MainView.Doc V1.0 ----------------- MainView is MainActors external player. It can display all animations/pictures for which MainActor has the proper loader modules. The key commands while playing animations or showing pictures are the same as if you would view them directly with MainActor. Thats the reason for not listing them here again, have a look at the MainActor doc section 3.2 under "Play" and "Show". If MainActor saved an icon for the animations/pictures to view, MainView will take the view settings from this icon (overruling its own settings) ! You can change this behaviour through the 'IgnoreIcons' option. You can start MainView from the workbench or form the cli : Starting MainView from the Workbench ------------------------------------ If you start MainView from the wb (per icon) you can select the file(s) to view in an asl-requester. For multi selecting just press one of the shift keys and select the files with the mouse. (Starting from OS 2.1+) MainView supports the following tooltypes : Window ------ This tooltype enables the window mode, all animations or pictures will be displayed in an window on the current public screen. Is disabled by default. FrameInfo --------- FrameInfo enables the FrameInfo mode. For further details look at the MainActor.Doc. Is disabled by default. NoCaching --------- Disables caching, with caching disabled MainView plays direct from the harddisk (or whatever). This allows you to play big animations even if you have not much ram. Is disabled by default. IgnoreIcons ----------- Ignores the icons of the animations/pictures Is disabled by default. Flash ----- Enables the Flash option. Is disabled by default. XOffset= --------------- You can directly set the start x offset. Defaults to 0. YOffset= --------------- The same for the y offset. Defaults to 0. Repeat= -------------- Repeats the animation times. For example "Repeat=1" would play the animation one time. Defaults to 10. Directory= ---------------- This is the initial directory for the asl-requester. Anim_Module= -------------------- Chooses the default loader module for animations. Default is the "Universal" module. Pic_Module= -------------------- Chooses the default loader module for pictures. Default is the "Universal" module. If you want to view all pictures for example on the PicassoII gfx board, choose the "Universal_PicassoII" module. Starting MainView from the cli ------------------------------ Starting MainView from the cli will give you enhanced functionality. You can for example define patterns for animations or picture lists. Usage is : MainView [-] You can enter as many files as you like. MainView supports these options : -w : enables the window mode -fi : enables the frameinfo option -nc : turns caching off -i : ignore the icons for the animations/pictures -f : enables the flash option -xvalue : value describes the initial x offset -yvalue : the same for the y offset. -rvalue : value describes how often the animation should be repeated -amodule : where module is the default animation loader for example "-aUniversal" selects the universal loader (default). -pmodule : where module is the default picture loader for example "-aUniversal" selects the universal loader (default). If you want to remap your pictures to the PicassoII board enter "-pUniversal_PicassoII" Examples: 'MainView -nc -r1 Graphics:Pics/#? Graphics:Animation/#?8_32' will show all files in the Graphics:Pics/ directory as well as all files in the Graphics:Animation/ directory which end with '8_32'and all animations will be directly played from the harddisk (one time). 'MainView -pPicassoII Graphics:#?_24Bit' will display all pictures which names end with '_24Bit' on the Picasso-II board.