Command line option: -quit

[Guest]

Hi !

I made a WSH-script and will write the command-line-parameters of xnview in this scipt. But i missing a command "-quit"
or "-position 0 0 0 0 " of a simply preview-window ( "-full" is good but a little preview with -quit is very,very good ... ). Is it possible in the future ?



(Sorry for my bad english )

[xnview]

I made a WSH-script and will write the command-line-parameters of xnview in this scipt. But i missing a command "-quit"
or "-position 0 0 0 0 " of a simply preview-window ( "-full" is good but a little preview with -quit is very,very good ... ). Is it possible in the future ?

Could you explain me more, please?

[Guest]

Yes !

my worklist ( scriptworklist ) :

- select a sourcefolder ( Shell.BrowseForFolder )
- select a targetfolder ( Shell.BrowseForFolder )
- start of a loop:
-- Xnview opend the 1.picture - in a small window ( for example with "-size or pos 0 0 0 0" ) ; i see it and :
-- Input a slogan or short word about the picture
Note: without -size the Inputbox is under the full picture
-- nconvert is converting the picture whit a few parameters and with the text-parameter nconvert made in it a stamp ( my slogan ) ; targetfile is "flowers_myslogan".jpg
--end of picturepreview ( "-quit" ) , Xnviewpreview must closed
-end loop

...

Do you understand my problem ? I hope so .

[helmut]

I think I understand what you want: An opened XnView showing an image should be exited after entering some text.

With commnand line options you cannot achieve this. Command line options are always passed when a is started, but you cannot pass command line options to an application that is already running.

There's some possible ways:

= Use extra program
You could use a program that tells the running XnView process to quit/close. I've just searched the web a bit and found some apps, e.g.
- AppKiller (now Freeware, licences can be found at Shenandoah Software)
- Process (Freeware, Command line)
I'm sure there are many more.

= XnView as "Killer"
XnView could be enhanced so that it actually accepts a command line option "-quit" or "-close". The command "xnview -quit" would start a new instance of XnView which would do nothing else than looking for running XnView instances and kill them. The app would then exit itself.
This could work, but I think the above applications for killing specific programs are much more appropriate and flexible.

[Guest]

The command "xnview -quit" would start a new instance of XnView which would do nothing else than looking for running XnView instances and kill them.

I understand. But i would'nt so many programs , while we have an licence for xnview by our firma and i can take the script also there .

For my privat work i take now "pictview" . It's an viewer with the commandline "-wt" - an delaytime to quit !
But i'd like xnview ... cry

[xnview]

The command "xnview -quit" would start a new instance of XnView which would do nothing else than looking for running XnView instances and kill them.

I understand. But i would'nt so many programs , while we have an licence for xnview by our firma and i can take the script also there .

For my privat work i take now "pictview" . It's an viewer with the commandline "-wt" - an delaytime to quit !
But i'd like xnview ... cry

If you have a license, could you contact me by PM

[helmut]

For my privat work i take now "pictview" . It's an viewer with the commandline "-wt" - an delaytime to quit !
But i'd like xnview ... cry

Quitting after a specific time is very different (regarding implementation) to quitting an existing program using a command line option.
Would an option "-quitafter <seconds>" be helpful and do what you want?

[Guest]

I've been registred user but my account is inactiv ( "Panik" ) , while the administrator is waiting for permission of my parents so i can write in the forum ! I'm 36 years old !

@helmut
the option "-quitafter <seconds>" is good

[xnview]

the option "-quitafter <seconds>" is good

So you would like a "-quitafter" to quit XnView after some seconds?

[Guest]

Yes - please !