Environment vars in parameters

[VMat]

Hi,

I'm trying to use environment variables in transformation parameters, is that supposed to work? For example, I'd like to add a watermark to my images, and one of the parameters is the "Image file". I tried "%USER_PROFILE%\Documents\...\my_watermark.gif", but it doesn't work. Is there any way to do that?

That's important because I want to save the script and distribute it to different machines at home, which have different user profile paths.

Thanks,

VMat

[xnview]

with XnView?

[VMat]

Yes! XnView Classic, just updated to 2.32. Running on Win81.

Sorry, I should have said that before.

VMat

[xnview]

but there is no environment vars to add a watermark

[VMat]

Maybe I didn't make myself clear.

Let's say in machine 1 I have a user FOO whose profile is in C:\Users\FOO, so the watermark file would be, for example, "C:\Users\FOO\Documents\My Pictures\my_watermark.gif". In machine 2 I have a user BAR whose profile is in D:\Users\BAR, and the watermark file would be "D:\Users\BAR\Documents\My Pictures\my_watermark.gif". Also, if I have a second user (e.g., my wife) in the same machine 1 that has a different watermark, in her own Documents directory, we would have the same problem.

I'd like to use exactly the same script in both machines, so I need to use an environment variable to specify the correct path that would work in both places, for any user - such as "%USER_PROFILE%\Documents\My Pictures\my_watermark.gif", otherwise I have to edit the xbs script in each machine/user. Doesn't XnView support that? Is there a workaround?

Thanks,

VMat

[xnview]

oh ok with a xbs script, so no it's not possible

[cday]

oh ok with a xbs script, so no it's not possible

I think if you edit your xbs script to use relative paths from the script location it could be possible...

[VMat]

oh ok with a xbs script, so no it's not possible

OK. I'll figure out something else.

Thank you/Merci,

VMat

[VMat]

oh ok with a xbs script, so no it's not possible

I think if you edit your xbs script to use relative paths from the script location it could be possible...

I'll try that, thanks!

VMat

[cday]

I'll try that, thanks!

VMat

Note that in my quick test I had to change back slashes ' \' to forward slashes '/' then it wrote the output to the expected relative path.

Sorry I didn't mention that before...