About Image Viewer

Image Viewer is a utility used to view, copy, move, and delete digital images.

Since I use my digital camera very often, I use this program all of the time. This helps me stay on top of any bugs that crop up, and at the same time, I am in tune with any developments that need to be made. Besides, I felt that it would be a terrible shame not to share this program with the world (hence the documentation).

I have not wasted a lot of time putting in all kinds of little features and functions that very few people, if anybody, will ever use. That results in bloatware. This program is small and fast.

I will entertain ideas for enhancements, bug reports, suggestions, comments, etc. Please contact me at software@davegrund.com. Technical support is available to registered users for free via e-mail.

Program Installation

Image Viewer is manually installed.

1) Create a directory (folder) for the sole use of Image Viewer.

2) Copy the distribution file, IV40.ZIP into that directory.

3) Unzip that file using your favorite unzipping program.

4) After all of the files are expanded, MOVE IV40.ZIP to a diskette or somewhere else for safe keeping, out of that directory.

5) Create a Windows shortcut to the program, with no command line parameters. Put this shortcut with all of your other Windows applications. This is the one you will use to call the program up on demand.

The program does not use the Windows Registry, and there are no DLL’s to install. If you wish to uninstall (sob), simply delete the directory and its contents, and the uninstall is clean and complete.

Main Screen

This is the main screen. From here, you can select the drive and directory that contains the images that you wish to view. Change the drive by clicking on the drive box at the lower left side of the screen. Change the directory by double-clicking on one of the directories that appear in the directory box above. When you do that, if there are any suitable images, their names will appear in the file list box.

When the program starts, it will choose the directory that you used the last time you used the program (it remembers).

You can select an image by clicking on the name with the mouse. You can select several images by sweeping over the names with the mouse key depressed. (Only the last image selected is displayed). You can select images that are not consecutive by holding down the Cntl key, and clicking on the names with the mouse. You can delete selected images by hitting the delete key.

Before the program displays an image, it checks to see if the image is too large for the screen. If it is, the program will adjust the image proportionately to be just small enough to fit inside the screen. This way, you will see ALL of an image, even if it is “huge”.

The blue bar at the top of the screen will display the name of the currently-selected image.

The Exit button in the upper-right corner can be used to quit the program.

The Menu Bar

The menu bar has four items: File, About, Print, and Exit.

File- This item has three sub-items: Copy, Move, and Delete.

Copy- Use this to copy selected files to a new directory. If you choose this, the program will ask you which directory to copy the files to. It will also remember which directory you chose last time, and present that to you first.

Move- Use this to move selected files to a new directory. If you choose this, the program will ask you which directory to move the files to. It will also remember which directory you chose last time, and present that to you first. It will first copy the files. Then, it will verify that you really want to delete them (thus completing the move operation).

Both the copy and delete operations will warn you if you are (even inadvertently) trying to copy a file to one that already exists.

Delete- Use this option to delete these files.

About- This item will display information about the program: the current level number, etc.

Print- This item will allow you to set up your printer as desired, and then to print the image.

Exit- This item will immediately quit the program. It has the exact same effect as the Exit button.

Status Bar

Finally, there are four sections in the “status bar” at the lower left corner of the screen.

1. The first section tells you the original image’s dimensions (hence the ‘O’): width, then height.

2. The second section tells you the adjusted image’s dimensions (hence the ‘A’).

3. The third section keeps a running count of the number of images selected.

4. The fourth tells you the total number of files in the selected directory.