In Java it should be easy. Something like this:

public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int firstFrame = ???;            // set first
    int lastFrame = ???;             // and last frame here
    String pathToYourPOV = ???;      // set your path here
    String yourPOVArguments = ???;   // set your render-args here
    String yourPOVFile = ???;        // set the name of the scenefile here,

    for (int i = firstFrame; i <= lastFrame; i++) {
        String povArgString = pathToYourPOV +
                              "pvengine.exe +I" +
                              yourPOVFile + i + ".pov" +
                              yourPOVArguments;
        Process pov = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(povArgString);
        try {
            pov.waitFor();
        }
        catch (Exception) {
            System.out.println("Something went wrong!");
            break;
        }
    }
}

The scenefile name should be the name without the frame-number and the
".pov" extension, of course.
You should also choose render arguments that make POV-Ray close itself after
rendering, otherwise you will have to close it manually or "waitFor()" will
wait forever ;-)

Greetings,
Johannes.

Ron H. wrote in message <36f710c5.0@news.povray.org>...
>I'm sorry, I forgot to do that.
>
>I'm using WinNT4.0, and I'd like to  perform this repetitive batch loop
>either in a java program or perhaps even in POVray's own language using
>POVray itself.
>
>Is this possible?
>
>Ron

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