SlideShow and Addons

[StopGap]

I'd like to be able to create a slide show using either a filename filter or ratings. Is this possible with the Addon SDK?

I have compiled the delphi examples but they do not appear in the plugin list in XnView so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for any help.
StopGap.

[xnview]

The dll is in AddOn folder?

[StopGap]

Yes it is now - I renamed the DLL to XNP (eg renamed TestPlg.dll to TestPlg.xnp) and they are now present.

Can you tell me if it's possible to develop an AddOn to create a slide show using either a filename filter or ratings, with the Addon SDK?

Thanks again.
StopGap

[xnview]

Can you tell me if it's possible to develop an AddOn to create a slide show using either a filename filter or ratings, with the Addon SDK?

Could you explain me more what you would like to do?

[StopGap]

I'd like to be able to create a slide show using some kind of filter system, that is ideally independent of the XNView database for portability.

When I click the slide show button, I'd like to be able to add only those photos which meet certain criteria. A couple of ideas that I had are as follows:

1) Filter using XNView ratings - I believe these are stored in the database, so it would not be my preferred option.

2) Store a value in the Exif data

3) Use a filename filter - for example:
Photo's that I'd like to include may use a naming convention like "image_INC.jpg" and photos to ignore might be "image.jpg"

The idea is to create something that goes with the photo when it's moved from pc to pc.

Is anything like this possible with the SDK?

Thanks again
StopGap.

[xnview]

You don't want to filter first images with XnView (search for example) and click slideshow?

[StopGap]

I'm such an idiot. I did try that but when i clicked slide show, none of the files were added. i've just realised that you have to select them first if you are using a filter, because they don't add automatically.

Thanks for the tip.
StopGap.