XnView Software

Currently XnView uses the filename name for each "Open With" program which I think is stupid....

[OpenWith]
OpenWith_0=C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
OpenWith_1=C:\Program Files\DivX\DivX Player\DivX Player.exe
OpenWith_2=C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayerc.exe
OpenWith_3=C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
OpenWith_4=C:\Program Files\PhotoFiltre Studio\pf-studio.exe
OpenWith_5=C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32.exe
OpenWith_6=

In XnView, only "wmplayer.exe" is visible and who knows what that is?
Each menu entry needs a label\description that can be changed or deleted for each program.

Technical end result:

[OpenWith]
OpenWith_0=C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
Name_0=Windows Media Player
OpenWith_1=C:\Program Files\DivX\DivX Player\DivX Player.exe
Name_1=default
OpenWith_2=C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayerc.exe
Name_2=Media Player Classic
OpenWith_3=C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
Name_3=default
OpenWith_4=C:\Program Files\PhotoFiltre Studio\pf-studio.exe
Name_4=default
OpenWith_5=C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32.exe
Name_5=default

For some reason "vlc.exe" shows as "VLC media player" already but "wmplayer.exe" fails to show "Windows media player"

menu entry needs a label\description

100% agree with you

Or perhaps i can extract Application name from .exe??

I thought about that but concluded it would be too slow.

ckit wrote:I thought about that but concluded it would be too slow.

Perhaps only the first time??

You mean XnView would store the information in it's INI once it's been read?

ckit wrote:You mean XnView would store the information in it's INI once it's been read?

Yes,

Ok, I like the sound of that

Perhaps a dialog for changing the program name determined when adding a new program would be helpful. Also, there should be a dialog for administrating the "Open with" programs, similar to the bookmarks / favourites.

helmut wrote:Perhaps a dialog for changing the program name determined when adding a new program would be helpful. Also, there should be a dialog for administrating the "Open with" programs, similar to the bookmarks / favourites.

I support this as well.

Hi,

If you try to configure an "Open With" program as a command line script, you would not be able to extract a useful name from the ".exe". As such it would be recommended to allow the descriptive name to be user configurable.

Command line scripts are a common way to kick off Java programs, so this is not as unlikely a requirement as it may first appear.

Thanks,
Matt

Nice to see another Aussie

Hi,
I hope this is the right place to add a suggestion to the suggestion:

When you overwork the open-with-dialogue I think it's easy to change it's behaviour concerning file types: It should be possible to select every filetype - not only ".exe". I need that feature for easily adding .bat and .py files to the Open With list without editing the xnview.ini. BTW I find that kind of restriction is not very "xnview-like".
Same topic: http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=10556

best regards,
Riemenschneider

It should be possible to select every filetype - not only ".exe"[

Can't agree with you more.

Hi,

can we have an option to set the names for OpenWith_ programs ourselves ?...

thank you.

PS:

OpenWith_0=C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5\Photoshop.exe
OpenWith_1=C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 bit)\Photoshop.exe

have the same names in XnView menu