Start Batch processing with fixed file

[TomTom1]

Hello Together,

I' am a newbie and registered me. Hope to find some answers to a problem with the XnV batch processing.

I generate with an Access database a gif file day by day. A part of this gif file is unnecessary and I want to cut this area. My database can't cut this area because it's part of a diagram and content transparent.

So, my plan is to use XnV after creation to cut the finished gif file with a Batch. Cut and save afterwards the file it's not a problem for me.

But is there a possibility to tell the Batch processing to use always the same file? And I believe the next step would be to tell XnV to start processing.

Note: Gif is located on my computer in a fix folder and with a fix name.

I tested to give the Batch file in advance the name of the gif like

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\XnView\xnview.exe"  C:\MyFile\Temp\Tacho1.gif

But it doesn't happened with the Batch.

Any recommendations for me? Would be great to get feedback.

Cheers, Tom

[cday]

I'm not exactly sure what you want to do, or whether it is possible using XnView, but you might look at whether the XnConvert 'Hot folder' input option could provide a good solution: when a file arrives in the 'hot' (or 'watched') folder it is automatically converted with the set actions and output with the set filename, which could include a time stamp, for example.

Alternatively, the NConvert command line utility could be used to create a simple batch file .bat which when run could perform the conversion on the input file and then output the result. Simply double-clicking on the batch file when the new gif is in the input file would then perform the conversion.

[Note that the XnConvert 'Export for NConvert' option (or the equivalent option in XnView) only outputs the image processing actions set, not the full NConvert code required.]

[TomTom1]

Hi, Thank you for your proposal. Well, it works for me. I tested it with the solution "Hot folder". In the meantime I found also a report setting in my database which helps to cut the picture. I try to avoid too many 3rd party software in my database so I will not use XnV in current function. But have other two, three ideas to use it!

Thanks, again and Regards from Bremen/Germany

Tom