Re: What did I use to take that shot?

In a message dated 10/11/2009 11:32:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jo...@panix.com writes: According to an earlier message in this thread you should be able to fix that my right-clicking on the executable and selecting something from the menu. I don't see this sort of thing on my machine, but

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 02:31:37PM -0400, John Francis wrote: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 02:46:31AM -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > > > > I tried it with dragging and dropping my Canon Raw files on it and it > > works fine (older/newer version of Canon RAW). Although I keep getting the > > Win

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 02:46:31AM -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > > I tried it with dragging and dropping my Canon Raw files on it and it > works fine (older/newer version of Canon RAW). Although I keep getting the > Windows warning that it is unsigned/unverified and do I want to run it? A

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

In a message dated 10/10/2009 2:26:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jo...@panix.com writes: On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 03:00:30PM -0400, John Francis wrote: > > A new version of ScanTags, with that bug fixed (and one other minor fix) > can be found in the usual place: > >

RE: What did I use to take that shot?

Mail List Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? Thanks to Mark Roberts I've now fixed a couple of issues in ScanTags. It turns out that the in-camera JPEGs aren't technically JFIF-compliant; they don't have the mandatatory APP0 section immediately after the SOI (If you d

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 03:00:30PM -0400, John Francis wrote: > > A new version of ScanTags, with that bug fixed (and one other minor fix) > can be found in the usual place: > > > > This should now work with JPEGs produced by Photoshop, etc., as well

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

Thanks to Mark Roberts I've now fixed a couple of issues in ScanTags. It turns out that the in-camera JPEGs aren't technically JFIF-compliant; they don't have the mandatatory APP0 section immediately after the SOI (If you don't understand that, don't worry - it isn't really important). As a result

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 07:04:45AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > John Francis wrote: > > >If you or anyone else who can't get ScanTags output is interested, > >I've put up a newer version at > >that produces a little more informative output if it fails to op

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:45:21 -0400 John Francis wrote: > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:21:07AM +0530, Subash wrote: > > programme previously. the latest version outputs this when given a > > jpg (converted from a pef) file path: "? unrecognised file" > > That's because whatever you are using for co

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

John Francis wrote: >If you or anyone else who can't get ScanTags output is interested, >I've put up a newer version at >that produces a little more informative output if it fails to open a file. OK, here's what's happening for me now... I get the message

RE: What did I use to take that shot?

ancis Sent: Saturday, 10 October 2009 3:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? Another feature you might find useful: If you run it as a command-line utility like this: ScanTags @FileList.txt >ScanTags.txt where FileList.txt contains a list of fi

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On Oct 10, 2009, at 5:13 PM, John Francis wrote: If you or anyone else who can't get ScanTags output is interested, I've put up a newer version at that produces a little more informative output if it fails to open a file. Working well for me now. L

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

Joseph McAllister wrote: On Oct 8, 2009, at 10:30 , Bruce Walker wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 12:08:49PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: David Mann wrote: I get the "Hit any key to clos

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:21:07AM +0530, Subash wrote: > On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:13:15 -0400 > > the latest version works, and, as i just discovered, the previous > version too. i had mistakenly thought that the programme works both for > jpgs and pefs. i was passing the filename of a jpg to the p

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:13:15 -0400 John Francis wrote: > If you or anyone else who can't get ScanTags output is interested, > I've put up a newer version at > that produces a little more > informative output if it fails to open a file. the latest version

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 08:18:46AM +0530, Subash wrote: > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:23:57 -0400 > John Francis wrote: > > > > the error messages are gone, but it just displays '[hit any key to > > > close window]' and leaves me back at the command prompt. > > > > Well, it sounds like you've got it

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:23:57 -0400 John Francis wrote: > > the error messages are gone, but it just displays '[hit any key to > > close window]' and leaves me back at the command prompt. > > Well, it sounds like you've got it running. But presumably you can't > use drag-and-drop to supply the c

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On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 02:50:45PM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: > > Yeah. Me too. I got hit with a Windows POS**t last night on my iMac > through Safari. That damn thing that opens a window and "checks your PC > for viruses and worms" then goes about testing your hard drive and > announces

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On 10/7/09, John Francis wrote: > > I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: > > http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/ScanTags.exe Very cool, John. It works perfectly on my wife's Vista machine. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Oct 8, 2009, at 10:30 , Bruce Walker wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 12:08:49PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: David Mann wrote: I get the "Hit any key to close window" message appearing in

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On 8/10/09, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: >Don't be. It's just as easy to screw up a Mac (or a Linux system) by >messing with permissions, which is what I suspect is going wrong here. The first time I bought a Mac, they said make sure you repair your permissions. I said not to worry

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

Mark Roberts wrote: David Mann wrote: I get the "Hit any key to close window" message appearing in a DOS box. Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

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Neat program, however I'd love to be able to batch process and output to a text file. Is there anyway to suppress the message to press any key? Or is there anyway to pipe an anykey response to the program? My batch program just sits there unitl I hit the space bar for each file. John Franc

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On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 01:30:45PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: > > At this point I just have to say that as a Mac user I'm being greatly > entertained by this thread. :-) Don't be. It's just as easy to screw up a Mac (or a Linux system) by messing with permissions, which is what I suspect is go

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 12:08:49PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: David Mann wrote: I get the "Hit any key to close window" message appearing in a DOS box. Yep, I get the same thing no matter

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 12:08:49PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > John Francis wrote: > > >On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> David Mann wrote: > >> > >> >I get the "Hit any key to close window" message appearing in a DOS box. > >> > >> Yep, I get the same thing no

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

John Francis wrote: >On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: >> David Mann wrote: >> >> >I get the "Hit any key to close window" message appearing in a DOS box. >> >> Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. > >That's what you would expect if you just run the program

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > David Mann wrote: > > >I get the "Hit any key to close window" message appearing in a DOS box. > > Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. That's what you would expect if you just run the program by double-clicking it, or by

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

2009/10/8 Mark Roberts : > David Mann wrote: > >>I get the "Hit any key to close window" message appearing in a DOS box. > > Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. You guys beat me. I've never localised the "any" key. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

David Mann wrote: >I get the "Hit any key to close window" message appearing in a DOS box. Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. -- 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 a

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:03 +0200, "AlunFoto" wrote: > 2009/10/8 John Coyle : > > Hi Brian - if you create a shortcut to the program file on your desktop, > > then drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer, it works as John suggested it > > would.  You do have to then click on "Open With" and confirm the

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

2009/10/8 John Coyle : > Hi Brian - if you create a shortcut to the program file on your desktop, > then drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer, it works as John suggested it > would.  You do have to then click on "Open With" and confirm the run as it > comes from an "Unknown publisher"! Try also to

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:12 +1300, "David Mann" wrote: > On Oct 8, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > Unfortunately it doesn't work for me - or John Coyle either, > > apparently > > - maybe it's an Australian problem. :-)> > ˙ǝɹǝɥdsıɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇnos ǝɥʇ uı sɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʇnoqɐ > ʇuǝɹǝɟɟı

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On Oct 8, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Unfortunately it doesn't work for me - or John Coyle either, apparently - maybe it's an Australian problem. :-)> ˙ǝɹǝɥdsıɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇnos ǝɥʇ uı sɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʇnoqɐ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ƃuıɥʇǝɯos s,ǝɹǝɥʇ sǝʎ I relocated the exe file into a Program Files

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+ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > > Br

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tnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > Brian Walters > > Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 3:44 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subjec

RE: What did I use to take that shot?

t: Thursday, 8 October 2009 3:44 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? > > Hi John > > Yes, that works but only on the command line with the image file as a > parameter. It still doesn'

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Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 3:44 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? Hi John Yes, that works but only on the command line with the image file

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; > 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? >

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ailto: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

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Hi John Yes, that works but only on the command line with the image file as a parameter. It still doesn't accept drag and drop on my system. Looks very useful though. Thanks. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au

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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 c

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:54:21AM +0530, Subash wrote: > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:08:40 -0400 > John Francis wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:07:10PM -0400, John Francis wrote: > > > > > > I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: > > > > > > http://www.jfwaf.com

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:08:40 -0400 John Francis wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:07:10PM -0400, John Francis wrote: > > > > I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: > > > > http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/ScanTags.exe > > OK - I've uploaded a new version, linked against

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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

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On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:07:10PM -0400, John Francis wrote: > > I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: > > http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/ScanTags.exe OK - I've uploaded a new version, linked against static libraries, so it should install without requiring any addition

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:17:52AM +0530, Subash wrote: > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 00:27:59 -0400 > John Francis wrote: > > > Can you invoke it directly (from a command window)? Typing > > > > "ScanTags " > > > > should get you the same results as dropping an image onto it. > > > > (As another po

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 00:27:59 -0400 John Francis wrote: > Can you invoke it directly (from a command window)? Typing > > "ScanTags " > > should get you the same results as dropping an image onto it. > > (As another poster has noted, you may need the VS2005 runtimes) i realise it wasn't meant

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Nope, that's not it. I can drag-and-drop onto the executable in exactly the same way I can onto a desktop shortcut. Odd. Can you invoke it directly (from a command window)? Typing "ScanTags " should get you the same results as dropping an image onto it. (As another poster has noted, you m

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

Hi John On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:19 -0400, "John Francis" wrote: > > Ah. You may need to put it somewhere else, and control-drag a > shortcut to it onto the desktop. > > I know that works, because that's how I use it (I'm on XP, too). Unfortunately it doesn't work for me - or John Coyle eit

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Doesn't work on my iMac under OSX 10.5.8 either. Maybe if it was a Unix kinda thing? On Oct 7, 2009, at 20:24 , Brian Walters wrote: That looks pretty useful but I can't get it to work on my XP system. The icon of ScanTags on the desktop won't accept a drag and drop. :-(> Joseph McAlliste

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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

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

Ah. You may need to put it somewhere else, and control-drag a shortcut to it onto the desktop. I know that works, because that's how I use it (I'm on XP, too). On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 02:24:36PM +1100, Brian Walters wrote: > That looks pretty useful but I can't get it to work on my XP system.

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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

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That looks pretty useful but I can't get it to work on my XP system. The icon of ScanTags on the desktop won't accept a drag and drop. :-(> Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 2

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:09:02PM -0400, Graydon wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:07:10PM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > > 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

Re: What did I use to take that shot?

On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:07:10PM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > 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 no