Well, it's good that it runs - that means we're beyond library issues. But you should be able to drag-and-drop an image file onto the icon; in theory that's equivalent to invoking the ScanTags executable with the fully-qualified path to the image file as the first parameter.
On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:54:21PM +1000, John Coyle wrote: > It works if you run it from the 'Run' option on the Start button, giving the > fully-qualified path of the image file. Once there, of course, you can > select it again and again, just changing the file reference. > > > John in Brisbane > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John > Francis > Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 3:30 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? > > > That shouldn't affect it; The C/C++ runtimes install in what > Microsoft call the side-by-side (SxS) environment, which makes > it possible to have several different versions installed. It's > more likely that the redistributable doesn't include the debug > versions of the libraries, and I uploaded a debug build of the > original ScanTags program. > > In any case I've put a new version up for download, built as a > release (not debug) version, and linked against static libraries. > Thisd should run without requiring any additional environment. > > > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:20:09PM +1000, John Coyle wrote: > > That me be only part of the answer John; I just did the download, > installed > > the software, and rebooted. No change. Could this be because I have > VS2008 > > installed? > > > > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > John > > Francis > > Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 2:23 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? > > > > > > Possibly. I thought SP3 had the VS2005 redistributables, but maybe not. > > They can be downloaded from Microsoft here: > > > > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13- > > 9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=en > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 02:01:58PM +1000, John Coyle wrote: > > > Hi John - it will neither install nor run on my XP_SP3 system. Message > is: > > > "The application has failed to start because the application > configuration > > > is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem." > > > > > > Do you need to distribute a deployment package? > > > > > > John in Brisbane > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > John > > > Francis > > > Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:07 PM > > > To: Pentax List > > > Subject: What did I use to take that shot? > > > > > > > > > I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: > > > > > > http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/ScanTags.exe > > > > > > > > > Copy it to your desktop, of whereever. Then just drag-and-drop > > > an image file onto it; it will pop up a window showing you the > > > camera name, the lens name (for Pentax DSLRs only), and several > > > exposure settings (shutter speed, aperture, focal length). > > > This works for JPEGs, PEFs & DNG files as long as some EXIF data > > > is present - JPEGs created by "Save for Web" in Photoshop, which > > > have all that sort of thing stripped out, don't show anything. > > > > > > Requests for additional tags may, or may not, be considered :-) > > > > > > > > > Incidentally, I might have mad a minor mis-statement when I claimed > > > that a DNG contained everything that is in a PEF; I can't remember > > > whether the DNGs include the full-size (but highly compressed) JPEG > > > found in a PEF. It's not really that important - it's easy enough to > > > generate something equivalent if needed directly from the RAW data - > > > but it is something in a PEF that might not be found in a DNG. > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > > follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
