It's a console app. You have to open a 'DOS' box and run it from there. The run command from the start menu won't allow you to read the output. You could redirect output to a text file on the command line then use notepad or wordpad to read the resulting ASCII file..
Rick Womer wrote: > John, > > Showtags.exe isn't as easy as you describe, at least > for me. > > I downloaded the file (HP computer running XP), usede > "run" from the start menu to enter the program's > location and the photo's location, and a black > rectangle flashed on my screen with scrolling text for > about 1/5second--that was all. > > How do I capture that fast-moving text? "Redirect the > output to a file" doesn't tell me anything. > > Could you please provide more comprehensive > instructions? > > Rick > > --- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> A summary of what I've discovered about the Pentax >> tags >> can be found here: >> >> http://panix.com/~johnf/raw/index.html >> >> A (Windows executable) version of the program I use >> to >> dump the tags can be found here: >> >> http://panix.com/~johnf/raw/ShowTags.exe >> >> It's fairly easy to use - just type >> >> ShowTags filespec1 filespec2 ... >> >> at a command prompt (wildcards can be used). >> There's >> quite a bit of output (100 or more lines per image), >> so you might want to redirect the output to a file. >> >> Unfortunately it appears that the FrameCount tag >> (tag 41) >> is no longer written out - it shows up in files from >> the >> D and the DS, but has vanished from the DL. >> >> >> If anybody spots a discrepancy between the output >> from >> ShowTags and the data in the table I'd appreciate >> email >> (sent to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) detailing the >> difference. >> >> I'm particularly interested in information about the >> DS2/DL2, and about the K100D/K110D, and how these >> differ >> from the DS. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Need Mail bonding? > Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
