Tim Attwood wrote:
> With the Windows version you can call a POV render from the DOS
> command line with
> 
> pvengine /EXIT +I"filepath\scene.pov" +W640 +H480
> 
> to render a certain scene and then exit, it does open the editor
> and splash every time though. There are modified versions of POV
> around if you need to do it without bringing up any windows.

POVWIN is quite capable of accepting a render request without firing up a new
instance or displaying a splash screen, and you don't need a GUIEXT to do it.

To demonstrate, start an instance of POVWIN, and make sure that 'keep single
instance' is set on. Then, issue a render command like so:

  pvengine /render somefile.pov

The render will start in the existing instance of POVWIN.

-- Chris

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