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I am using Opus Pro XE 5.

Is there a way using script to display the path and filename of the current slide showing in an All Files *.* slideshow?

Thanks...

Hi Steve,

Robbin Garret made this example, hope this helps?

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Ronnie

Thanks Ronnie, I'll check it out.

EDIT: Unfortunately that is not what I meant. This gives a DOS batch-file list of files in a given directory. I want the specific image appearing in a slideshow to have its filename read into a variable. -- thanks anyway.

Hi Steve,
I had an example of a csv file reader on John's old forum that showed the filename of the currently open file.
That might be what you need.
lf it isn't get back to me.

cheers
Paul

Thanks Paul,

Getting closer as it displays the filename, but not exactly what I am after. In the Slideshow Properties we can enter in a variable and options like...

<Slides>\*.jpg

Then use the "Directory Browse" action to locate a directory of jpg images. The UpdateFiles() script is then required to refresh the new slideshow path, and I was hoping that there was a way to perhaps have Opus display the filename of the slide currently showing.

Sorry Steve,


This is not possible in Opus 05, it has been added to list of features for possible inclusion in the future.

The only work around I can think of is to create your own slide show in script using a list of files from the selected folder and updating an image object.


Regards

Brenden Knifton

You could create a slideshow and do what you are wanting to do with a freeware program called IrfanView. I doubt you want to add "extras" to your publication, but it is a self-contained EXE with a relatively small size and you can run it via a command line, so you could launch it as an app from Opus and it will do what you want. Worth a look maybe?

Brief comment: Irfanview isn't actually freeware. Check its website.

My bad, it's $12 for commercial usage.

Thanks for the information and idea anyway.

I'm currently incrementing an Image Object (like a slideshow), so I'll see how it turns out.