Relative path for the Browser StartupDirectory

TS · Post by TS » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:56 am

Could it be possible, that Xnview handle relative paths at start up?
I would like to put Xnview on a CD with some picture folders. Xnview should start the browser with a specified folder on that CD, independently from the drive letter.

many thanks,
Thomas!

Post by **xnview** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:28 am

TS wrote:Could it be possible, that Xnview handle relative paths at start up?
I would like to put Xnview on a CD with some picture folders. Xnview should start the browser with a specified folder on that CD, independently from the drive letter.

Do you have tried xnview \folder\...\ ??

TS · Post by TS » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:57 am

I've tried:

\folder\...\

or

.\folder\

or

\folder\

but Xnview always starts with an empty browser.

Post by **xnview** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:18 am

TS wrote:I've tried:

\folder\...\

or

.\folder\

or

\folder\

but Xnview always starts with an empty browser.

Where is XnView? \XnView.exe?

TS · Post by TS » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:24 am

the path to Xnview.exe on the CD is:

\Xnview\xnview.exe

Post by **xnview** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:01 pm

TS wrote:the path to Xnview.exe on the CD is:

\Xnview\xnview.exe

If you try to use in the autorun.inf XnView\XnView.exe folder ?

TS · Post by TS » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:44 am

Excuse me please for my late reply, but my internet connection was disabled.

With the autorun.inf and the start.bat it works fine.

autorun.inf:
[autorun]
open=start.bat

start.bat:
cd /Xnview/
start xnview.exe \folder
exit

I always thought that I have to edit the StartupDirectory= in the xnview.ini. or have to put the relative path in the GUI at options/general/operations/startup directory. Perhaps this is possible in one of the next releases?

Many thanks you for your help and your great software!

TS

XnView Software