Morris, Thanks for thinking and coming up with an alternative. Unfortunately I cannot use it. Let me explain:
I started gathering stories, photos, city maps etc about my birthplace Amsterdam. Till I found TW I put the stories in Word and made PDFs of it and showed photos etc with IrfanView. To distribute it to family and friends I made a CD with PStart (a menu program especially made for portable software) as the main menu. I do not know what programs they have installed, so I needed portable freeware programs - on the CD - to show the stories as PDFs (with Foxit reader), the photos (with IrfanView) etc. This as such worked, but could be made better. In the meantime I discovered TW and managed to get the stories and photos (max height 400 px) in it. I used tabs to show many photos in limited space. Lateron I learned to enlarge the small photos by linking to larger ones (thanks to your TW Help site Morris). But there are a lot of photos and city maps that I did not use in my TW but wanted to show. I made slideshows in IrfanView (saved as exe file) and these can be started with the PStart main menu. To zoom in on a special photo or city map it was easy to start IrfanView from the PStart main menu in thumbnail mode, so you can select the photo/map you want to see and zoom in. When I learned about the LaunchApplication plugin, I wanted to exchange my PStart main menu by a TW main menu. I got it working with the portable version of Firefox (v3.05) and it just looks great (better than the PStart main menu). I showed PDFs in iFrames, started slideshows and could even start IrfanView in thumbnail mode. But when I tried it with other browsers (Internet Explorer, non- portable Firefox) I got the problems as mentioned before. So I tried to use a portable version of Firefox on CD/DVD, but found other problems (cannot be used directly on CD/DVD but will be copied to hard disk and only my - special? - v3.05 works OK now). It would be nice if I got the LaunchApplication plugin working with different browsers, but if that is not possible I have to look for alternative ways. For the time being I use my (special) portable version of Firefox on CD/DVD. In the worst case I have to re-use my old PStart main menu (but if you are used to the look and feel of the TW main menu ...). Ton On Feb 24, 2:03 pm, Morris Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > I might add it works equally as well on IE7 > > TWT-Notes is online with LaunchApplicationPlugin 1.4.0 > installed.http://twt-notes.tiddlyspot.com/ > > Morris Grayhttp://twhelp.tiddlyspot.com > > On Feb 24, 11:52 pm, Morris Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 Grayhttp://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. 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