[ptx] Release: autopano-sift 1.7, including Windows installer, no Gtk# required

[Mike Runge]

Hi Ian,
thanks a lot for the detailed tips - I will try it at home.

best, mike

On 9/27/2004, "Ian Sydenham" <ian_sydenham at hotmail.com> wrote:

>Mike Runge wrote:
>> I tested the new windows binaries on wxp and w2k. It runs fine on wxp,
>> but I can't get the vbs-script running on w2k. Error message is:
>> http://www.panoclub.de/albums/album01/aae.jpg
>> I think this is due to my very old and undermaintained w2k installation,
>> that lacks of several service packs. Does somebody has an idea how to
>> get this working?!
>I expect that you need to get an updated windows script host. The vbs script is
>supposed to work with anything from version 2.0 upwards, but I've only tested it
>on Windows Script Host v 5.6 which is downloadable from the windows download
>site. Search for Windows Script  at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ or go
>straight to
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&DisplayLang=en
>
>> Is there a limitation of how many files the vbs-script can handle? I
>> tried (on wxp) to drag 54 images on the autopano-sift link and it errors
>> something like "Too many arguments ..."?!
>The windows command line (and with it any drag and drop command) can not handle
>a command line more than a certain number of characters long. I'm not sure of
>the exact number, but I think it is about 2000. When you use drag and drop then
>behind the scenes a command line is taking place with the full list of files
>dragged (including full path and file name). If the path to the files (and the
>file names) are short then it should be OK, but its easy to exceed 2000 chars
>without really trying. First of all try moving the image files into a folder
>with a short name - like C:\pans. If that is still no good then try also
>renaming the files to something short (pan01.jpg, pan02.jpg, ...).
>
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