trying to write a small arexx script to go trough a list of
pictures and get the width and heigth of each picture

/* test */

options results
address 'SHOWGIRLS.1'

ImageWidth
width=result
say width

Loadnext

etc, but say width only say RESULT

wtf am i doing wrong ?


heres the shell output

MorphOS:system_util/ShowGirls-0.8/Rexx> rx test.rx
8 *-* Imagewidth;
+++ Command returned 798
SHOWGIRLS.1
RESULT
RESULT
MorphOS:system_util/ShowGirls-0.8/Rexx>

the width is 798 but i want that info in script not shell :)


[ Edited by catohagen on 2006/4/2 22:59 ]

Use "width=RC" instead of "width=result".

>Use "width=RC" instead of "width=result".

ah, that worked thanks.

seems its just showgirls that have an uncommon way of doing arexx commands.

Do you know any way to quiet the script too ?

annoying to get shell output when you dont need it :)

Put the line

call open('STDERR','NIL:','write')

somewhere at the beginning of the ARexx routine. This discards most error output.

Of course you should enable this command line only after the testing phase of the program is ended...

ah..thanx again :)

Yes, really strange to use RC instead of RESULT for return value...

My problem now is: I want to find out the Path/Filename of currently shown Picture.

my code looks like that:
Code:

when run, result is always unset.
and RC contains a number width 8 digits in case of ImagePath resp. 4 digits in case of ImageName.

I however exspected string values instead...

trying to write a small arexx script to go trough a list of pictures and get the width and heigth of each picture

RGetSize may be useful for this.

I don't need the sizeof the image, I try get the filnemae of the image currently shown by ShowGirls.