Automated Slideshow for images?

[stebobibo]

What I want to do is view an automated (timer based, not mouse/keyboard) slideshow in xyplorer. The reason I want to do this is xyplorer is that you can do random and custom sort order in xyplorer, while this is not possible in windows explorer. I know about the F11 preview mode for pictures in xyplorer. It's great, but the problem with it is that it doesn't have a timer function (that I know of). And if I try using windows photo viewer for the slideshow, it won't show them in the order they are in xyplorer, instead it just goes alphabetically. Your help is greatly appreciated!

[SkyFrontier]

For the time being, you may consider a scripted solution.
On the top of the .xys you will find settings to mess with. Open the file using a notes editor.
Hope this helps with the basics.

Edit:
well, not that basic...

v6:
-maximizes window to show, restores after show finishes
-white list for allowed image types
-GENTLY STOPS THE SHOW IF PRINT SCREEN KEY IS PRESSED (or if there's another interference in clipboard content)
-auto-calculates 90% (customizable) off of full screen resolution as a maximum value for slides resolution
-better handling of cancel operations
-alternate version without transformation effect, aka Jaeger version

v3:
-GUI elements are removed for better viewing! yay!
-input for time
-ends if nothing is selected
-restores original selection when the show stops
-provides a minimum GUI to work with at the end (this could be improved... I don't know a way to properly restore original values for GUI layout. Any ideas, guys...?).

[stebobibo]

Hi Skyfrontier,

Thanks a lot for your help! I greatly appreciate the work you've done to help me!
I've tried the vs 3 one (is that the better one?). It works. But when I tried it on a lot of pictures and I wanted to stop it because it would go on too long, I pressed esc. That ended the slideshow, but left me at the screen, from which I do not know how to get back to regular xyplorer! see screenshot

Also, is it possible to do the slideshow in full screen mode?

Thanks!

[SkyFrontier]

Hm.
I'll see what I can do. The immediate action would be customizing hotkeys to "window" menu items and mainly
-F10 to toggle dual pane,
-Miscellaneous / General Functions / Toggle Main Menu - set a hotkey for it
-File / Restart without Saving - set a hotkey for it (suggestion: shift+R)

Glad it helped.

Prior to posting v3 I tried to find a way to max/minimize XY via script but totally forgot I could #1028;/#1029; it. Will do in the next version.

Guys: is there a way to interfere in the esc-mechanism, in ways of obtaining a custom response without changing CKS so a stopped script returns a value which in turn can be used to perform further actions?

[stebobibo]

Thanks again, Skyfrontier.

Getting the main menu back was what saved me. From there I loaded my layout and was back to normal again.
The other two things; dual pane, and restart; did nothing useful for me.

I appreciate the work you're doing to improve the script!
Will you post the next version here or somewhere else?

[SkyFrontier]

Well... "restart without saving" restores everything back in place, instead of (then) current useless filtered pane.
Yes, I'll post any updates here. Stay tuned. ETA: 2 or 3 days (finishing some tasks for the week, sorry). I had an idea on how to deal with ESC, but it's a dirty solution and I may have missed a trick on the last months so other posters' opinions may give a better solution.

[SkyFrontier]

New version 6 available.
THAT'S entertainment!
; )

[nerdweed]

Did you check http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9784 - Wonderful script from Flux.