varthall wrote:

Why have a button when you can just type
the dir in and ASL creates it for you ?

It's true! :-O
I've missed this feature fro many years, without ever knowing it
existed. But it's not perfect: an annonying requester
pops up and asks to confirm the action :-)

Varthall

Then select Create Drawer... from the Project menu instead. (or whatever the first menu on the ASL requester is)

Chris

[Thomas]

Nothing should be needed that is not part of the AmigaOS distribution. Especially jpeg.lib, P96 or CGX are *not* needed. They are used if present, though. Large stack also is only needed for the PPC version. But it does not harm.

I didn't yet test with 3.0, maybe it needs something special to 3.1. How much memory do you have ?

What kind of picture do you want to view ? Please try it with a small picture that shows well in Multiview. And please try it first without any parameter but the file name.

Bye,
Thomas

[carls]

IIRC, MysticView has features similar to ACDSee. It's shareware though.

[rhino]

If you're looking for a thumbnail based picture browser PhotoAlbum by Helmut Hoffmann is a good option. It can generate thumbnails of images in a directory and optionally sub-directories. You can then browse through them and view the full image in a pop-up window. It is quite configurable and is significantly faster than other similar programs I have tried. I think this is because it has built-in support for many image format rather than relying on datatypes.

I have a button configured in Opus so I can open a PhotoAlbum window showing the images in a directory with one click. Options then allow you to delete images, load them into external programs etc.

PhotoAlbum is shareware and comes with a very nice picture viewer called Cybershow.

You can download demo versions fron the
PhotoAlbum  website.

Robert