Indication from "Current directory Index"

[brianw]

Dear all,

I have two question with the "Current directory index":

1. The "0/0" will be showed if the tif file is only has one page. The indication is a bit strange, can it show as "1/1" ?

2. If I want to go to page 10 from a 20 pages multipages tif file, can I just input 10 in the "Current directory index" box instead of input "Pages 10/20 " ?

Thanks a lot.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

The problem is that the field serves two purposes — the current folder index and the multipage image file page number. If the TIF has only one image then what you see is the directory index, not the page number. I think 0/0 shows when you're viewing an image in memory, not loaded from disk, or when folder browsing is turned off.

[brianw]

Understood.

What about the second question?

Is there any easy way to go to the specific page , just input the page number, instead of type "page x/x" ?

Thanks a lot.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Because the field must do two things, entering a simple number goes to the file index, not the page number. Try it and see.

[Skippybox]

You might also get 0/X if you try to load an image that does not match a file pattern selected. For instance if you typed *.jpg, but then dropped a TIF image in the viewer.

You must type Page X or Page X/Y. You can click in the index and delete the number and add the number you want. Also, you can go to View>Multipage images>Open page number... (ALT, V, M, O). Just type in the number and press Enter. CTRL+Page Up/Down is pretty quick to browse pages.

If you find all the methods too slow, then you can use your external editor to run a batch file. Options>Properties/Settings>Misc. 3>Set external editors. Here is the batch file:

@echo off
set /p a="Page? "
"C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Desktop\IrfanView.lnk" %1 /one /page=%a%

So, just press SHIFT+E and the command window will prompt you for a page number. Enter the number and press Enter. See, quick. If you don't want only one instance, drop the /one switch.

[brianw]

Thank you all, I will try the script.