Displaying of a picture in a "simple" window?

[Michael_Mann]

Hi,

I'm new here in this board and sorry for my bad english.

I have only one question:
What I have to do that xnview displays a single picture in a simple window like other picture viewers displays pictures? If I open a picture I'm always in the big window of the main program.

I use a databank (Uleads PhotoImpact Album11) and included there some pictures in ham-6 and ham-8 (Amiga-IFF)-Format and also Amigas disk,info-files. Other programs than xnview don't know these formats so I start xnview to display them in windows programs.
But xnviews big program window overlays complete the window of the album program and is sometimes too big for such a small disk.info-file.

Thanks for a hint what I have to do to solve this problem.


Michael

BTW.: xnView becomes from every new relaese better and better

[xnview]

I have only one question:
What I have to do that xnview displays a single picture in a simple window like other picture viewers displays pictures? If I open a picture I'm always in the big window of the main program.

XnView is a MDI program, so you have the main window, and child window like browser or view

[Guest]

Hi,

thanks for the answer.


Michael

[Clo]

Michael_Mann

Hello !

• There is no problem to use XnView like you wish :
1. To prevent it starts with the browser, in the Options >> General ----Start-up----
a) untick the box Launch Browser at Startup
b) [•] tick the radio-button “Specified” below, and leave the field blank.
c) untick the box Maximize XnView at Startup

2. In Options >> View, tick the three boxes :
[×] Only one window view opened
[×] No multiple views for same file
[×] Open only one view for multiple files (Startup & Drag-Drop)

• Then starting the programme, adjust the size as you need, it might be saved for the next session…
- You could also try - for starting from the icon on the Desktop - to set the window as »Normal«
via right-click on that icon >> Properties >> Execute —> [Normal] in the drop-down list >> OK

• If you are using Total Commander and have a button to start XnView with the file under the cursor,
do not tick any of the two boxes “Run minimized - “Run maximized”
- Set the parameters %P%N to get the long name and path.

VG
Claude
Clo

[Guest]

Hi Claude,

this trick works - thanks for this hint...
Album uses also a commandline like Total Commander or other programs.


Michael

BTW.: I had deleted the old ini-file because some adjustments hadn't worked which the new version of xnview. Now I see that the info-files of Amiga Icons couldn't displayed now (unknown format)...
What has happend or is simply the library which decode these info files shortened? I'm remembering some troubles with a company which had used illegal these decode-libraries...

[Clo]

Michael (who forgot to log on )

Again…

• Please, check the option :
General >> Operation >> [×] Display all image file types
- The box must be ticked…
• Whether that doesn't work still, try to add the extension in the File List >> Custom field (include)
the last but one field on that page, it isn't marked off…
… but it is THERE

• I don't think that the libraries are the culprits, assuming that you didn't delete and change the whole of them ?

VG
Claude
Clo

[Michael_Mann]

Hi,

I'm a little bit surprised that there is an extra activation for all file types which xnview supports.

Many thanks again for this second tip - now xnview works in such way which I wants.


Michael

p.s.: Indeed I had forget in my last posting the login...

[JohnFredC]

I'm a little bit surprised that there is an extra activation for all file types which xnview supports.

It's about polite consideration for users of XnView who also use other programs for some of those file extensions. Most of us really dislike when a program automatically "grabs" file extensions.

[Michael_Mann]

Hi,

I should explain my last answer:
I had only activated this item "General >> Operation >> [×] Display all image file types" to find the info-extension and linked only manually HAM- and info-files (both from Amiga resp. IFF).
I'm only wondering that per default not all kind of files are displayed for linking in the linking requester.

Normal I prefer the manual linking of file extensions with the properties menu of the resp. file.

Therefore my suggestion: If there is a need to split in usual file extensions and all file extensions wouldn't it be better to have this option direct in the linking requester fhan in the "General"-Tab?


Michael