Environment: Ubuntu 8.01, Wine 1.0.0, fresh installs.
I'm trying to get Irfanview (yes I know about the alleged clone. It isn't) to work as an "open with" program for .jpg files. I have placed it in the "open with" table When I click (gnome) on a .jpg, Irfanview opens with a blank screen. I've done some experimenting and it appears that the arguments are not being passed properly to Irfanview and/or Irfanview can't use what is being passed.
I have learned that, for example, Irfanview can be started from a shell prompt using ".\foo.jpg" as the argument but not "./foo.jpg" which is to be expected. However, Irfanview also fails when given an argument like \home\jgd\foo.jpg" and also fails when given an argument relative to drive_c such as c:\photos\foo.jpg".
Questions:
- Can I do what I want to do?
- If so what is the command line syntax that I should use?
- Short of writing a windows program, how do I find out what command line is actually being passed?
One other tidbit that might be important. The Irfanview installer would not run. I haven't had a chance to see why yet. Nothing happens on a double click to the installer. I had to install on a windows drive and copy everything over. I was pretty sure that Irfanview doesn't use the registry for anything important, as I've done the same procedure to a new windows drive and everything worked.
I know that I could probably solve the problem with a shell script but I'd like to be able to address the problem directly
thanks,
John
Passing arguments during OLE
Re: Passing arguments during OLE
You need to use winepath to translate *NIX paths into win paths: http://wiki.winehq.org/winepathneonjohn wrote:I'm trying to get Irfanview (yes I know about the alleged clone. It isn't) to work as an "open with" program for .jpg files.
Re: Passing arguments during OLE
[quote="vitamin"][quote="neonjohn"]I'm trying to get Irfanview (yes I know about the alleged clone. It isn't) to work as an "open with" program for .jpg files.[/quote]
You need to use winepath to translate *NIX paths into win paths: http://wiki.winehq.org/winepath[/quote]
Thanks for the tip. Now here's the solution. I had to write a shell script because apparently gnome won't execute a $() or back-tick command.
I called the script "iv" and put it in /usr/local/bin. Put the text between the dotted lines below in a file called iv (or whatever you like). Do a
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/iv
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#!/bin/bash
foo=$(winepath -w $*)
# uncomment these two lines to print diagnostics in x windows
#xmessage $* &
#xmessage $foo &
wine "/home/jgd/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/IrfanView/i_view32.exe" $foo
exit
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To associate this with a jpeg, right click on the jpg file, any file and select "propreties" When the window opens, select "Open With", click "add" and then select "use a custom command" In the command line type
/usr/local/bin/iv
Close all the windows and that's it.
the process is somewhat slow on this older 2 ghz laptop, taking about 4 seconds to open but that's OK. I would have preferred not to have to use a script but it works and that's what matters.
This script can also be used from the shell prompt to view any type of file Irfanview can open. Example
$ iv foo.jpg
$ iv /media/camera_card/dcim/foo.jpg
The latter is a typical command to view a file on a media card from a camera.
John
You need to use winepath to translate *NIX paths into win paths: http://wiki.winehq.org/winepath[/quote]
Thanks for the tip. Now here's the solution. I had to write a shell script because apparently gnome won't execute a $() or back-tick command.
I called the script "iv" and put it in /usr/local/bin. Put the text between the dotted lines below in a file called iv (or whatever you like). Do a
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/iv
------------------------------------------
#!/bin/bash
foo=$(winepath -w $*)
# uncomment these two lines to print diagnostics in x windows
#xmessage $* &
#xmessage $foo &
wine "/home/jgd/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/IrfanView/i_view32.exe" $foo
exit
--------------------------------------------
To associate this with a jpeg, right click on the jpg file, any file and select "propreties" When the window opens, select "Open With", click "add" and then select "use a custom command" In the command line type
/usr/local/bin/iv
Close all the windows and that's it.
the process is somewhat slow on this older 2 ghz laptop, taking about 4 seconds to open but that's OK. I would have preferred not to have to use a script but it works and that's what matters.
This script can also be used from the shell prompt to view any type of file Irfanview can open. Example
$ iv foo.jpg
$ iv /media/camera_card/dcim/foo.jpg
The latter is a typical command to view a file on a media card from a camera.
John
