I'm using the text entry box setting on Properties > Viewing > Status Bar text to add custom info to the status bar.
I used the Text/Pattern Options examples that are provided in the IrfanView Help file to construct the following:
The above basically displays the EXIF date that a photo was taken (instead of the date that it was last modified) and formats it to my liking. It works perfectly except for just one problem: I want to have the time displayed in parentheses, but the parenthesis symbol has a special function that groups formatting commands together, so this has meant that I have ended up with one pair of parentheses nested inside another pair.
I don't know how to "escape" the inner pair of parentheses to let IrfanView know that those ones are just text and not part of a text pattern function. I couldn't find anything in the help file on how to do this.
The nesting of parentheses does not seem to cause any problem with images containing EXIF data (the status bar text displays exactly as I want it to) but for images that have no EXIF data (e.g. PNGs, screenshots etc.) I always end up with a single trailing closing parenthesis symbol " ) " showing in the status bar.
How can I get rid of this solitary parenthesis in non-EXIF images without messing up my formatting when viewing an EXIF image?
Thanks.
I used the Text/Pattern Options examples that are provided in the IrfanView Help file to construct the following:
Code:
$M $E36867(%a %d %b %Y (%I:%M %p)) $I120
I don't know how to "escape" the inner pair of parentheses to let IrfanView know that those ones are just text and not part of a text pattern function. I couldn't find anything in the help file on how to do this.
The nesting of parentheses does not seem to cause any problem with images containing EXIF data (the status bar text displays exactly as I want it to) but for images that have no EXIF data (e.g. PNGs, screenshots etc.) I always end up with a single trailing closing parenthesis symbol " ) " showing in the status bar.
How can I get rid of this solitary parenthesis in non-EXIF images without messing up my formatting when viewing an EXIF image?
Thanks.
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