I've just tried these successfully since Paint Shop Pro is my default image program. So there is no need for the executable in the code.
Firefox 3.05 - TW 2.4.3 - Vista Here the code is on disk K: - picture on disk C: - Psp.exe on disk C: <<LaunchApplicationLink "PSP" "Program relative to Tiddly html file" "file:///C:\Pictures\Emily\emilypond.jpg">> Here code is on disk K: with picture relative i.e. "K:\Pictures \emilypond.JPG" - Psp.exe on disk C: <<LaunchApplicationLink "PSP" "Program relative to Tiddly html file" "../Pictures/emilypond.JPG">> At all times the TW is file:///K:/TWNotes/twt-notes.html The forward and back slashes are as shown. Perhaps this will give you a clue. Morris Gray http://twhelp.tiddlyspot.com A TiddlyWiki help file for beginners On Feb 24, 10:25 pm, TonG <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lyall, > > I'm ready to publish my attempts to use the LaunchApplication plugin > in the Journal of Irreproducible Results :) > > My conditions used: > Windows XP installation at C: > TiddlyWiki in the root of partition H: (ultimately meant to be at a > DVD, therefore I need relative paths) > IrfanView and Photos at H:\Foto > I want to start IrfanView in thumbnail mode in the correct folder, > normally done by i_view32.exe XYZ.jpg /thumbs. In that case the > thumbnail viewer starts in the folder where IrfanView and the XYZ.jpg > resides and opens XYZ.jpg in IrfanView itself. > > To see if my problems had something to do with the paths of IrfanView > and/or the photos, I tried the following 4 cases A, B, C and D (only > the last 2 parameters for LaunchApplication are given). > I used TW 2.4.3 with only the LaunchApplication and Coretweaks > plugin. > I used Firefox 3.05 & 3.06 (FF), Firefox portable 3.05 (FF portable) > and Internet Explorer 7 (IE). > > The - mixed - results are summarized below. > > A) "Foto/i_view32.exe" "\Foto\XYZ.jpg /thumbs" > FF portable works > FF sometimes works. If it does not work there is no error from > LaunchApplication, only IrfanView looks in C:\Program Files\Mozilla > Firefox instead of in H:\Foto > IE: IrfanView message File not found; no message from > LaunchApplication > > B) "Foto/i_view32.exe" "H:\Foto\XYZ.jpg /thumbs" > FF portable works > FF works > IE: IrfanView message File not found; no message from > LaunchApplication > > C) "H:/Foto/i_view32.exe" "\Foto\XYZ.jpg /thumbs" > FF portable works > FF sometimes works. If it does not work there is no error from > LaunchApplication, only IrfanView looks in C:\Program Files\Mozilla > Firefox instead of in H:\Foto > IE: LaunchApplication cannot locate/execute file 'H:/H:/Foto/ > i_view32.exe' > > D) "H:/Foto/i_view32.exe" "H:\Foto\XYZ.jpg /thumbs" > FF portable works > FF works > IE: LaunchApplication cannot locate/execute file 'H:/H:/Foto/ > i_view32.exe' > > Lateron I tried situation A) with different PCs. > In that case I used a DVD with TW (with more plugins than the test > above), IrfanView and photos on it and got comparable results. > In a few instances when FF did not work, it looked in the folder C: > \Program Files\RSS Bandit (in most cases it looked in C:\Program Files > \Mozilla Firefox when it did not work). > Sometimes I start FF from my RSS reader. I tried to reproduce such a > situation (starting FF from RSS Bandit) and then situation A) but > could not reproduce it. It just sometimes happens. > > At a certain moment I thought about putting FF portable on the DVD and > start it from there, but there were 2 problems: > 1) You cannot use FF portable from DVD (it will copy itself to hard > disk) > 2) FF portable 3.06 behaved different from 3.05 > When I upgraded FF portable from 3.05 to 3.06 (http:// > portableapps.com/) even FF portable looked in the wrong folder! But FF > portable 3.05 still works correct. > In both cases the message of LaunchApplication is the same: > LaunchApplication executing 'H:\\Foto\i_view32.exe' \Foto\XYZ.jpg / > thumbs > > Any idea to get it working correct? > > Thanks, > > Ton > > On Feb 2, 9:24 am, Lyall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Wow, sounds like it's not the plugin's fault. > > Particularly if it works sometimes and not others. > > I hope to get into this later this week, I have just returned from an > > overseas holiday and have lots of photos to file. > > ...Lyall > > > On Feb 1, 11:04 pm, TonG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > =================================================== > > > Hi Lyall, > > > > I'm working with Windows XP Prof SP3, Firefox 3.05 and TiddlyWiki > > > 2.4.3. > > > Up till now described situation #4 always worked with Internet > > > Explorer (v7) and portable Firefox v3.05 (downloaded > > > fromhttp://portableapps.com/). > > > > I tried to define the conditions when standard FF does not work, but I > > > can't get grip on it. > > > At a certain moment it looked like it did not work after rebooting, > > > but after another reboot it did work correctly. > > > If standard FF does not work, sometimes I can get it working by first > > > opening my TW in Internet Explorer or in portable Firefox. After doing > > > that (and closing the browser), sometimes it then works in standard > > > Firefox, sometimes it does not work. > > > > I tried 2 other Windows XP PCs with the same - mixed/inconsistent - > > > results for standard Firefox. These 2 PCs also worked correctly (for > > > situation #4) with Internet Explorer (v7) and portable Firefox v3.05. > > > > Thanks > > > > Ton > > > > On Feb 1, 4:04 am, Lyall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I will have a look in the next few days. I have only just updated to > > > > FF3 on my Gentoo Linux. > > > > Thanks for raising the issue. > > > > > ...Lyall > > > > > On Jan 31, 7:37 pm, TonG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The strange thing is: sometimes 4) works with standard FF 3, sometimes > > > > > it does not work. > > > > > > Ton > > > > > > On Jan 31, 10:16 am, TonG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > I'am struggling with theLaunchApplicationplugin v1.4 (TW v2.4.3). > > > > > > > To be more specific, I want to start IrfanView with a photo > > > > > > displayed > > > > > > (IrfanView and photo in subfolder Foto). > > > > > > I succeeded in starting the executable itself (IrfanView), see 1) > > > > > > > 1) <<LaunchApplication"IrfanView" "" "Foto/i_view32.exe">> > > > > > > > This works with FireFox 3, Internet Explorer and the portable > > > > > > version > > > > > > of Firefox 3. > > > > > > > I do have problems when passing arguments. I tried 2), 3) and 4) > > > > > > > 2) <<LaunchApplication"Foto Kikker" "" "Foto/i_view32.exe" "Foto/ > > > > > > 1957_Kikker_Raadhuisstraat.jpg">> > > > > > > 3) <<LaunchApplication"Foto Kikker" "" "Foto/i_view32.exe" "/Foto/ > > > > > > 1957_Kikker_Raadhuisstraat.jpg">> > > > > > > 4) <<LaunchApplication"Foto Kikker" "" "/Foto/i_view32.exe" "\Foto > > > > > > \1957_Kikker_Raadhuisstraat.jpg">> > > > > > > > 2) and 3) do not work at all; only 4) works with Internet Explorer > > > > > > and > > > > > > the portable version of Firefox 3, but not with standard FireFox 3. > > > > > > > I tried Eric Shulman's CoreTweaks plugin for the FF issues, but that > > > > > > did not help either. > > > > > > > To circumvent the arguments inLaunchApplicationI tried a few things: > > > > > > 1) I made a batch file that started IrfanView with a photo > > > > > > displayed. > > > > > > The batch file as such works, but calling the batch file with > > > > > >LaunchApplicationdoes not work. > > > > > > 2) Also a compiled AutoHotkey script (an exe file) works alone but > > > > > > does not work when called fromLaunchApplication. > > > > > > > Any suggestions to get it working for standard FF 3 ? > > > > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > > > > Ton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
