Requested Command Line Option: capture and convert, but not close irfanview

[prittstift69]

Command Line Option: capture and convert (to jpg), but not close irfanview

or open automatic the converted file with irfanview

This would be a nice feature, when you want to use (smaller, jpg) screenshots or cropped screenshots in other programes.

Thank you

Stephan

[Sam_Zen]

Support !
According to the command line options :

"/convert=filename - convert input file to "filename" and CLOSE IrfanView"

Indeed I wonder : why is this convert connected with an automatic close of IrfanView ?

[derniwi]

Hello,

the answer is simple: batch cnonverting is often used for more than one picture..

What you like to have is a scripting feature for the Irfan View gui (open an image, call your converting script, wait a moment and see the result).

If you have a batch call for iview with your common convertation, like convert.cmd, and you will run it
convert.cmd mypic.jpg
it is not a big deal to append just
i_view32.exe %1
to the end of your batch file.

Regards, Nils.

[Sam_Zen]

You're absolutely right. My brain must have lost the connection with the DOS 6.22 archives at that moment.

[prittstift69]

capture and convert (to jpg) - one solution

> Command Line Option: capture and convert (to jpg), but not close irfanview

This solution works in Win XP (german version):

1. create a batch-file:

filename: screenshot_with_irfanview.cmd

del c:\windows\temp\screenshot.jpg
C:\Programme\IrfanView\i_view32.exe /killmesoftly
start C:\Programme\IrfanView\i_view32.exe /capture=1 /convert=c:\windows\temp\screenshot.jpg
:WAIT
IF NOT EXIST c:\windows\temp\screenshot.jpg goto WAIT
start C:\Programme\IrfanView\i_view32.exe c:\windows\temp\screenshot.jpg
exit /b

Probably you have to change c:\Programme when you use another language version of XP.

2. create a link / Verknüpfung to the batch file

The link should be start with a hotkey (for example STRG/CTRL + F11) and the batch-file must be open minimized. (see the attached picture)

Now it's possible to create a screenshot of the foreground window (cause capture=1) with the hotkey STRG/CTRL + F11 which will be automatic convert to a jpg-file

[Laurent]

Hi Stephan (prittstift69)

Thanks for your suggestion. I made a variation on your batch file (adapted for French and English versions of Windows). It works well for me, with WinXP Pro. Here is a copy.

set IVfile="%TEMP%\screenshot.png"
set IVprog="%ProgramFiles%\IrfanView\i_view32.exe"
if exist %IVfile% del %IVfile%
start "" /wait %IVprog% /capture=1 /convert=%IVfile%
start "" %IVprog% %IVfile%
exit /b

Since the start command allows the /wait switch, I used it instead of the loop :WAIT ... goto WAIT. I also used environment variables when possible.

Laurent